Chapter 261


    In reply to thosements and posts that were criticizing Leanna, the official ount of the Pearson


    Group would leave answers that were concise, straight to the point and downright mean.


    Gradually, the people who were apuding the Pearson Group ount started to be hostile toward it.


    ''This person must be sick. Ridiculous!''


    ''This must be a fake ount. Otherwise, it''s hacked.''


    ''Will the employees of the Pearson Group put in a little more effort? Why are you joining in the fun at


    such a time? You should be fired! Oh, I''m so mad!''


    ''Will the relevant supervisor of Pearson Group take care of this? This employee is like a mad man. I


    only criticized McKinney, and not him. Why did hee for me out of nowhere?''


    While the Inte trolls were speechless, a certified Twitter ount belonging to a senior manager of


    the Pearson Group tweeted, ''Thanks, but there''s nothing I can do about this because the one holding


    the official ount now is President Pearson.''


    Everyone was dumbstruck, and immediately afterward, the Lux Jewelry employee who broke the news


    before posted another tweet. ''I told you so, but nobody believed me then. The ex-husband of McK is


    President Pearson.''


    Within thirty seconds of this tweet, thements beneath her previous tweet that were criticizing


    Leanna were all deleted without a trace.


    Right when everyone thought that the president who was taking charge of the Twitter ount would


    continue arguing with the Inte trolls, he suddenly issued a grave statement.


    ''Allments and posts with malicious intent toward Miss McKinney are untrue. Miss McKinney was


    once the legal wife of the president of Pearson Group, and even though they divorced due to some


    misunderstanding, they have maintained a friendly rtionship the whole time and President Pearson


    is trying to win her back at the moment. Please make sensiblements or the Pearson Group will


    reserve the right to sue for personal attacks and pursue legal responsibility.''


    As a huge corporation, thewyers employed by the Pearson Group were the elites of the industry.


    Once they had really sent the solicitor''s letter of demand, they would definitely proceed with the legal


    procedures and not joke about it.


    All of a sudden, the discussions on the Inte came to an abrupt stop.


    The paid ghostwriters and business ounts were doing this because they were paid, anyway, and


    now that the matter had blown up, they could possibly be thrown under the bus, too.


    Meanwhile, after Carlile saw the statement posted by the official ount of Pearson Group, her face


    turned pale, and she slumped into the couch as though her energy was all drained out.


    Suddenly, something popped into her mind after a few good minutes, and she hurriedly scrambled for


    her phone. With trembling hands, she called Georgina and stammered, "M-Miss Crossley, have you


    seen the news on the Inte? Leanna McKinney… S-She''s the—"


    "I know."


    Panic-stricken, Carlile uttered, "It''s over. It''s a gone case this time!"


    With a hint of annoyance in her voice, Georgina said, "Why are you panicking? Didn''t I already tell you


    that nobody can do anything to you if you insist that the jewelry you received is already in that


    condition?"


    "B-But it''s the Pearson Group we''re speaking about! They can easily see through this cheap trick of


    mine." Tentatively, she asked, "Should I just make a public apology now?"


    "Aren''t you just proving that you''re guilty if you apologize now? Leanna didn''t even bring forward any


    evidence yet, so I don''t know what you''re afraid of."


    Carlile bit her lip. "But Miss Georgina, I''m afraid of offending the Pearson Group… I may even get


    censored."


    Georgina sniggered. "What a joke! Do you really think that Aidan Pearson can hoodwink the public?"


    "After all, the power of the Pearson Family is—"


    "The Pearsons are powerful, but what about my family?"


    Without a doubt, Georgina was just trying to assure her with her words, but she didn''t dare to be as


    brazen as she was anymore while waiting to see the reaction from Leanna''s studio. Once they


    provided the evidence, she would apologize immediately.


    Meanwhile at Leanna''s studio, they didn''t take advantage of the statement by the Pearson Group,


    which was still a hot discussion. Instead, they remained silent and didn''t respond to anything.


    However, the quieter they were, the more anxious it made Carlisle, wondering what they were up to.


    …


    "The b*stard really renewed my knowledge of him. A knight in shining armor. Oh, how many women


    wouldn''t be touched?"


    While Leanna was quiet, Zoe set her phone aside and dashed into the kitchen. "Nana, are you sure


    you don''t want to have a look?"


    "Yes," Leanna replied, rinsing the vegetables and continuing to chop up something else.


    After that, Zoe read out all the replies by Aidan word-by-word, and it didn''t make any difference whether


    Leanna read it or not.


    Picking up an apple, Zoe then started to bite into it as she leaned against the kitchen door frame.


    "Looks like Elijah lost this round."


    Actually, he didn''t lose this round; he simply never won before.


    Silently, Leanna sighed. "That''s enough. Get Louis here for dinner."


    "Oh, okay. I''ll give him a call right away."


    After Zoe left, Leanna peered at the cell phone next to her and paused for a few seconds. Then, as


    though she was pierced, she quickly kept her gaze away.


    Initially, she didn''t n to deal with thements on the Inte. It wasn''t like she had never been


    criticized before. There were still two more days to Christmas, and once the celebrations were over,


    she would slowly drop the hammer. One by one, she would hit Carlile with her blows and find the


    chance to draw Georgina out as well.


    Despite that, she didn''t expect Aidan to cause thismotion now, throwing her off guard and into


    confusion.


    Although he had done no less of sweet-talking recently, it didn''t ur to Leanna that he could go to this


    extent, which was rather astonishing.


    Who would have expected that the president of the Pearson Group would stoop so low as to argue with


    netizens using hispany''s official Twitter ount? Besides his mouth which was as mean as it had


    always been, none of his other actions were fitting with him at all.


    However, this fight also changed everyone''s stereotyped opinion of Aidan. Some even suggested that if


    he would start a lecture to teach others the art of arguing without the use of a single curse word, they


    wouldn''t mind paying for the ss.


    During dinner, Zoe couldn''t help but wave her hand across Leanna''s face when she caught her


    smirking goofily. "What''s on your mind?"


    Hurriedly, Leanna set her thoughts aside and cleared her throat, her ears turning pinkish. "Nothing, I-


    I''m eating."


    Pouting, Zoe said indirectly, "It''s Christmas Eve in two days'' time. What are we doing? Do you guys


    have any ns?"


    "We''ll just stay at home, I guess," Leanna said. Then, she recalled the tragic situation thest time and


    quickly added, "Only the three of us! Don''t invite or tell anyone else!"


    "You''re just ying the ostrich," Louis muttered.


    "Huh?" she blurted.


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    Zoe nodded in agreement. "Yeah. On Christmas Eve, you''ll definitely be having dinner. Even without


    the need to invite, the person who should be here will show up for sure."


    Her words left Leanna speechless.