Chapter 66


    Chapter 66 Making the Dumbest Choice for Money As he nced at the front hall with a faint gaze,


    Aidan said, “The party is about to start.” Then, he moved his legs and made his way toward the second


    floor. In the meantime, Leanna was utterly confused at his iprehensible sentence. “President


    Pearson—” However, Aidan didn’t halt in his tracks. What was more, he walked away without looking


    back and only left his stern back silhouette facing her. When she saw how the man ignored her, Leanna


    gritted her teeth.


    She then clenched her hand into a fist and followed him. Once they arrived on the second floor, Aidan


    pushed open the bedroom door and headed straight into the walk-in closet. Leanna followed behind


    him without any second thoughts. “President Pearson, can you please tell me clearly what happened to


    my brother? Please, I’m begging you.” To Leanna’s dismay, Aidan didn’t answer her at all. Instead, his


    finger started moving through the ties he had in the closet as he chose which one he was going to wear


    to the party. While choosing the right tie, Aidan suddenly parted his lips, making Leanna think he


    wanted to tell her about Louis. However, he merely said coldly, “This is a private area, miss. Please


    leave, or I’ll call the police.” In an instant, Leanna became speechless.


    At this rate, it was actually merciful of Leanna not to kill Aidan. Is there something wrong with this guy?!


    “President Pearson, please tell me what happened to my brother. I promise I’ll leave immediately, and I


    won’t stay around for a second longer.” “Your brother? Tsk! He’s just like you, making the dumbest


    choice for money.” Automatically, Leanna thought of the card Louis had given her, and the feeling of


    unease spread in her heart. Presently, she had no time to worry about other things, so she raised her


    hand and grabbed Aidan’s arm. “President Pearson!” When he felt the woman’s touch, Aidan looked


    down and nced at her hand. Meanwhile, Leanna hurriedly withdrew her hand when she saw that.


    Just as she was about to speak, a tie was handed into her hand. With an indifferent tone, he said, “The


    most urgent thing now is the party downstairs.” As she gritted her teeth, Leanna wished she could use


    this tie to strangle him on the spot. She was helping him with his tie when Aidan’s emotionless gaze fell


    on her face. “Zayn is about to get engaged today.


    He should be very happy to see you here.” The woman couldn’t bear it any longer, and she tightened


    the tie around him. In response, Aidan’s beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly. Leanna hurriedly adjusted


    the tie. “I’m sorry. My hands are a little out of practice.” Sure enough, Aidan saw through her little tricks.


    He sneered, turned around, and took out a skirt from the closet. “Put it on.” Leanna was slightly


    startled. “Me?” With an impatient look on his face, Aidan said, “Who else? Should I put it on instead?”


    As she looked at Aidan, Leanna couldn’t help but feel weird about his behavior. Why is this b*stard


    getting so agitated today? She stayed silent for a while before saying, “President Pearson, I just want


    to know what happened to my brother. I’ll leave as soon as I get the answer.” “I don’t feel like talking


    about it now,” Aidan said. Shortly after, he added, “If you don’t have much patience, you can always go


    straight to your brother and ask him.”


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    At this point, Leanna was so annoyed that she felt her temples were about to explode. Would I still be


    here looking at your face if I had gotten an answer from Louis?! After thinking thoroughly, Leanna said,


    “President Pearson, I don’t wish to go. Can’t you—” Can’t you request something else? As he leaned


    against the closet, Aidan spoke after a few seconds. “Do you think I want to go?” Leanna was silent.


    Then, she remembered what Justin had told her not long ago. Suddenly, she realized she had enough


    reason to suspect that Aidan was dragging her into this, making her his shield that blocked Sienna’s


    wrath. Leanna said softly, “I can’t wear these dresses.” “All of them are your size.” Leanna exined


    while blushing, “I-I have gained a few pounds recently.” Aidan looked at her silently for a while. He then


    sneered and said, “It seems like you’ve been living every aspect of your life well after the divorce.” In


    truth, Leanna’s arms and legs still looked the same as before.


    However, these dresses were well-fitted at the waist, hence her slightly bulging stomach would be very


    obvious if she wore them. Leanna tugged on her pants and said, “Why don’t I just wear this?” After all,


    they’re going tough at me anyway. It doesn’t matter what I wear, for it’ll only be an added joke for


    them to talk about. “Suit yourself.” After he finished speaking, Aidan moved his feet and left the room.


    Meanwhile, Leanna could only keep a certain distance and followed behind him step by step. At this


    moment, all the guests had gathered in the front hall, and the atmosphere was boisterous. Since there


    were plenty of people in the hall, Leanna soon lost sight of Aidan’s figure. Looking at the direction he


    last disappeared to, she parted her lips, wanting to say something. However, she eventually stood in a


    corner to lower her presence at the party. At that moment, she simply wished that the party could end


    soon. After thinking about it, she took out her phone and called Louis. However, no one picked up, and


    she kept being directed to voicemail. Leanna pursed her lips and sent a message to Zoe, asking her to


    visit Louis’ college. Although Leanna didn’t know what happened to the man, she had a feeling that it


    wasn’t good news based on the tone in Aidan’s voice earlier. Not long after, Leanna suddenly felt a little


    acid reflux. It looks like the little guy in my belly is making a fuss again.


    Therefore, she went to the washroom on the first floor while no one was paying attention. When


    Leanna was washing her hands, a girl came by and looked at her several times. Noticing the girl’s


    constant stares, Leanna couldn’t help but think they were acquaintances. However, she didn’t


    remember ever seeing her. Hence, she felt that the girl’s behavior was a little inexplicable. When her


    eyes met with the girl’s, she nodded politely and turned to leave. After she left, Georgina gradually


    retracted her gaze. At this moment, Carly came over with her big belly. “Gina, what’s taking you so


    long?” Upon hearing Carly’s voice, Georgina turned around and smiled. “It’s nothing. I just saw


    something incredible.” Carly sighed. “Say, do you think Zayn and Anna will sessfully get engaged


    today?”


    Although today was Sienna’s birthday party, in reality, it was simply a situation that the two families had


    arranged in advance. Later on, they would announce Zayn and Anna’s engagement in front of all the


    guests. The situation was nned in such a way that Zayn didn’t need to agree with the engagement.


    Moreover, Aidan would also have no way to back down. Even though the two families agreed to the


    marriage, in truth, the fate of the current Pearson Family stilly in Aidan’s hands. If one could put this


    marriage in nice terms, it would be a marriage between the Pearson and Bat Family. However, if


    one wanted to describe this marriage in more realistic and ugly terms, it would be a coboration


    between twopanies. After listening to Carly’s concerns, Georgina said, “Since Zayn has shown up


    to the party today, it means that he has acquiesced.” Even so, Carly still looked exasperated.


    “Considering the current situation at home, this is already ourst resort.” Perhaps the outside world


    couldn’t see it, but the Bat Family’s business had obviously been going downhill in the past two


    years. Even though Dous had tried a lot of methods, it still didn’t improve the situation much. For


    that reason, the Bat Family still disregarded Zayn’s wishes and forcibly agreed to the conditions on


    Pearson’s side when they saw there was a chance to have an alliance marriage with the Pearson


    Family this time. Even if they knew about Anna’s arrogant and stubborn nature, they still epted the


    Pearson Family’s marriage proposal. Last night, Zayn’s parents called him into their room to have a


    chat. They reassured him that there was a clear division between interests and feelings in this sort of


    commercial marriage.


    They even told him that he could file for divorce immediately after the cooperative ties were over if he


    really didn’t have feelings for Anna. Up until now, marriage was nothing but the most superficial and


    superficial excuse for these rich families to expand their business empires. In fact, whether it was Aidan


    or Anna, they were nothing more than Gordon’s chess pieces in strengthening his empire. When he


    could no longer control one chess piece like he was controlling a puppet, he would immediately rece


    that chess piece with another to achieve his own goal.


    After sending Carly back to the party hall, Georgina saw Anna walking toward her with an awful


    expression on her face just when she wanted to find out where Leanna was. Thus, she asked, “What’s


    the matter?” Anna gritted her teeth and said in anger, “That shameless woman is actually here! I swear


    that she must’ve known about my engagement with Zayn today, so she’s deliberately here to sabotage


    us! I’d chase her out if not for the fact that Aidan is here!”