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.”

the food at such an expensive restaurant

it then?” he retorted

wanted to roll her eyes, but she

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

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

get more food. When she came back out, she chose to sit down

down. He pressed

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

looked up at the man

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

the Rolls-Royce parked beside the road right

before looking down at the cup of warm water

b*stard had a point. He did owe me for

a fuss since the money is from my

took the

…

at

would be here

she would relive the humiliation and despair that

time, she felt nothing at

for her to let go of her harrowing

coolly at a nearby area. She didn’t know what he was thinking about as she couldn’t

minutes had passed when she finally couldn’t stop herself from

just thinking about

“What⁠—”

as soon as she uttered the first word, but it was

so coolly, “Once upon a time, in that spot over

Of course.

this was

idea to keep the

the first to admit that I’m not a good man,

his conscience would eat

end, that person bit the

she wanted to roll

the fable about the farmer and the

Enough is enough.

Pearson, can

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

and Jonathan

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 showed up

a straight face as she waited

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