I'm Sorry My Love Novel
Chapter 10

Chapter 10

“That’s good news. You’re pregnant—” Zoe came to her senses as her eyes widened. “Is it Aidan’s?”“Hmm.” “Sh*t! What are you going to do? Are you going to tell him about it?” Leanna shook her head.“No. We’re going to divorce anyway.” Zoe paused for a moment before asking, “Then… are you goingto keep the baby?” Silence dawned upon both parties, for Leanna did not know the answer to thatquestion. When she found out about her pregnancy, her first reaction was resorting to abortion.However, after ruminating on it, she figured that the baby had nothing to do with the bad blood betweenher and Aidan; the baby was innocent. Every single time she closed her eyes, she could feel how thatbaby’s life was dissipating from her body three years ago. She would not want to experience it twice,but if she ever decided to keep the child… In the end, she answered, “I’m not sure yet. Let’s talk aboutit after some time.” Knowing that Leanna did not wish to continue that topic, Zoe veered the subject.“Right, there’s good news. The necklace and ring of the First Love collection have been receivingpositive responses from our magazine team. There are internal reservations too! I’m sure that it’ll selllike hot cakes once it’s on sale. The only thing left is the bracelet… There’s still one week left beforethe press conference. Do you think you can make it in time?” “Yeah. I need three days at most.” Zoeheaved a sigh of relief. “You’re pregnant, though. Can you handle the production yourself? You’ll beexposed to chemical substances in the process. I think it’s best to hand it over to the factory.” “It’salright. I can wear a mask and gloves.” “Then, you gotta be careful. Just inform me if you can’t handle iton your own.” Leanna smiled. “Don’t worry. There won’t be any problem.” Coming out of the bathroom,she held her phone in hesitation for a long time before dialing Aidan’s number. Once the line gotthrough, Mia’s smug voice could be heard. “President Pearson is with me right now, so try not to makea fool of yourself.” “Oh.” Leanna hung up the phone without a second thought. On the other end, Aidancame out of the restroom and happened to see Mia shoving his phone into his clothes. He strode overto take the clothes and questioned indifferently, “Did someone call?” Her eyes wavered. “N-No…” Hechecked the contact history, only to see the incoming call from Leanna one minute ago. He lifted hisgaze onto Mia, who explained, “President Pearson, Leanna asked for your whereabouts, but I coveredfor you since I know that you don’t wanna see her anyway. I didn’t tell her anything else.” He kept hisphone while brushing off her silly ploy. At that moment, his business partner came over while beaming

with delight. “President Pearson, I’m glad that you’re still here. I’ve booked a private room at PatheonClub. Let’s enjoy ourselves for a while.” Aidan replied, “Miss Clark is the protagonist of thecollaboration. Do enjoy yourselves without me.” Mia called him instantly, “President Pearson…” Aftergiving a polite nod to the business partner, he exited the place and hopped into the car. The driverinquired, “President Pearson, do you wanna go to the apartment or Castor Villa?” Aidan looked down athis phone and his calm voice sounded, “To Castor Villa.” “Okay.” He alighted from the car after thethirty minute ride when his phone suddenly rang; it was Leanna. Although he had answered the call,she did not say a thing. Impatient, he undid his tie while sitting on the couch before asking, “What is it?”At last, she questioned cautiously, “Are you… still busy?” In fact, it took her a lot of courage to makethis phone call. If she did not explain to Aidan about her situation, he might take the wrong idea thatshe was just goofing around, which would make it more difficult for her to have a divorce. Still, it feltnice to be able to get in the way of his affair with just one call. “Busy with what?” Leanna remainedsilent for a while before steering the topic. “I’m sorry for today. Something urgent came up. It wasn’t onpurpose.” “Leanna McKinney, I waited for an hour.” His voice was frosty. “I’m terribly sorry about it, but Ireally had something urgent to attend to. What about tomorrow? Any time works fine for me. Why don’tI wait for you at the Civil Affairs Bureau early in the morning? You can stop by when you’re free.” “I’m abusy man. I gotta go on a business trip to Gerland.” She was disheartened by the news. “Oh, then…let’s talk after you’re back.” This was the downside of having a president as one’s husband—oneneeded to book an appointment in order to sign the divorce papers. As the call had not ended yet,Aidan inquired, “Do you want chocolate?” Leanna was taken aback by the sudden question. “Hmm?”He repeated himself impatiently, “I’m going to Gerland. Do you want chocolate?” She recalled that thebusiness partner in Gerland had once gifted him a few boxes of their local chocolate specialties, whichwere simply placed on the desk by him in the end. Although he was not into sweets and snacks, sheloved them. Thus, he supposed that it would be better to dispose of the chocolate by giving it to herinstead of throwing it into the trash bin. After a while, she responded, “No, thanks.” He snorted coldlybefore terminating the call. Just as Leanna was about to sleep, Aidan rang her this time. “Where’s theaspirin?” “You’ll replace it in the kitchen. It’s in the top drawer of the third cupboard from the left. There’s

plenty of medicine in there. If you’re not sure which it is…” His breathing sounded calm, as though hewas waiting for her to finish her words. “You can wake one of the maids up.” He ended the call at thevery next second and she pouted her lips while putting her phone aside before flopping into bed. Nowonder he’s unusually gentle today. He’s been drinking. Alcohol never failed to make Aidan morepatient and approachable. Whenever she was told off by him, she wished she could force him to gulpdown a few bottles of alcohol before he stepped into the house. Of course, she had the heart but notthe guts to do so. … Rather than waking up the maids, Aidan kneaded his hurting temples and drank aglass of cold water before heading upstairs. When he entered the bedroom to grab some clothes, hiseyes landed upon the lady’s apparels that were left untouched for a long time. It had been a monthsince Leanna had moved out. This afternoon, he asked Jonathan at the entrance of the Civil AffairsBureau, “Other than money, why would a woman insist on a divorce?” Recently, Aidan was indeedirritated by how things were turning out. Leanna claimed that she did not want money but purely adivorce, which was totally preposterous given how her father played havoc at the company. Even so,her attitude was firm, for she did not take advantage of him through the divorce. He could notunderstand the reasons behind her decision. “President Pearson, is it possible that Madam is justthrowing a tantrum with you?” Jonathan voiced out his assumption after a long pause. “Throwing atantrum?”