Chapter 377


    Time flew by, second after second. After forty minutes, Leanna finally began sketching.


    Everyone who was feeling nervous for her outside the room breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her


    moving her hands.


    Aidan, on the other hand, sat calmly in his seat, his slender legs crossed as he looked at her.


    Meanwhile in the room, Leanna wasn''t designing a new piece of work. Instead, she was sketching a


    creation of hers which she designed previously.


    It was the ne she sent to the Bat Family at their charity dinner. However, the ne went


    missing and had not been found till now.


    The theme for this round of thepetition was that it had no theme.


    From the rules of the beginning of thepetition to its subsequent developments, and to the final


    round now, all of them exuded an overall message—to break through any existing constraint and not


    be limited by any themes. The crucial point was to be daring enough toe out with bold innovations.


    Hence, it meant that no matter what designs that the contestants handed in, they were all in line with


    the theme.


    The previously designed pocket watch ne had never been shown to the public. Other than


    Leanna herself, Harvey was the only one who had seen it.


    That being the case, if anyone questioned her design now, it meant that the stolen ne was in the


    hands of that person.


    Despite this, she still made some changes to the minute details of the design, but the changes she


    made were difficult to be noticed by anyone other than herself.


    Thepetition''s three-hour time limit was quickly reached. Leanna put down her stationery and took


    a deep breath.


    After the staff took their designs away, Leanna and the two other contestants exited their room.


    The panel judges who were seated stood up and entered the meeting room that had been prepared for


    them.


    Before Violet left, she deliberately took a nce at Leanna and snorted, seemingly expressing that she


    would not let Leanna have her way.


    Georgina, on the other hand, behaved more maturely. She maintained herposure throughout the


    competition, with a slight smug look on her face.


    When Leanna found Aidan, she was surprised to see him sitting in the reporters'' area, whereby the


    reporters were standing in a corner, looking around and trying hard not to be noticed.


    She found them behaving weirdly.


    Aidan approached her at this point and asked, "What are you looking at?"


    "Why did they…"


    "Perhaps they''re ufortable sitting for that long," he replied slowly, not even turning his head.


    After a few seconds of silence, he took Leanna''s hand in his and said, "Don''t be bothered about them.


    Let''s grab something to eat."


    She indeed felt hungry after being in the room for that long. However, she wasn''t sure of leaving. "But


    thepetition isn''t over yet."


    "They need another hour to get the results. You can''t do anything by sitting here anyway," he


    responded.


    He has a point.


    "Let''s go, then."


    Their departure caused spections in the remaining crowd.


    To them, Leanna appeared to bepletely confident to be able to leave at this point of time.


    But in fact, she did not feel confident at all. For her, the design had been handed in, and there was


    nothing she could do about it. Thus, she would rather have a nice meal than waste time waiting for the


    results and doing nothing here.


    While they were eating, she asked, "How is Louis doing at your ce?"


    "He''s fine, eating and sleeping well," Aidan answered as he poured water into her ss.


    "I''m asking about his injury."


    "He didn''t break any bones, and the person who was beaten up wasn''t him either. He has long since


    recovered."


    As Aidan spoke about this, Leanna furrowed her brows and asked further, "Do you have any news


    about Ron yet?"


    To that, he gave a disappointing answer. "He wouldn''t have lived until now if he could be easily found."


    Hearing that, she went silent without refuting what he had said.


    Aidan then added, "As I''ve said, you don''t need to be concerned about that. I will take care of it."


    "But you are also in a mess now."


    "What mess?"


    "The Pearsons began making new moves recently, didn''t they?"


    If they didn''t, Aidan would not be so busy now.


    He smiled when he heard her words. "That''s nothing new to me. I''m used to it."


    The Pearsons were doing nothing more than convening a board meeting and making some


    unreasonable demands.


    Though he said it casually, Leanna knew it wasn''t as simple as he made it sound.


    After a while, she opened her mouth again. "Ms. Fletcher…"


    "What?" Aidan raised his gaze and looked at her.


    Leanna quickly dodged his gaze. "Nothing. I''m just wondering if I can pay her a visit once this busy


    period is over."


    "You can."


    Leanna only wanted to test the waters at first, but he agreed to her request so quickly that she was at a


    loss for words. After a brief pause, she decided to bring the topic back to Louis. "What is Louis doing


    these few days? Did he go out?"


    "He leaves early in the morning and returnste," Aidan answered, and Leanna was perplexed by this.


    "What has he been up to?"


    "Anything is fine as long as he is notmitting heinous crimes."


    Hearing Aidan''s rxed tone, Leanna was assured that she had nothing to worry about. Exclusive content ? by N?(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.


    Louis would most likely not act rashly again now that he had learned his lesson and was living together


    with Aidan.


    They finished their meal in no time. When they returned to thepetition venue, there were still


    fifteen minutes until the results were announced.


    Just as Leanna sat down, some reporters approached her for an interview.


    Many people predicted that either she or Queenie would win. Adding to that, Leanna was also backed


    by powerful people. Even if they didn''t say it out loud, everyone knew that the organizer would more or


    less show Aidan some respect.


    As such, Leanna is most likely to win.


    This was why the reporters were so eager to interview her right now.


    However, Leanna merely smiled and responded politely, "Let''s wait until thepetition is over."


    epting the interview now would be a shame if she wasn''t the winnerter.


    After being rejected by her, all of the reporters walked away regretfully.


    Aidan, on the other hand, asked in a soft tone, "Are you not confident in yourself?"


    "I simply feel that it is better to be humble," she casually responded. "Besides, if I lose thepetition,


    it won''t be my fault. I''m just taking the bullets for you."


    He looked at her doubtfully when he heard that.


    "I heard that wealthy families are normally close with one another, and their daughters gather


    frequently for rxing activities like afternoon tea or facials, right?


    "Yes."


    "So, President Pearson, do you think the twodies you''ve previously offended would team up with the


    otherdies to target me?"


    Aidan pursed his lips in response. "You are the one who offended one of them," he said after a few


    seconds.


    Leanna scoffed at that.


    B*stard.


    He then held her hand and said graciously, "It doesn''t matter if you lose thepetition. I will provide


    for you."


    She, however, did not even want to y along with him and immediately took out her phone to reply to


    Zoe''s message, which she had received just minutes ago.


    Regardless of the oue, Leanna had put in all of her effort and hard work, which was why everyone


    in the studio had nned to have a meal together after thepetition ended.


    After considering for a while, Leanna then sent a message to Daphne, asking if she was free tonight.