Chapter 439

Right after Leanna returned to the studio, Zoe came up to her and dragged her into the pantry. “So, what did the cops say? Did they get any clues?”

Leanna shook her head. “No. They just asked me some basic questions.”

Zoe clicked her tongue. “That Elliot guy probably had a lot of enemies. It’s gonna be hard to find who’s the killer.”

Feeling rather thirsty, Leanna grabbed a cup and poured herself some water. “I saw Queenie, by the way.”

“Why was she there?”

“Same reason I was there.” Leanna took a swig of water before continuing, “But I think…”

“What? Did you notice something?” asked Zoe.

Leanna snapped out of it and shook her head. “It’s nothing. We should wait for the results.”

“I called Jamie. We’re gonna hang out at the bar we went to last time. You wanna come? I got Daniel with me. Why don’t you call Aidan, too?”

“Better not. He’s still angry at me.”

It had been nearly a day, but Aidan didn’t even give her a call or text. She texted him good morning earlier, but he still hadn’t replied to her.

Happily, Zoe said, “Cool. Let’s go, then. We can let loose without him around.”

Leanna heaved a sigh. “You guys have fun. I’ll have to get through the pile of drafts.”

Well, work is the top priority. “Sure. Don’t burn the midnight oil, though. Don’t stress yourself out,” Zoe reminded.

Leanna smiled. “Sure.”

she was done with the last one, she stretched her arms. Whoa, it’s already dark outside. What’s the time? Whoa, eleven? That’s late. She looked at her phone, but there were still no texts from Aidan.

asked, “How may I help you,

asked, “Is Aidan still

been hectic lately. He’s been

couple of days? Castor Villa or the condo in the city

idea why she asked that, but he knew she didn’t really like Castor Villa, so he

Good luck

the door before getting into her

holding his phone with a baffled expression. Ten minutes later, Aidan emerged

she

were still working.” Jonathan recounted the whole conversation, including his answer. “I told

replied to her good morning text. He whipped his

asked whether

“So, what did you

“The condo.”

way to the condominium,

to silent during work and had forgotten to change the setting. Her eyes were on the road, so she had no idea calls were coming in. Once she parked her car at the complex, she turned around and

stalker. Then, she went straight to the condominium. It was late at night, and not a single soul was out. Dark silence draped itself over the neighborhood. She was about to enter the complex when she saw a familiar figure nearby. It made her freeze for a moment. She

it is. However, before she could call out

was as if

at him

out of breath, Aidan looked as calm

distracted? She then shoved him away, but the silhouette

seem to have taken a long detour, though,” he

all her seriousness, “Probably because I was blind for

arm. Slowly, he

cursed in

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