Chapter 175

Chapter 175

Then I Can Refuse to Answer Too The next afternoon, Leanna had just finished eating and was about

to enter the office when a call from an unknown number appeared on her phone. After her experience

from the previous day, she looked at her phone and hesitated for a while before picking up without

saying anything, preparing to hang up as soon as she heard that b*stard’s voice coming from the other

end. She would never give him a chance to threaten her. Unexpectedly, what she heard was the voice

of an unfamiliar man. “Hello, Miss McKinney, I’m from the moving company. Are you at home now?

We’ve already arrived downstairs at your house.” She was puzzled. “Moving company? I’m not moving

at all.”

“Yes, let me verify again. You’re Leanna, Miss McKinney, right?” She frowned. “Who called you?” “I’m

sorry, Miss McKinney, it only shows your name, address and contact information.” Leanna fell silent

before she took a deep breath. “In that case, please wait for me. I’ll come back now.” After hanging up,

she kept her phone and exited her office. Seeing that, Zoe asked, “Nana, where are you going?” “The

moving company called me and said that they’re already downstairs, so I’m going back.” “Huh? Let me

come with you.” Leanna refused. “It’s all right, I’ll go back alone.” A girl was already on leave today and

another had gone for lunch. If she left, Zoe would be the only one left in the studio. After a moment of

deliberation, Zoe handed the car keys to her. “All right, go and see what’s going on. If anything comes

up, just give me a call.”

“All right.” The studio was not far from her apartment, so Leanna arrived home in just a few minutes.

When she opened the car door, she saw the moving company’s car parked nearby. They had also

spotted her and instantly walked over. “Are you Miss McKinney?” She nodded. The man waved his

colleague over, who dragged a large box over on a cart. “Miss McKinney, please sign here. We’ll bring

it up for you.” She asked, “Do you have a blade that I can borrow?” “Here.” She used the blade to cut

through the tape around the box. When she saw that it was filled with clothes and not anything

terrifying, she finally let out a subtle sigh of relief and said, “I’m sorry, these don’t belong to me. Please

send it back to where you got it from.” The movers clearly didn’t expect this result, and they instantly

became troubled.

“Miss McKinney, this is an order sent directly by the company with orders that it must be delivered to

you. If we send it back, we’ll be fired.” His colleague piped up, “Miss McKinney, I’m begging you. It’s my

first day at work, and my sister is still in school. I can’t lose this job.” Leanna’s temples throbbed. This

method of threatening had that b*stard’s name written all over it. After a few moments of silence, she

gave in. “Bring it upstairs.” “Thank you, Miss McKinney!” “Miss McKinney, you’re the best!” When she

returned to the studio, Zoe saw that Leanna looked completely exhausted and couldn’t help but ask,

“Nana, what happened?” She shook her head weakly and forced a smile on her face as she returned

the car keys to her. “I’m going to continue drafting.” Sitting at her desk, she forced herself to cheer up

and not easily lose her spirit over some mild difficulties. It was precisely because she knew that b*stard

was deliberately causing trouble for her in order to make her beg for his mercy that she knew she only

had to ignore his actions.

However, she didn’t expect that he would be persistent enough to mail a big box over for several days.

Soon, their comfortable and slightly spacious apartment was piled with boxes, leaving no room for them

to even walk. Zoe opened the boxes skillfully and took out a ruby necklace, her eyes lighting up at the

sight. “Wow, I’ve seen this necklace at a photography exhibition before. Apparently it’s worth tens of

millions. How did it get stuffed in a box like this? Is Aidan crazy or am I the one who’s lost my mind?”

Leanna, who was nestling on the couch, glanced up, thinking that the necklace seemed a little familiar.

It was probably during one of her birthdays that Jonathan said it was a gift from one of the company’s

clients. Immediately afterward, Zoe found many more treasures from the box. “This earring, this, and

this… Wow, this coat is a limited edition from a foreign luxury brand!” Zoe looked at the boxes with a

startled gaze. Apart from the clothes, most of the jewelry inside was given to her from Jonathan who

either said that they were from the company’s clients or as part of the company’s benefits, and she had

never expected each of them to be so expensive.

If she had known that, she would’ve taken one or two things away back then so that she wouldn’t be so

helpless when Aidan asked her to return the money. Sitting next to her, she sighed quietly. “I really

couldn’t tell that that b*stard would actually be generous enough to give you such pricey gifts.” After a

moment of deliberation, Leanna picked up her phone before getting up. “Zoe, I’m going to make a

phone call.” She said through a bite of strawberry, “Go on.” As she walked to the balcony, she found

Aidan’s number from her blocklist and called him. Within a few seconds, he picked up, and his

indifferent voice sounded from the other end. “Speak.” She said, “President Pearson, stop sending

things over. I don’t need any of them.” Hearing that, he paused. “You don’t need them?” “Yes…” Before

she could finish, he continued, “Leanna, you’re overthinking it. I’m not giving you those things as a

present, but you were the one who left them at Castor Villa without taking them away.” She was

rendered speechless. Aidan said, “Since you don’t have the time to come over and take them, is there

a problem with me asking someone to send them over to you?” After a long while, she only managed to

squeeze out a word, “No.” He concluded, “That’s good.

There’s still more left in the closet.” There was a moment of silence before Leanna hurriedly

interrupted, “President Pearson! President Pearson, I don’t want any of these things. Please give them

to someone else or something, all right?” “That’s your problem. It has nothing to do with me.” She fell

silent. See, this b*stard can really hold a grudge. Just as she was about to smash her phone out of

frustration, he slowly spoke up, “This isn’t a difficult problem to solve.

You just have to go somewhere with me this weekend.” Leanna scoffed coldly, having expected that he

had ulterior motives. She rejected, “President Pearson, I have plans this weekend.” “With who?” “A

friend.” “Which friend?” Leanna’s hands tightened around the window rails. “President Pearson, I don’t

have the obligation to report everything I do to you.” Aidan scoffed. “When did I ask you to report to

me? I was just asking you.” “Oh, then I can refuse to answer too.” Her words rendered him speechless.