Chapter 489

On the other end of the phone, Celia replied, “I have no idea. That’s the boss’ business. It’d be weird if I asked him about it. What I do know is that the child was born prematurely because of his family. His family situation is quite complicated. I guess he wants to deal with all the messy stuff at home quickly.”

“All of this… messy stuff at home, is there any chance it could involve you?”

“No way. Don’t worry about it.”

Raymond shut his eyes and massaged his brows. “Alright, I’m coming to pick you up.”

“Alright, see you soon.”

With that, he tossed the phone onto the passenger seat. Then, he yanked at his tie and glared at the office with mockery and contempt.

After Raymond and Jimmy left, Zoe strutted into the office. “Nana, what did they want?”

Leanna pursed her lips and stared aimlessly into the distance. “It’s about the Crossleys.”

“The Crossleys? What about them?”

“They’ve been leaderless since Leroy fled. They’re a mess right now.”

“That has nothing to do with you. Why did they come to bug you about it?”

Leanna whispered, “They want me to take over the Crossley Group to help them secure investments and bank loans.”

Zoe frowned, for the whole thing smelled fishy. “Don’t do it. With Crossley Group’s current state, whoever gets involved would be equivalent to digging their graves. Let them do whatever they want. It has nothing to do with you.”

Leanna hummed. “That’s what I thought at first, but …”

“But what?”

“Crossley Group isn’t the only one affected; it’s their employees as well. They’re innocent.”

Zoe pursed her lips. “Well, that might be true. Leroy has done a great job screwing everything up. Lots of people are caught in the crossfire. However, that has nothing to do with you. You don’t have to take responsibility for their mess. You don’t have to care at all.”

Hearing this, Leanna lowered her eyes. Her voice was low and sullen. “I know.”

help but

of this. However, that might

a spell of uncomfortable silence, Leanna suddenly asked, “Zoe, do you still

I haven’t

saw each other was at the funeral of

was good, for it would save everyone a ton

want to talk

confusion. “Does he

“Nope.”

didn’t know what to say. After a pause, she ventured, “It’s just that… he has a better picture of the Crossley

He went through a lot of trouble while

She couldn’t help but ask, “Are

charmer. Even someone as

going to visit him

her feet. “I won’t be joining you. I have a date

faintly remembered Zoe mentioning that, but she

up with a reason to

that case, when

going at

“That’s great. I’ll drop you

her head. “It’s fine. I’ll

don’t get it. If you think the blind date’s going well, you can get him to send you home after dinner. If you drive, you won’t get that option. Besides, you can always call a cab if things go badly and you need

of sense. “That’s true. I can get him to

settled, then. I’ll drive you

and put on my makeup. I couldn’t get ready this morning; things were too

“Go on, then.”

soon as Zoe left, Leanna breathed deeply to steady herself.

you

replied flippantly, “Sure.

I’ll

“Okay.”

frowned. Glancing around the office for a while, she

by and Aidan had not replied, she decided that he

her laptop, she searched up the Crossley

news article portended doom for

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