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
as to why Aidan joined them today. Was his appearance here
the strangeness of it
shadow. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking or feeling. All
was startled for a moment, but she quickly came to. “I’m
in the darkness as
the glass down, he
as he approached, one of them got up. “Take my seat, President Pearson. I’m
the seat, Oscar said, “That seat of his has rotten luck. He’s been
be any
wanted to roll
he ingest a stick
is he exploding as soon as he
around the poker table came to a
was in a foul mood right
to Oscar’s words, after a few rounds, Aidan
flicked the cards and turned to Leanna. “Come
after hesitating for a moment, she said,
either,” she added solemnly
was not going to lose her hard-earned money to
couldn’t say anything
President Pearson likes doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects all over the city under
getting to the last syllable when he felt an icy pair of
down in Aidan’s old spot. “I
at everything? I’m surprised there’s something you don’t
throat to warn him
gets out of control, he goes
finally snaps out of
back at him right away, but this time, she kept reminding herself that she was here to resolve an issue, and not to get into
could respond, however, the b*stard
she said in
around a gambling addict shown any interest in poker games. She didn’t know what was fun
that carried out Aidan’s instructions to
the chair, the tides seemed to
in a row, and the atmosphere around the table became even more exciting,
“Use that card.”
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