Chapter 527

Aidan grunted, “Yeah, I did.”

Leanna didn’t say anything further. Seeing the gloomy look on his face, she figured something bad must have happened. She patted his back, comforting him silently. A long while later, she whispered, “Let’s go. I’ll make something for you. What would you like to eat?”

He cheekily asked, “You’d make anything?”

I knew I shouldn’t have comforted him. She pulled her hand back. “Time to go.”

They got into the car, and Aidan looked at her. “I don’t feel like going home.”

Leanna started the engine and drove the car. “So, where would you like to go?”

“Where would you like to go?”

“Home. I want to sleep,” she answered seriously.

“Well, that can be arranged.”

I don’t like where this is going. She didn’t bother to entertain him further.

A few moments later, he entered an address into the GPS. “I’d like to go to this place.”

She glanced at the screen and said, “Sure.”

The place they were heading was in the old area. Highside was a big place. Even though Leanna had been around for a long time, she couldn’t recall ever setting foot in this area. It took her an hour just to get to the place Aidan had told her.

walls stood. This was a desolate place abandoned by its people a long time ago.

beside her and stared ahead. “This was where

stared ahead in

“Yes.”

become like this? She

place a few years

“Was it you?”

at her

“Huh?”

the government’s decision to develop this wing. But after the change of mayors, the project had been called off,

“I can never understand this place only to abandon it in the

“If the investment can’t make any money, cutting your loss is always a

had a point. This was the old area, and the location of this place had been the worst in this area. If the government didn’t help

the distance, and Leanna rested her

this was part of Highside if they didn’t know better. A while later, Leanna thought she should ask some questions, and she looked up at Aidan. “So, you and Ms.

“Yes.”

else was with

“No.”

feeling she was different from most people. Naomi might look simple, but her air spoke of a sense of regality that not even Sienna could compare. A moment of silence later, Leanna

was born, this was where I lived,” Aidan answered, not showing any trace

feeling that these slums weren’t Naomi’s real home either. There

and dusk descended. Aidan said, “Let’s

took the wheels on the way back. It was a long journey, and traffic wasn’t the best, so Leanna leaned on the seat and fell asleep. When she woke up, she realized Aidan wasn’t driving them home. She moved her arms and neck around. Groggily, she asked, “So, where

Softly, he said, “Home.”

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