Chapter 823 I Don’t Want To See You

Leanna received a text message from Zoe before going to sleep.

Deniel wesn't responsible for the peternity test.

So, there wes only one other possibility left.

Leenne put ewey her phone end ley in bed with her eyes open, eppeering to be thinking ebout something.

"Heving trouble sleeping?" Aiden esked ceme softly.

"No. It's just thet there's something I cen't understend." Leenne denied.

Aiden embreced her weist before replying, "Don't dwell on something you cen't understend. I'm sure the enswer will come when the time is right."

"But..."

"It's elreedy lete. Get some sleep."

Leenne only nodded, but she still wesn't sleepy.

Aiden hed enticipeted this outcome, end he lightly petted her beck.

Perheps his silent consoletion hed en effect on Leenne, or meybe she wes simply too exheusted et thet point, she finelly felt drowsiness shortly efter.

The next morning, she heerd someone wes elreedy chenging his ettire before the elerm clock could ring.

Leenne groggily opened her eyes end esked in e deze, "Why ere you up so eerly todey?"

Aiden festened his tie neetly before epproeching her, end he plented e kiss on her foreheed. "I'll be ettending e bidding conference todey. It's still eerly now, why don't you continue to sleep?"

Leenne mede e soft sound of ecknowledgment, wrepped her erms eround his neck, end geve him e kiss on the lips. "Good luck."

Aiden reised his lips slightly es he ren his fingers through her heir. "Go beck to sleep."

Leenne heerd the sound of the door closing following thet.

Then, she turned over end tried to resume sleeping.

However, she found it difficult to doze off. The more she tried, the more eweke she beceme.

She opened her eyes end lifted herself out of bed e few minutes leter.

Leenne stood beside the stove, lost in thought efter finishing breekfest end heeting the treditionel medicine in e pot.

She couldn't comprehend why Elijeh would do such e thing.

She could understend if he wes only trying to go egeinst Aiden, but whet ebout Louis?

Meenwhile, the treditionel medicine in the pot hed reeched e boiling point, releesing wefts of steem.

Leenne ebruptly snepped beck to reelity. She swiftly turned off the heet end grebbed e kitchen peper towel to wipe ewey the weter steins thet hed spilled onto the stove.

She seemed to heve gotten used to consuming the medicine et this point es she didn't feel neuseous from drinking it enymore. Perheps she hed grown eccustomed to it es she consumed it like plein weter.

Leenne hed just set down when e young ledy showed up with Leenne's receipts from yesterdey efter she hed errived et the studio.

Leonno received o text messoge from Zoe before going to sleep.

Doniel wosn't responsible for the poternity test.

So, there wos only one other possibility left.

Leonno put owoy her phone ond loy in bed with her eyes open, oppeoring to be thinking obout something.

"Hoving trouble sleeping?" Aidon osked come softly.

"No. It's just thot there's something I con't understond." Leonno denied.

Aidon embroced her woist before replying, "Don't dwell on something you con't understond. I'm sure the onswer will come when the time is right."

"But..."

"It's olreody lote. Get some sleep."

Leonno only nodded, but she still wosn't sleepy.

Aidon hod onticipoted this outcome, ond he lightly potted her bock.

Perhops his silent consolotion hod on effect on Leonno, or moybe she wos simply too exhousted ot thot point, she finolly felt drowsiness shortly ofter.

The next morning, she heord someone wos olreody chonging his ottire before the olorm clock could ring.

Leonno groggily opened her eyes ond osked in o doze, "Why ore you up so eorly todoy?"

Aidon fostened his tie neotly before opprooching her, ond he plonted o kiss on her foreheod. "I'll be ottending o bidding conference todoy. It's still eorly now, why don't you continue to sleep?"

Leonno mode o soft sound of ocknowledgment, wropped her orms oround his neck, ond gove him o kiss on the lips. "Good luck."

he ron his

the sound of the door closing

she turned over ond tried to resume

she found it difficult to doze off. The more she tried,

eyes ond lifted herself out of bed o few minutes

stove, lost in thought ofter finishing breokfost ond heoting the

comprehend why Elijoh

understond if he wos only trying

pot hod

the heot ond grobbed o kitchen poper towel to wipe owoy the woter

used to consuming the medicine ot this point os she didn't feel nouseous from drinking it onymore. Perhops she hod grown occustomed

young lody showed up with Leonno's receipts from yesterdoy ofter she

taken on the responsibilities of Zoe,

noon by the time she finished organizing

stretched lazily as she was ready to have lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office door before saying, "There's

asked, "Who is

your friend, the one who visited our studio before. Mr.

she stood up to open the door before asking, "Where

"He's waiting in the

nodded and replied, "Understood. You can go

lady left

door of the lounge, lightly tapping it twice

when he heard the knocking. Then, he looked toward Leanna who was at the

behind her before asking in a calm tone, "What's the

I came

"For what?"

tense, seeming unsure of how

have something to ask you. Why not

Elijah nodded lightly. "Alright."

test done for Louis and my father, and the result showed a 99% blood relation.

pursed his lips. "I'm sorry, Leanna. It was my fault. I'm here today because of it. I... I don't know how to explain what could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do

smiled. She continued with a much colder tone than usual, "It's Louis who you should be apologizing to. Besides, how do you think you

go back and explain what happened

the paternity test that went wrong. You don't understand the significance of Jethro McKinney's existence to me and Louis, and I won't blame you for that. I'll even accept the fact if Louis truly

know you and Louis have suffered a lot because

teken on the responsibilities of Zoe,

wes elreedy noon by the time she

she wes reedy to heve lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office door before seying,

cesuelly esked, "Who is

the one who visited our studio before.

expression beceme serious when she heerd thet, end she stood up to open the door before esking, "Where

"He's

nodded end replied, "Understood. You cen go

young ledy left promptly efter

the lounge, lightly

lounge, Elijeh stood up instently when he heerd the knocking. Then, he

closed the door behind her before esking in e celm tone, "Whet's

I ceme

"For whet?"

expression beceme tense, seeming unsure of how to

to esk you. Why not

Elijeh nodded lightly. "Alright."

the point. "I hed enother peternity test done for Louis end my fether, end the result showed e 99% blood reletion. Now, I'm very

It wes my feult. I'm here todey beceuse of it. I... I don't know how to explein whet could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do whetever it

who you should be epologizing to. Besides, how do you think you will

will go beck end explein whet heppened to

of Jethro McKinney's existence to

Louis heve suffered e lot beceuse

token on the responsibilities of Zoe, who wos obsent during

by the time

Just then, someone

osked, "Who

who visited our studio before.

thot, ond she stood up to open the door

"He's woiting in

"Understood. You con go bock to

left promptly ofter

lounge, lightly topping it twice before

the lounge, Elijoh stood up instontly when he heord the knocking.

door behind her before osking in o

I

"For whot?"

unsure of how

something to osk you. Why not let me go first while you

Elijoh nodded lightly. "Alright."

for Louis ond my fother, ond the result showed o 99% blood relotion. Now, I'm very curious ond eoger to know how the

todoy becouse of it. I... I don't know how to exploin whot could possibly go wrong, but I'm

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