Chapter 144

Chapter 145 The Wedding in a Month’s Time

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?”

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

too, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”

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…