Adrian didn''t say anything, but he knew what Aleigha meant. He cupped Aleigha''s face in his hands and stared at her with his deep eyes.


    "Aleigha, what happened? You need to tell me what happened so that I could do more for you."


    "No, I won''t. I just want to know what Nn did yesterday."


    The firmness in Aleigha''s eyes made it impossible for Adrian to ignore. He nodded and said, "Alright, I''ll send someone to investigate right now. We''ll find out as soon as possible tonight."


    "I''ll wait here."


    Aleigha''s mind was in a whirl, but her gut was telling her that Natasha''s death had something to do with Nn.


    "Aleigha, I don''t like you being like this. It makes me distressed. You can tell me anything and I''ll be here for you to face it."


    Aleigha shook her head and smiled bitterly. She wiped away her tears and said, "Adrian, don''t ask anymore. I don''t want to talk about it."


    Adrian''s eyes darkened and there was a sh of bitterness in his heart. Despite all hispromises, there was as thought still a gap between the two of them.


    "Come here and sit." Adrian lifted her up, walked to the sofa, sat down, and ced her on hisp.


    Aleigha neither struggled nor resisted. She sat on his legs very obediently. However, the emptiness in her eyes still made Adrian''s heart feel slightly ufortable.


    In front of her, Adrian made a few phone calls, and soon there would be a result.


    Aleigha was a little tired, and she unconsciously fell asleep in Adrian''s arms.


    Adrian looked down at her and saw that she was frowning, even in her sleep. Her lips were tightlypressed and tears were still hanging on her face. He couldn''t help but reach out to stroke her cheek. Because of the tickling, Aleigha''s curled eyshes trembled slightly, appearing extremely impatient.


    Afraid of waking her up, Adrian remained still in his sitting position.


    Three hourster, when Aleigha woke up, she realized that she had fallen asleep in Adrian''s arms.


    "I, I''m sorry, I..." Aleigha was so scared that she wanted to get up, but Adrian hugged her tightly and refused to let go.


    Adrian lowered his eyes to look at Aleigha. His gentle gaze made Aleigha lose her mind for a moment.


    "It''s okay, I like you sleeping in my arms like this." Adrian''s low and deep voice was mixed with a hint of hoarseness. He looked at Aleigha with a gaze that seemed so gentle and serene it was as though ake that had no wind brushing over it.


    He was focused and confused.


    Aleigha''s face turned red, and she hurriedly looked away.


    Adrian liked how cold and aloof she was always keeping her distance from almost everybody. However, he loved the bashfulness that she would asionally disy even more.


    It took a long time to wait, but Aleigha didn''t dare to throw a tantrum at this moment. After all, she was the one who took the initiative toe to Adrian.


    At noon, the people sent out by Adrian sent back some feedback.


    Aleigha was facing a table full of food and worrying. When she saw the cold expression on Adrian''s face, she managed to guess what the feedback was about.


    "He did it, didn''t he?" Aleigha got up slowly, and the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground.


    There were some things that Adrian would definitely know, one way or the other. Since she had requested Adrian to help her investigate, Adrian would definitely know the reason and the result. "Aleigha, rx, calm for a bit, okay?" Adrian didn''t know how important that girl was to Aleigha, nor did he know how tofort her.


    "I don''t need you to tell me that, I am rxed." Aleigha''s heart was filled with nothing but hatred.


    She walked out in a state of despondency, but fortunately, Adrian grabbed hold of her in time.


    "Aleigha, what do you need me to do?"


    Aleigha was slightly stunned. She looked at Adrian and said, "I want Nn''s life. Can you do that for me?"


    Adrian frowned. He didn''t expect Aleigha to want to go so far.


    "Well, it''s a man''s life we are talking about. I won''t me you if you don''t wanna do it."


    Aleigha shook off Adrian''s hand and


    walked out. She was, at least it was the way she would reckon, nobody at al to Adrian. It was justified that he wouldn''t help her. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    "I will help you. Even if you want me to destroy the Reid family, I will help you."


    Aleigha''s feet stopped as she turned around to look at Adrian. However, what greeted her sight was the twinkling light in Adrian''s eyes that kept on beaming.


    His smile was so gentle that everything around seemed to be immersed in tenderness.


    "Ad, Adrian, I, I didn''t really mean it..."


    Aleigha realized that was she said just now could''vee out of her whim of the angry moment yet she didn''t know how she should apologize.


    Adrian couldn''t help but feel both love and helplessness when he saw how twisted and hesitant Aleigha was.


    "I''ve said that I''m willing to do anything as long as you say it. A mere boy of the Reid family is not a problem worth mentioning."


    Aleigha felt guilty in her heart. Right now, there were many things that she couldn''t tell Adrian.


    He only wanted to make use of Adrian to seek revenge, but now, he had to drag him all the way into this.


    She felt a little guilty, but there was nothing she could do.


    The current her was too weak. She wasn''t enough to make anyone lose too much, so she had to rely on Adrian.


    Even if the price to pay could be grave.


    "Adrian, there are many things that I don''t want to tell you yet, but because of Nn, my friendmitted suicide.


    "I can''t ept it. She was such


    fine young girl." "How are her


    parents to live on? She was only 18 and just because of a yboy of a rich family...." "She''s now gone,pletely and forever gone Thope you can understand me, Adrian."


    Adrian''s heart ached and he held her in her arms, as if he was afraid of losing this treasure.


    "Aleigha, you don''t need to exin. You don''t need to exin anything. I''ll wait for the day when you''re willing to tell me."


    Stopping Adrian''s thought of


    sending her back to school, she


    went back to school alone. She


    couldn''t stay in the dorm for the


    time being, so he could only go to a temporary dorm.


    Since the departure of Aleigha, Freddie had been living like a walking corpse. He might have been the simplest man on earth but he was not dumb. After returning home, he got to her mother and told her all about Windy Woods.


    Aleigha stayed up all night. She went back to the Gardner family before dawn. The night before, Charlotte told her that they woulde back today.


    She dragged her exhausted body back to the house and as soon as she entered the door, she heard ecstaticughter wafting from the inner rooms. She curled her lips and walked in with a smile that she painstakingly forced.


    "Aleigha,e on, look at this chubby little fe. He''s so cute." Such an unconcealed cheering voice was surely Charlotte''s.


    "Grandaunt, Grandfather, you''re back. You must be tired from the trip," Aleigha said with a faint smile. She tried her best to make herself look less tired. "Young Madam," said Laura. She was the only one among them who could tell that Aleigha was not looking right. She walked up to her and held on to her hand. Aleigha''s heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Laura with confusion.


    She always gave people a feeling of coldness and did not reveal any of her feelings casually.


    But now, she was really not in the mood to cover it up.


    "I, I''m fine, I''m just a little tired," Aleigha exined hastily but she felt like she was only making it worse so she put on an awkward smile.


    Laura looked at her with gentle eyes. She took her hand and led the way. "Young Madam,e take a look at the baby."


    "Just call me Aleigha." Aleigha did not like to be called Young Madam or anything that seemed to make her superior to others for no reason, at least no rational ones.