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.

desolate place abandoned by its people a long time ago. As

her and stared ahead. “This was where I lived before I was taken back into

ahead in

“Yes.”

this? She wasn’t sure if she should ask

bought this place a few years ago, and

“Was it you?”

her and smiled.

“Huh?”

to develop this wing. But after the change of mayors, the project had been called off, and this became a

never

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

was the old area, and the location of this place had been the worst in this area. If the

was setting in the distance, and Leanna rested her head on Aidan’s

Houses were built near one another, and alleyways riddled the streets. It was a quiet place. Nobody would think 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.

“Yes.”

else was

“No.”

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

Ever since I was born, this was where I lived,” Aidan answered,

anyone’s home, and she had a feeling that these slums weren’t Naomi’s real home either. There must be something

sun had fully set, and dusk

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.

Softly, he said, “Home.”

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