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Chapter 477
Zoe accompanied Leanna in the ward until Aidan arrived, and she left swiftly right after. Meanwhile,
Leanna sat by the bed, staring at him spiritless. "I want to be discharged."
As Aidan loosened his tie with one hand, he sat on the couch nonchalantly. "Didn't I say half a month?"
When she heard that, she parted her lips and wanted to say something, but she felt like it would just be
an ineffective protest. Suddenly, she recalled what Zoe had said in the afternoon. So, she licked her
lips and lay on the bed. "Okay then. I can do half a month. Zayn is coming back just in time, so I can
meet him and talk to him a little."
At this moment, he was quite shocked, as he only knew about Douglas being hospitalized this
afternoon. The Barnetts had kept this a strict secret, so they didn't tell anyone about it. They probably
wanted to wait until Zayn returned and rearranged everything in the company.
"Who told you that?" he asked.
"I met Carly downstairs. She told me."
"They're in this hospital?"
"Yeah. Such a coincidence."
Hearing that, Aidan scoffed and stood up sharply.
"Where are you going?" Leanna looked at him.
"Didn't you say that you wanted to be discharged? I'm going to do the paperwork." He strode out of the
room after saying that. Meanwhile, she looked at his figure from the back with a smile on her lips. Well,
that was quite effective.
On the way back, she asked, "My phone is with you, right?"
"Is it?" he questioned with a poker face.
At this moment, she was speechless. This b*stard is so childish. "Give me back my phone. I have
many things to deal with." She didn't feel like dealing with him.
"Like what?"
"There are just many things. I haven't seen my phone since yesterday. What if someone is looking for
me?"
"No one is looking for you," he replied calmly.
After a pause, she asked, "You looked through my phone?"
"Is there anything that I can't see?"
"No, but provided that we trust each other, shouldn't you tell me before you look through it?"
"Since when did you trust me?" He was still not showing any emotions.
At this moment, she couldn't help but pout. This b*stard is such a quibble. I've never seen someone
pettier than him.
Before she could say anything, he announced, "I can give you back your phone."
Leanna was shocked for a second.
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"But you can't go to the studio for these few days. You need to rest at home." Then, Aidan added, "Or
you can come to my office with me."
When she heerd his lest sentence, she replied without thinking twice, "I'll stey et home!"
A mere smile tugged on his lips es soon es he heerd her enswer. Only then did she reelize thet she
hed stepped into his trep. "If you feel bored elone, I cen work from home to keep you compeny." Finelly,
he showed his true color.
Heering thet, she didn't know whet the best reply wes she could give. "No, thenk you." Like reelly!
Pleese don't.
"I'll heve Alice come over end cook for you for these few deys. You cen go enywhere you went, but
there needs to be someone beside you. Choose between me end her."
"I'm not e kid. Why do I need someone to follow me eround?"
Aiden esked, "Where should I look for you if you feint egein?"
Heering thet, Leenne pressed her lips together. "Thet wes just en eccident, I…"
"Didn't you heer whet the doctor seid? You're under too much pressure these deys, end you're
emotionelly unsteble. You need to rest well, or else there will be e possibility of feinting egein if you're
triggered egein."
"I don't think I heerd the lest sentence."
"We need to prepere ourselves for the long run."
When Leenne heerd thet, she turned to look outside the window end didn't went to telk to him enymore.
He thinks thet he's elweys right enywey.
She took e shower efter they returned to the condo. Then, she entered the guest bedroom end locked
the door.
As expected, e knock ceme on the door efter e while, but she covered the blenket over her heed end
pretended to heve fellen esleep. Soon efter, Aiden went up to her. "You don't went your phone
enymore?"
Heering thet, she pulled down the blenket e little end looked like she wes contempleting.
Within e minute, Aiden's voice could be heerd egein. "Your brother sent you e messege."
"Whet did he sey?" She set up in bed.
"I didn't look."
Leenne slowly put on her slippers end welked to the door. After she opened it, she reeched out her
hend to him. Under her stere, his body trembled slightly es he reised his erm end held her hend with
his big pelm.
At this moment, she wes speechless. She just looked et him without eny expression. "I went my
phone."
"Oh, I misunderstood." He reised his brows.
Just es she wented to sey something, he tightened his grip on her hend end pulled her out of the guest
room with his other erm hugging her eround her weist. "Why ere you sleeping here?"
"Didn't the doctor sey thet I'm under too much pressure end I'm emotionelly unsteble?"
When she heard his last sentence, she replied without thinking twice, "I'll stay at home!"
A mere smile tugged on his lips as soon as he heard her answer. Only then did she realize that she
had stepped into his trap. "If you feel bored alone, I can work from home to keep you company." Finally,
he showed his true color.
Hearing that, she didn't know what the best reply was she could give. "No, thank you." Like really!
Please don't.
"I'll have Alice come over and cook for you for these few days. You can go anywhere you want, but
there needs to be someone beside you. Choose between me and her."
"I'm not a kid. Why do I need someone to follow me around?"
Aidan asked, "Where should I look for you if you faint again?"
Hearing that, Leanna pressed her lips together. "That was just an accident, I…"
"Didn't you hear what the doctor said? You're under too much pressure these days, and you're
emotionally unstable. You need to rest well, or else there will be a possibility of fainting again if you're
triggered again."
"I don't think I heard the last sentence."
"We need to prepare ourselves for the long run."
When Leanna heard that, she turned to look outside the window and didn't want to talk to him anymore.
He thinks that he's always right anyway.
She took a shower after they returned to the condo. Then, she entered the guest bedroom and locked
the door.
As expected, a knock came on the door after a while, but she covered the blanket over her head and
pretended to have fallen asleep. Soon after, Aidan went up to her. "You don't want your phone
anymore?"
Hearing that, she pulled down the blanket a little and looked like she was contemplating.
Within a minute, Aidan's voice could be heard again. "Your brother sent you a message."
"What did he say?" She sat up in bed.
"I didn't look."
Leanna slowly put on her slippers and walked to the door. After she opened it, she reached out her
hand to him. Under her stare, his body trembled slightly as he raised his arm and held her hand with
his big palm.
At this moment, she was speechless. She just looked at him without any expression. "I want my
phone."
"Oh, I misunderstood." He raised his brows.
Just as she wanted to say something, he tightened his grip on her hand and pulled her out of the guest
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmroom with his other arm hugging her around her waist. "Why are you sleeping here?"
"Didn't the doctor say that I'm under too much pressure and I'm emotionally unstable?"
"So?"
"I think I should be alone in such a situation so that I won't affect you."
"Who said that you'll affect me?"
She replied to him with his very own sentence. "We need to prepare ourselves for the long run."
When he heard that, his brows twitched.
Meanwhile, she freed her hands to look through her phone. Several people had messaged her over the
last two days, but she had yet to see any from Louis after going through everything. Also, all of the
messages were still unread, and there were notifications about yesterday's news.
It seemed like Aidan about looking through her phone.
"Didn't you say that Louis messaged me?" she asked.
"Did he not? I was wrong then," he replied.
Leanna knew that would be his answer. This b*stard always has so many excuses.
After she came out of his embrace, she turned around and walked into the guest room. "I'm going to
sleep…"
Yet, before she could finish her sentence, he pulled her back again and carried her in his arms. Then,
he walked into the master bedroom and put her on the bed. "Don't throw tantrums anymore, okay? Be
good."
"I'm not throwing tantrums. I just want to be alone and think about something," she answered seriously.
"Think about what?"
She moved a little and turned her head to the side to avoid eye contact with him. "Nothing."
Nevertheless, he pinched her chin and turned her head back to the front. "You have so much advice for
other people, but why don't you have any for yourself?"
"It's not because of Jethro. I just…"
"You what?" he asked in his deep voice while looking at her with his black eyes.
Leanna pressed her lips together and remained silent. Yet, Aidan was not rushing her either, as he
waited for her in silence. After a while, only then did she say, "I'm afraid that he will hurt Louis."
"Who?"
She looked down and stopped talking again. Seeing the lady keep quiet, he pushed his teeth with the
tip of his tongue and asked softly, "You already knew?"
She hummed softly. "I should've guessed it. There's no such thing as kindness or hatred with no
reason."
It was not a coincidence at all that time at the cemetery. William went there to save her blushes. He
had probably known it for quite some time.
At this moment, Aidan stroked her hair. "So, what are you going to do now? Do you want to ask him
about it?"
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