Chapter 458
After they reached downstairs, Leanna said, “I’ll go by myself from here. My car’s parked by the roadside.”
Elijah smiled. “Alright. I’ll sound Daniel out about Zoe, but the words you said to provoke him just now will probably work.”
Leanna’s lips curled into a smile. “Hopefully. Still, I hope Zoe will find someone nice to her as long as she lives.”
Elijah replied, “She will.”
“Well, then, I gotta go. Bye.”
“Goodbye.”
Elijah kept watching her from behind until she was out of his sight. After that, he withdrew his gaze, turned around, and went upstairs.
Meanwhile, Leanna drove back to Jethro’s former old house after leaving Constellation Tech. Opening the door with the key, she said softly toward the balcony, where the curtains were swaying in the wind, “It’s me.”
It wasn’t until a few seconds later that Ron climbed onto the balcony from the outside.
Leanna said, “Don’t worry. Nobody would come here at the moment other than me, so you can stay here with peace of mind.”
Ron replied, “Thank you.”
Leanna took out the various medicines that she’d bought on her way here. “Your wound was still bleeding the last time I saw it. Just treat it properly. You don’t have to thank me for this, though. To put it bluntly, we’re just getting what we want from each other.”
“Have you found Jethro?”
she said with a smile, “But I didn’t get anything
asked, “Need my help
her head. “No, it’s not necessary. Let’s leave it at that,” she said while producing a card from her purse. “Here’s the three million that I promised you earlier. Also, you’ve done a lot of stuff on my orders lately, and I’ve told Aidan about it. He’s dealing with the Pearsons now. Their men will pull out very soon, by which time you’ll be able to walk
frowned upon hearing this. “Don’t you hate me for what
Leanna let out a heavy breath. “You probably have no idea how
on the
make yourself comfortable here. I’ll call you after the Pearsons are
and the gauze
but he’d even gone so far as to sell his own daughter. Still, he never mortgaged this old house. Why is that so? This place can’t sell for a lot of money, but it won’t be a problem to sell it for a few hundred thousand. It’s already routine for someone like Jethro to gamble away all his property, but
I’ve got nothing else to do while staying here, anyway, thought Ron. With that, he began to
…
the old house, Leanna noticed that it was getting late, so she phoned Zoe and told the latter that she wasn’t going back to the studio. The
surprise, however, she ran into Celia in the grocery
latter, her pupils dilated
smiled as she greeted her. “Do
tongue and choked it back. Instead, she made an excuse, saying, “No, I don’t. I’m just hanging around here with my friends today. I noticed that the fish here are quite fresh, so I thought it’d be nice to buy a couple of fish and make
toward the
got something else to do, so I gotta go.
“Hold on a minute.”
freeze the very instant Leanna stopped her. Her neck stiffened, and she turned around, asking, “I-Is there anything
shopping bag nearby to
shopping bag from her while forcing a weak smile. “Thank you,
“See you around.”
in her hand, Celia dashed to the payment counter, paid
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