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 an

it then?” he retorted

roll her eyes, but she held back the urge and stayed

too, didn’t say anything further. Then, he took the cutlery and began eating the food he

that she felt as 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

He pressed

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

at the man

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

the Rolls-Royce parked beside the

down at the cup of warm water on the

a point. He did owe me for

a fuss since the money

took the

…

arrived at Patheon

would

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

she felt nothing

death was the catalyst for her to

coolly at a nearby area. She

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

just thinking about something,” he

“What⁠—”

she uttered the

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

Of course.

this

it was never a good idea to keep the conversation

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

because his conscience would

end, that person

to roll her

you ever heard of the

Enough is enough.

teeth. “President Pearson,

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

Leanna and Jonathan were

took a step forward and said, “President Pearson’s right, Miss

straight face as she waited to see what he

I was here, well, it’s a long story.