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Chapter 145
Leanna opened the door; although Anna's appearance surprised her, she asked calmly, "Is there
anything I can help you with?"
Anna displayed haughtiness and disdain with her arms crossed. "Seems like you're not affected in the
slightest even after the big incident. You must be living a happy life, aren't you?"
Her sarcastic tone implied her purpose of coming over was to poke fun at Leanna, who was not in the
mood of playing along with her. "Is there anything you wanna say?"
"Nothing in particular," Anna mocked. "Don't you know that bad things keep happening ever since the
day you move to our house? How do you sleep at night knowing that you don't belong here?"
"If you can persuade Old Master Pearson, I can leave immediately." Leanna was trying to protect
herself.
It had been a week since she started living here and there had been no issue at all. It was obvious that
Anna wanted to cause a scene by getting on her nerves right now. Bringing up Gordon's name was to
remind Anna of the situation and suggest she back off.
The trick worked as her expression showed nuances, albeit for a fleeting second. She centered herself
and jeered at Leanna, "You must be naive to think that I'll be afraid of you just because you brought up
Uncle Gordon. He just needs the baby in your belly to control Aidan. He doesn't care even if you're
dead."
Leanna smiled lightly in return. "That is true. No one cares if I'm dead. So, tell me, Anna Pearson, are
you going to put your life at stake just to take me down right now? Or, are you going to wait after I give
birth to the child?"
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A flicker of resentment flashed across Anna's eyes when she heard that. "Leanna McKinney, do you
really think that you can keep that illegitimate child of yours?"
The smile on Leanna's face gradually simmered as she stared coldly at Anna, who was content by the
reaction. Anna continued nonchalantly, "You do know that your baby is nothing but a puppet, right? It's
not like the child is irreplaceable. If Uncle Gordon can find an illegitimate child, he can find the second
and the third one. Your child is not as important as you believe, you know?"
Hearing that, Leanna finally understood the reason as to why Anna was at her door. Considering how
Anna was afraid of Aidan back then, there was a possibility that she did not know about his identity as
the illegitimate child.
It was probably because of his warning that made her stop her ploys for a short period of time, but her
attitude totally changed after the truth of the illegitimate child had been transpired.
Contempt seeped into her words whenever she spoke of Aidan. Such a thing would not have happened
if it was still yesterday.
Leanna held her tongue for a moment before gazing at her with serenity. "If the baby isn't all that
important, then why do you think I am confined here?"
It was now Anna's turn to stay silent for a few moments before retorting, "Don't get too full of yourself. I
won't let you slide off that easily."
Leanna smiled. "Same goes for you."
Recalling Leanna's warning when she first returned to the country, Anna's expression slightly changed.
It was not that she was scared of Leanna, but Aidan might really let her pay the price with her life if he
found out about the truth of the incident.
After Anna left, Leanna closed and locked the door as though that could give her a sense of security.
She then sat on the bed wearily as she felt something sapped her energy; even her palms were
clammy with sweat. That was close.
While confronting someone as domineering as Anna, Leanna knew well that she should never show
signs of weaknesses during a clash. Although Leanna managed to pull it through tonight, Anna
resembled a ticking time bomb that would go off any second now.
At that moment, Leanna's phone rang. It was Zoe.
"Nana, are you alright?"
"I… I'm fine. Have you found where Louis is?" It was not until then did she feel her voice becoming
hoarse.
"He's right next to me. You—Hey, hey! Hey!"
Before Zoe could even finish her words, Louis snatched the phone and questioned, "Did they coop you
up in Pearson Family Estate?"
"No, Louis. It's not what you think it is," responded Leanna.
"If so, I'm coming over to pick you up."
"Louis," she cooed. "I don't wanna drag you into this matter. This place is more complicated than you
think. It's dangerous."
"Since you know how dangerous it is, why are you still—"
"I'm pregnant with Aidan's baby, so they won't do anything to me, but you're different; they might do
anything to you! Louis, be a good boy and listen to me. No matter what happens in the future, just stay
in school and not worry about me."
While he was frowning in silence, Zoe helped Leanna out by saying, "Just listen to your sister. There's
nothing you can do as a student."
She then retrieved the phone from him. "Leanna, I've got news from Pearson Group. It seems that
Aidan is not bothered about the matter, so don't worry about it. Not to mention it's off the trending chart
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Leanna nodded. "Okay. Got it."
"It's late. Go get some sleep. It's been a long day."
Lying in bed, Leanna was still fully awake, so she turned on her phone and began surfing the Internet.
Not only had the whistleblower obliterated the content an hour ago, the one who insinuated Aidan was
an illegitimate child had deleted their account too.
Everything vanished in thin air as if nothing had happened before.
Still, every businessman in Highside was privy to Aidan's true identity since that very night. Although
they did not bring it up in public, they still gush about it privately when they could.
Losing her interest, Leanna turned off her phone before placing it aside. She could make a vague
guess that the whistleblower and the person disclosing Aidan's identity were of two different parties. To
her belief, there was a high possibility that Sienna was the latter.
Since she could not catch a wink, she paid attention to every noise coming from the corridor. However,
there were no footsteps heard until the end of the day.
So, Aidan didn't return…
The thought of calling him did cross her mind, but she neither had the right nor proposition to do so.
Besides, he was going to marry Georgina soon. If she really was to give him a call that night, she would
never forgive herself.
By the time she drifted into dreamland, the sky already began to lit up. Nevertheless, she had not
expected to read the headlines of Aidan and Georgina the next second she woke up. Their wedding will
be held a month later, huh…
As soon as the news broke out, Pearson Group's share price surged to a high record, transcending its
original price. Ha, it seems that I've worried for nothing last night…
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