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.”

can the food at such an expensive

you eat it then?” he

to roll her eyes, but she held

took the cutlery and began eating the food he

she was just

food. When she came back out, she chose to sit down at a

cutlery down. He pressed his tongue against

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 man

come up with a reason to decline, Aidan said, “Consider it the payment for the

Rolls-Royce parked beside the road

the cup

a point. He

make a fuss since

mind, she took the

…

at Patheon

never dreamed that she would be here

would relive the humiliation and despair that had gripped her soul

time, she felt nothing at

for her to let go of her harrowing

of her thoughts, Leanna noticed that Aidan was staring coolly at a nearby

couldn’t stop herself from asking, “Aren’t you

about something,”

“What⁠—”

regretted ever saying anything as soon as she uttered the first

“Once upon a time, in that spot over

Of course.

knew this was

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

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

conscience would eat him

in the end, that person bit

she wanted to roll her

heard of the fable about the farmer and the

Enough is enough.

teeth. “President Pearson, can you

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

Leanna and

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

him with a straight face as she waited

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