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.”

at such an expensive restaurant

didn’t you eat it then?” he

wanted to roll her eyes, but she held back the

cutlery and began eating the food

was so mad that she felt as if she was just one step away from

lips and went back into the convenience store to get more food. When she came back out, she chose to

He pressed his tongue against his inner cheek,

felt a little dry. She was about to head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of water when a cup of warm water set down

looked up at the man standing beside

with a reason to decline, Aidan said, “Consider it the payment for the meal. You can toss it

Rolls-Royce parked beside the road right

before looking down at the

point. He did

needn’t make a fuss since the money

in mind, she took the cup and

…

at

would be here

whenever she came here, she would relive the humiliation and despair that had gripped

time, she

her to let go of her harrowing

coolly at a nearby area. She

she finally couldn’t stop herself

about something,”

“What⁠—”

the

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

Of course.

this was

never a good idea to keep the conversation

continued, “I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a good man, but sometimes, I like to do a

conscience would

that

to

heard of the fable about the farmer and the

Enough is enough.

her teeth. “President Pearson, can you just… shut

talking about Jonathan. Why are you

Leanna and Jonathan

ethic, Jonathan begrudgingly took a step forward and said, “President Pearson’s right, Miss McKinney. At the time, I happened to

stared at him with a straight face as she waited to see what he came up

for why I was here, well, it’s a long story. It starts with my