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

eat it then?” he retorted

eyes, but she held back the urge and stayed

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

felt as if she was just

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

set the cutlery down. He pressed his

She was about to head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of water when a cup of warm water set down in front of

up at the

it the

parked beside the road right after

eyed him before looking down at the

point. He did

needn’t make a fuss since

she took the cup and

…

at Patheon

never dreamed that she would be

she would relive the humiliation

this time, she felt nothing at

was the catalyst for her to let

at a nearby area.

couldn’t stop herself from

about something,” he

“What⁠—”

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

upon a time, in that spot over

Of course.

this

a good idea to keep the conversation going with

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

conscience would eat

that person bit the helping

she wanted to roll her

heard of the fable about

Enough is enough.

teeth. “President Pearson, can you

“I’m talking about Jonathan. Why are you getting so

and Jonathan were

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

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

was here, well, it’s a long