Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 212

Aidan used his businesslike tone and said, “There’s a poker game happening tonight. Come with me.”

Leanna was startled for a moment, but she nodded. “Alright.”

“So, we can get dinner now, right?”

Leanna laughed dryly and passed the folder back to him. “Do whatever you want, President Pearson.”

He leaned back into the seat and closed his eyes.

Less than two minutes later, Leanna’s phone started ringing.

It was a call from Elijah.

She cast a glance at the man beside her. She didn’t know if he was actually asleep or just faking it, but after a moment of hesitation, she decided to answer the call.

“Leanna, I heard about everything from Zoe. Do you need my help?” Elijah asked.

Her instinctive response was to say no. The word was on the tip of her tongue when she suddenly changed her mind. “Yes, please. Thank you.”

Beside her, Aidan slowly opened his eyes.

After hanging up, she turned around and looked straight into his deep, brooding eyes.

He looked away and stated plainly, “We’re here. Get off.”

Leanna wanted to stick to her resolve and skip dinner, but it was torture for someone who had skipped lunch to sit and watch someone else eat.

She took a deep breath before heading out of the restaurant to buy something for herself.

Aidan stared at her as she walked off. There was no expression on his face as he asked, “What goes on in that head of hers?”

Jonathan, who was standing beside him, didn’t know what to say.

Her intentions were obvious. She was keeping a distance between them.

No matter what Aidan did to create opportunities between them, chances were they weren’t going to amount to much.

Leanna’s thoughts were rather simple. Since she couldn’t avoid seeing that b*stard, she decided to just deal with the situation head-on.

Aidan stood up and followed her out the door.

She had just sat down at a table in front of the convenience store to dig into her to-go meal when the box was snatched out of her hands. Her cutlery disappeared as well.

She was perplexed and a little disgruntled. “Weren’t you having dinner, President Pearson?”

“The food was lousy.”

the food at such an

didn’t you eat it then?” he retorted

but she held

anything further. Then, he took the cutlery and began eating the food he

was just one step away from

food. When she came back out, she chose to sit down at a different

the cutlery down. He pressed his tongue against his inner cheek,

food, Leanna’s throat felt a little dry. She was about to head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of water

at the

the payment for the meal. You

parked beside the road

down at the cup of

a point. He did owe me

fuss since the money is from my

she took the

…

at Patheon

would be here

In the past, whenever she came here, she would relive the humiliation and despair that had gripped her soul back

time, she felt nothing

her to let go

snapping out of her thoughts, Leanna noticed that Aidan was staring coolly at a nearby area. She didn’t know what

finally couldn’t stop herself from asking, “Aren’t you heading in,

about

“What⁠—”

ever saying anything as soon as she uttered the first word, but it was too late

time, in that spot over there, someone held my hand and begged

Of course.

knew this

never a good idea to keep the conversation going

I’m not a good man, but sometimes, I like to do a

would eat

end, that person bit the

she wanted to roll

the fable about the

Enough is enough.

Pearson, can you

talking about Jonathan.

and Jonathan

being an assistant with a downright remarkable work ethic, Jonathan begrudgingly took a step forward and said, “President Pearson’s right,

face as she waited to

why I was here, well, it’s