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

eat it then?”

eyes, but she held back the urge and stayed

Then, he took the cutlery and

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

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

down. He pressed his

the convenience store to buy a bottle

at the man

it the payment for the meal. You can toss it

strode off to the Rolls-Royce parked

at the cup of warm water on

had a point. He did owe

a fuss since the money

she took the cup and

…

arrived at

she would be here with

here, she would relive the humiliation and

time, she felt nothing at

catalyst for her to let go

of her thoughts, Leanna noticed that Aidan was staring coolly at a nearby area. She didn’t know what he was thinking about as

when she finally couldn’t stop herself

was just thinking about something,”

“What⁠—”

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

explained ever so coolly, “Once upon a time, in that spot

Of course.

knew this was

enough, it was never a good idea to keep the conversation

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

his conscience would eat him

that

wanted to roll her

you ever heard of the fable about the farmer and

Enough is enough.

Pearson,

and commented off-handedly, “I’m talking about Jonathan. Why are you getting

and

said, “President Pearson’s right, Miss McKinney. At the time, I happened to

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

it’s a long story. It starts with my