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
people around Oscar. They were all young and wealthy playboys, and she couldn’t help but feel curious as to
she began to sense the strangeness of it
his face was in the shadow. She couldn’t tell what he was
moment, but she quickly came to. “I’m
as
glass down, he walked over to the
one of them got up. “Take my seat,
of his has rotten luck. He’s been losing all
any worse than
wanted to roll
stick of dynamite or
exploding as soon as
the poker table came to a
a foul mood right now. They
a few rounds, Aidan suffered
the cards and turned to Leanna.
table, and after hesitating for a moment, she said,
either,” she added solemnly after
going to lose her hard-earned money
say
doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects all over
before getting to the last syllable when he felt an icy pair of eyes
Aidan’s old spot. “I really don’t
at everything? I’m surprised
him to
he goes around baring his teeth at everyone in
he finally snaps out of it, it’d be too
shot back at him right away, but this time, she kept reminding herself that she was here to resolve an issue, and not to get
she could respond, however, the b*stard finally said something decent. “I’ll
said
shown any interest in poker games. She
robot that carried out Aidan’s instructions to the letter, doing whatever
ever since she sat down in the chair, the tides seemed to turn in her
and the atmosphere around
“Use that card.”
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