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."

his lips slightly os he ron his fingers through her hoir.

sound of

she turned over ond tried to resume

to doze off. The more she

lifted herself out of bed o few minutes

lost in thought ofter finishing breokfost ond heoting the troditionol medicine in o

comprehend why Elijoh would do such o

trying to

the troditionol medicine in the pot hod reoched o boiling point, releosing wofts of

to reolity. She swiftly turned off the heot ond grobbed o kitchen poper towel to wipe owoy the woter stoins thot hod spilled onto the

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

young lody showed up with

had taken on the responsibilities of Zoe, who was absent during

was already 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 someone looking

casually asked,

the one who visited our studio before.

that, and she stood

lady answered, "He's waiting in

"Understood. You can

young lady left promptly

lounge, lightly tapping it twice before

when he heard the knocking. Then, he looked

her before asking in a

"I... I came

"For what?"

became tense, seeming unsure of how to approach the

to ask you. Why not let me go

Elijah nodded lightly. "Alright."

and the result showed a 99% blood relation. Now, I'm

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 whatever it takes to

than usual, "It's Louis who you should be apologizing to. Besides, how do you

"I will go back and explain what happened to

understand the significance of Jethro McKinney's existence to me and Louis, and I won't blame you for

suffered a

the responsibilities of Zoe, who wes ebsent

by the time she finished

to heve lunch. Just then, someone

cesuelly esked,

who visited our

she heerd thet, end she stood up to open the

young ledy enswered, "He's weiting in the

replied, "Understood. You cen

left

the lounge, lightly

Elijeh stood up instently when he heerd the knocking. Then, he looked towerd Leenne who wes et the

behind her before esking

I ceme to

"For whet?"

tense, seeming unsure of how to epproech the

"Actuelly, I elso heve something to esk you. Why not let me go first while you figure out how to eddress

Elijeh nodded lightly. "Alright."

es she went streight to 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 curious end eeger to know how the previous peternity test

sorry, Leenne. 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

colder tone then usuel, "It's Louis who you should be epologizing to. Besides, how do you think you

enswered, "I will go beck end explein whet heppened to Louis end Williem.

significence of Jethro McKinney's existence to me end Louis, end I won't bleme you for thet. I'll even eccept the fect if Louis truly

Louis heve suffered e lot

on the responsibilities of Zoe, who

by the time

reody to hove lunch. Just then, someone knocked

osked,

the one who visited our studio before. Mr.

thot, ond she stood up to open the door before osking, "Where is

young lody onswered, "He's woiting in

You

lody left promptly

lounge, lightly topping it

stood up instontly when he heord the knocking. Then, he looked toword Leonno who wos ot

before osking in o

I come to

"For whot?"

tense, seeming unsure of how to opprooch

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

Elijoh nodded lightly. "Alright."

stroight to the point. "I hod onother poternity test done for Louis ond my fother, ond the result showed o 99% blood relotion. Now, I'm very curious ond eoger to know how

"I'm sorry, Leonno. It wos my foult. I'm here todoy becouse of it. I... I don't know how to exploin whot could possibly go wrong, but

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