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.”

food at such

eat it

to roll her eyes, but she

took the cutlery and began

if she was just one step away from dying

the convenience store to get more food. When she came back out, she chose to sit down at a

He pressed his tongue

She was about to head back inside the convenience store to

looked up at the

decline, Aidan said, “Consider it the payment for the

parked beside the road right after

the cup of warm water on the

a point. He did

fuss since the

she took the

…

arrived at Patheon

she would be

she came here, she would

time, she felt nothing at

catalyst for her

nearby area. She

when she finally couldn’t stop herself from asking, “Aren’t you

thinking about

“What⁠—”

the

coolly, “Once upon a time, in that spot over there, someone held

Of course.

this was

it was never a good idea to keep the conversation going

I’m not a good

conscience would eat him up

that person

to roll her

you ever heard of the fable about the

Enough is enough.

teeth. “President Pearson, can you just…

at her and commented off-handedly, “I’m talking about Jonathan.

Leanna and

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

a straight face as she waited to see what he came up

continued, “As for why I was here, well, it’s a long