Chapter 340


    When Leanna was done with her meal, she feltfortable, a feeling that she seemed to have missed


    for the past couple of days.


    Noticing that, Aidan asked, “Are the Crossleys not feeding you properly?”


    Nestled on the couch, she replied, “I’m reluctant to eat with them. I’m afraid that I’ll end up with an


    upset stomach instead.” During her stay with the Crossley Family over the past few days, her schedule


    was basicallying into the office to have a meal in the morning and taking another meal in the


    evening before going back. It was already hard enough for her to stay with them under the same roof,


    let alone share the same table to have meals with them. To her, it was worse than death by a thousand


    cuts. Sighing as she mulled over these thoughts, she then said, “Alice’s cooking is really good. It’s so


    much more delicious than take-outs.”


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    “You’ll be able to have them every day once you move back in with me,” he said casually.


    Leanna cleared her throat as she knew just what the man was insinuating. As she didn’t want to


    continue with that line of the conversation, she said, “By the way, Lloyd brought me to the cemetery to


    pay respects to his wife today.”


    “Did you?”


    “Nope, but guess who I bumped into there.”


    “Who?”


    “William Morris. It’s quite a coincidence, isn’t it? He has a friend who is also buried there.”


    “It is,” Aidan replied indifferently.


    “Actually, I feel that William is a mysterious man.” After a brief moment of thought, she then continued,


    “Since he’s a businessman, he should be well aware of what’s going on with the Crossley Group. Yet,


    he still chose to coborate with them at such a time. Either he ns to use Crossley Group as a


    stepping stone and use this short period of coboration as an opportunity to expand his business,


    or…”


    Aidan’s eyes grew darker as he stared at her. “Or what?”


    “Nothing.” She shook her head. She suddenly had a thought that William specifically came after Lloyd.


    Not only that, but she felt an inkling that the former might even have something to do with Daniel. Very


    quickly, however, she thought the idea seemed ridiculous.


    Just as she was slowly drowning in her thoughts, Aidan flicked her forehead with his finger and said,


    “You should finish your work before starting to worry about someone else.”


    She rubbed her forehead while looking at him with dissatisfaction. Then, she ordered him off the studio.


    “You should go now!”


    “Are you still nning to continue?”


    “Yeah. Haven’t I told you before? I would often work without sleep when inspiration strikes.”


    “Is inspiration more important than your life?”


    Before she could retort, she was pulled into Aidan’s arms. Resting his chin on her head, he whispered,


    “Don’t move. Stay with me and sleep for a while.” There were heavy signs of exhaustion in his tone.


    Forget it, she thought as she pursed her lips. Since she was done with the draft, the finalized design


    would be much better. Perhaps she was full from her meal, she was gradually ovee with


    sleepiness as she yawned and slowly closed her eyes. Just as she was about to fall asleep, Aidan


    said, “If you have nothing to do in theing two days, try probing Lloyd’s intentions.”


    Since she thought he was going to say something important, she sobered up and asked, “What


    intentions?”


    “What are the chances of me moving into the Crossley Residence to stay with you,” he answered


    slowly.


    At this juncture, Leanna really wanted to pry open the man’s brain just to have a look at what went on


    in his mind. She pushed the man away and said, “I think the chances of you getting killed are higher.


    You can try it if you don’t believe me, President Pearson.”


    “That bad?”


    “Obviously. Did you think that Lloyd would wee you into their home by fetching you over there in a


    luxury car?”


    He looked at her with his eyebrows slightly raised. “Then, when do you allow me to wee you into


    my home with a luxury car?”


    Leanna could only stay silent as he touched her sore spot. In the end, she closed her eyes and said,


    “Go to sleep.” At that, Aidan became silent. Amidst her drowsiness, she only felt the warm embrace by


    her waist as she drifted into a sweet dream.


    …


    The next morning, Zoe came to the studio door to find severaldies there, clearly hesitating in entering


    the studio. “What’s wrong? Did you all forget your keys?” Saying that, she was about to open the door


    when one of thedies tugged her hand and gestured for her to be quiet before directing her gaze at


    what was inside the studio with her finger.


    Upon looking over, she widened her eyes in shock. What is with this situation? She cleared her throat


    and gestured for thedies to go away before saying, “I’m sure all of you haven’t had your breakfast


    this early, right? Go and have them. It’ll be my treat. It doesn’t matter what’s on the menu as long as


    you bring one set back for me.”


    When thedies left, Zoe quickly took her phone out and called Leanna. However, thetter had left her


    phone on mute in the office. Have they never slept before in their lifetime? How are they so deep in


    their sleep? Putting her hands on the window, she knocked on it.


    When Leanna woke up, she felt some pain in her neck and thought to herself that she wouldn’t have


    slept there if she knew this was going to happen. As soon as she raised her head, she happened to


    meet Zoe’s glittering eyes. After a few seconds of silence exchanged between them, she realized the


    situation she was in, so she quickly stood up from the couch with a scuffle, which woke Aidan up.


    Seeing that they were awake, Zoe went away with her head hung so as to not make Leanna feel even


    more embarrassed. And so, the chaotic event this morning ended with Aidan’s departure.


    Noticing the glittering eyes of thedies, Leanna was so ovee with regrets that she felt her


    stomach getting upset. Nheless, she hadn’t expected Lloyd had given her a call as he was


    concerned that she still hadn’t returned homest night. When she ended the call, Zoe came in and


    clicked her tongue. “Looks like that man is really good at putting up an act. As expected of Georgina’s


    father.”


    Leanna smiled faintly. “Is something the matter?”


    Zoe ced a pile of drawings in front of her. “These are the sample drawings of the trinkets in the


    studio. Take a look and see if there are any problems with them. I’ll go ahead and have the factory start


    manufacturing them if there aren’t.”


    After briefly going over them, Leanna replied, “No problems. Oh, right. I sent the factory a customer’s


    customized drawing two days ago. It should be done by now, so can you grab them for me while you’re


    at it?”


    “Sure,” Zoe answered. Then, she suddenly added, “I almost forgot, Daniel came to look for you


    yesterday.”


    Leanna was puzzled. “He came to look for me? Did he say anything?”


    Zoe couldn’t help curling her lips as she remembered yesterday’s incident. “He started spouting some


    sort of nonsense at first before I told him that Georgina’s father had taken you somewhere out. He


    suddenly grew nervous at that as though he was afraid that no one knew that he was his future father-


    inw.”


    That meant Daniel knew that I was with Lloyd? The brief thought she hadst night resurfaced in her


    mind.


    Seeing that Leanna was lost in her thoughts, Zoe waved her hands in front of her and asked, “Nana,


    what are you thinking about?”