Chapter 213
In the private room.
The moment Aidan stepped into the room, the temperature seemed to drop several degrees lower.
The air was tense and rather uncomfortable.
One of the men seated around the poker table muttered, “What’s with President Pearson?”
Oscar glanced at the man knocking back glasses of alcohol on the couch. “My guess is he got bitten.”
What?
“That wild, huh? I didn’t hear about President Pearson getting close to any woman recently, though,” one of the other men commented.
Oscar smiled knowingly without saying anything.
Just then, the door opened again, and the perpetrator who did the biting came in.
He looked toward the door and was taken aback when he saw Leanna walk in. He didn’t think that Aidan would’ve been able to bring her here.
Aren’t they at loggerheads right now?
After catching Oscar’s eye, Leanna nodded lightly in greeting.
Then, she walked over to Aidan and sat down beside him.
Oscar quirked his eyebrows and looked away.
“Who’s that? She’s quite pretty. Is she a new model or celebrity that President Pearson’s investing in?” someone asked.
Oscar shuffled the cards and answered off-handedly, “President Pearson’s ex-wife.”
Everyone was dumbstruck.
Didn’t Aidan hate his ex-wife? He finally managed to get a divorce, so why were they hanging out together again?
All this while, Aidan sat in his corner without talking.
Leanna sat there in silence as well.
needed to accompany him to the poker game. He didn’t say she had to
glanced at the people around Oscar. They were all young and wealthy playboys, and she couldn’t help but feel curious as to why Aidan joined them today. Was his appearance
sense the strangeness of it all, Aidan’s voice called
face was in the shadow. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking or feeling. All she could see was his
she
chuckle in the darkness as he downed
down, he walked
approached, one of them got up. “Take my seat, President Pearson. I’m about to head
Aidan took the seat, Oscar said, “That seat of his has rotten luck. He’s
be any worse than
wanted to
a stick
exploding as soon
the poker table came to a mutual
foul mood right now. They had better not cross
Oscar’s words, after a
the cards and turned to Leanna.
hesitating for a moment, she said,
don’t have any money either,” she added
was not going to lose her hard-earned money
say
Just recently, he started tree-planting projects all over the city under the guise of protecting
to the last syllable when he felt an icy pair of eyes sweeping across
spot. “I really don’t
I’m surprised there’s something you don’t know,” Aidan remarked
warn him to stop before
control, he goes
once he finally snaps out of it, it’d be too
past, Leanna would’ve shot back at him right away, but this time, she kept reminding herself
b*stard finally said
said in
addict shown any interest in poker games. She
mindless robot that carried out Aidan’s instructions to the letter, doing
sat down in the chair, the tides seemed
and the atmosphere around
“Use that card.”
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