Chapter 23


    Chapter 23 Do You Think I’m Cracking a Joke? Leanna held an IOU in her hand as she knocked on the


    door to his study room gingerly. Subsequently, she insisted repeatedly that she would definitely find a


    way to repay the money she owed him. Throughout the entire process, Aidan stared at her coldly with a


    hint of mockery and disdain in his eyes.


    During that period, she had been practically bedridden every day as he left marks all over her body


    revengefully. After he finally gave her the money, he did not mask his contempt at all as he said, “You


    don’t have to repay me. I thought that was the main purpose of you scheming so hard to marry me?” Of


    course, she did not respond to that. It’s all thanks to that entrepreneur who criticized me for not having


    any goals. It’s quite true that I don’t have the money to repay him right now. It was one thing for Aidan


    to state that she was exempted from repaying him the money, but she insisted on leaving the IOU with


    him. It does make sense for him to seek repayment from me after our divorce. Zoe was happily


    catching up on a TV series in her room when she suddenly heard nging noises in the kitchen.


    Zoe went over and asked, “Sweetie, what are you chopping up there?” “Aidan!” “Huh?” Leanna nced


    at the piece of ginger in smithereens before her and finally, she regained her senses. “It’s no big deal.


    I’m heading outter, so don’t wait up for me. You should go to bed early.” Zoe knew without even


    taking a guess that it was Aidan causing trouble for Leanna. With a frown, she asked, “What does he


    intend to do again? You guys are divorced, so why can’t he just leave you alone?!” “Forget about it. I


    owe it to him in the first ce.” “Well, it might be fine right now, but it won’t be when your baby bump


    shows up in two months. You wouldn’t be able to hide things by then.” Leanna held a knife in her hand


    and left it suspended in mid-air without any wordsing out from her mouth. Yeah.


    The two million debt hasn’t been paid off, so I would be indebted to him the entire time until I pay it off. I


    wouldn’t be able to get away from him. Judging by Aidan’s personality, if he realized that she was


    pregnant, there was a high chance that she might be escorted to the operation table by force just to


    avoid the same situation as before; he did not want the child to be used as a guilty weapon against him


    in exchange for another marriage. After quite some time, Leanna finally responded, “I’ll sort everything


    out with him tonight.” One hourter, she arrived at Castor Vi. As soon as the doorbell sounded, the


    servant, who had been waiting perilously for her arrival, instantly rushed to open the door.


    The relieved smile froze on her face as soon as she saw the person standing at the door. Aidan walked


    down the stairs to see the servant lead a young man holding a thermos sk into the room. Needless to


    say, Aidan’s expression had turned ashen. The man was clearly in shock by the tense atmosphere and


    he spoke with a stammer, “E-Excuse me… Are you Mr. Pearson? This is a delivery order from Miss


    McKinney. There should be a delivery code sent to your phone number. C-Could I have that code


    please?”


    Aidan was silent as he pursed his thin lips, trying hard to suppress his anger while reaching for his


    phone. As soon as the young man obtained the code, he swiftly fled the scene subsequently. Less than


    two minutes after the young man left, thendline to Castor Vi went off. The servant heard the phone


    go off, but she did not dare to answer it. Instead, she came up with an excuse and left the scene. The


    phone went off repeatedly until it was nearly cut off and Aidan finally answered it then. Soon, Leanna’s


    voice rang out, “President Pearson, have you received the drink? I didn’t have enough ingredients, so I


    made one batch for you.


    If you need more of it, then I’ll make another batch and send it over to you via delivery services.” She


    paused before continuing, “As for the two million I owe you, can we discuss this matter further?” He


    sneered coldly. “Discuss the matter? Is this how you show your sincerity?” Knowing his personality, she


    knew that he must be annoyed because she had sent the drink to him via delivery services, but Zoe


    was right. It was fine at the moment for her to deliver it to him, but after two to three months, what was


    she to do if he persisted in pestering her? As such, rather thaning up with an excuse further down


    the road, she might as well set the boundaries from the start. She replied, “I’m sorry, but it’s quitete


    at night.


    I’m a pretty young woman after all, so it would be dangerous for me to be out and about at this time of


    the night. Anyway, you’ve received the drink and it will deliver the same effect.” He was speechless for


    a moment before he responded, “Leanna, since when have you be so shameless?” “Plenty of


    people seem to think so too. This is not news to me.” At that point, Aidan stopped talking. Realizing that


    he had yet to hang up the phone on her, Leanna took the chance and mentioned probingly, “I’ve got


    some money right now. I can pay you back a portion of the total amount first and the remainder by


    installment.


    How does that sound?” “Do I look like a bank?” She knew that it was not going to be easy to convince


    him. “Then, what would you prefer?” “Pay me back the lump sum.” “I…” Before she could finish her


    sentence, Aidan spoke calmly, “Or perhaps, you cane over every day to cook for me and tidy the


    ce up from now on until you clear the debt.” She paused for a moment before asking, “How much is


    a day’s work worth?” “That would be one hundred thousand per month.” “President Pearson, are you


    sure that you want to do this? This isn’t a fair deal for you.” He snorted in response and thought, She’s


    finally found her conscience. She continued, “All the chores that you mentioned were chores that I did


    every day since our marriage; so, if I get one hundred thousand per month, then I would be entitled to


    one point two million each year.


    The total I would get for three years is three point six million, so you would still owe me one point six


    million.” At that point, he was at a loss for words. However, before he jumped to the wrong conclusion,


    she quickly added, “I’m not asking for one point six million from you by saying all this. I’m just tallying


    things up, that’s all. You don’t have to pay me anything. Let’s just consider that everything’s settled


    between the two of us.” She reckoned that she had sorted out everything logically and perfectly.


    However, he responded in a calm voice, “Leanna, do you think I’m cracking a joke?” “I’m sorry, but I


    thought you were being very serious about this here.” We’ve divorced and yet he wants me to go back


    and serve him every day?!


    If this isn’t a joke, then he must be out of his mind. On the other end, he remained silent for several


    seconds before speaking up once again, “I expect payment within the next month and I don’t ept


    payment by installment.” She responded, “Okay.” He hung up the phone as soon as he heard her reply.


    Where can she get that amount of money within a month? By then, she would naturally have toe


    back to me, begging on her knees. … Lately, Gordon had gotten word somewhere that Aidan and


    Leanna had divorced. After phoning Aidan up several times to ask about it to no avail, Gordon


    redirected his sights on Mia. After further investigation, he realized that Mia was not pregnant at all.


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    Though slightly disappointed and ceased action for several days, he started to find an excuse to make


    Aidane home in order to arrange another marriage for him. Due to that, Aidan was frustrated


    beyond words. Hence, he went on consecutive business trips to several cities just to be away from


    Highside for nearly half a month. After he disembarked from the flight, he pressed in between his brows


    and mentioned naturally, “Store the presents in my luggage into paper bags and find some time to send


    it over to Leanna.” As soon as he said that, Jonathan froze and replied awkwardly, “President Pearson,


    you’ve divorced Mrs. Pearson…”


    Jonathan had held the position of Aidan’s personal assistant for many years now and he clearly knew


    that Aidan would always have the habit of buying presents for Leanna no matter where he went for the


    past three years. However, Aidan never handed it over to Leanna in person because he imed that


    she was too schemeful to receive anything from him. If he was to treat her slightly better than usual,


    then she would think that she could take advantage of him and get ahead of herself. Pretending to


    believe Aidan’s ridiculous excuse, Jonathan brought home the expensive gifts and unwrapped the


    original packaging before rewrapping them with the usual store-bought packaging. The final step would


    be to hand them over to Leanna when he met her.