Chapter 32

Chapter 32 The Reason for Our Divorce For the first time in his life, it felt like the hardest task ever forAidan to communicate with her. The worst thing is… she looks like she doesn’t even know what she didwrong! This had only fueled his anger more. With zero ounce of patience remaining, he stood up andleft.

Leanna sighed helplessly as she watched his outraged silhouette departing. As expected, I was toolate in repaying him… A short while later, Harvey entered the room with Zoe. Since there was still lotsof work pending at the show, he did not stay for long as he merely chatted for a short while and toldLeanna to rest up before leaving. Sitting by her side, Zoe sighed, “You’re finally awake, Nana. Youscared the life out of me. What happened? Why were you poisoned?” Unsure of the source ofpoisoning, Leanna shook her head. After she arrived at the fashion show, she did not ingest anythingand her stomach was cleared after puking everything she had for breakfast and lunch. If she had totake a guess, then it must be the water that she had ingested. But, everybody was drinking from thesame source. So, why am I the one with the problem? Zoe quickly took her phone out to text someone.

“Oh right, Zayn told me to inform him once you wake up.” Closing her eyes, Leanna knew that if it wasnot for Zayn, she would have been in big trouble and her baby would be endangered. After Zoe sentthe message, she patted Leanna on the shoulder. “Okay now. You shouldn’t carry any burdens too.Regarding the two of you…You should just let fate decide and not force anything. But, don’t escapefrom it either.” In reality, she and Zayn should have been together way back then, yet fate had otherplans for them. Noticing that Leanna had a heavy expression, Zoe added, “The doctor mentioned thatthe baby is safe. But, they will still observe you closely for the next few days, so just rest up. Do not,and I repeat, do not let this happen again.” The woman in bed slightly nodded and uttered, “Just headback and rest. I’m fine now.” Her voice was rather hoarse. Although her throat was sore, it did not meanthat she could not speak; she just merely did not want to talk with Aidan.

“I’m not going to do that. I’ll stay here and keep you company,” Zoe replied. “You don’t have to. If I needanything, I can ring the nurses for help. There must still be a lot to deal with at the show. Quickly, goon.” Recently, restlessness did not only catch up to Leanna but Zoe as well. Still, Leanna was able tocatch a few winks more than her friend as she had a baby to take care of. On the other hand, Zoe hadnot gotten some shuteye for quite a long time now. After thinking it through, she conformed. “Okay,then. I’ll come tomorrow. Remember to press the bell if you need anything and don’t try to stand up.”Leanna smiled. “Don’t worry.” After Zoe left, Leanna absent-mindedly sat on the bed for quite a while.Some time had passed before her thoughts slowly came back to her as her stomach rumbled loudly.Hungry… She was so hungry that she could not sleep. Since the time was late, Leanna feltembarrassed to ring the bell for this. She sat up cautiously and slowly walked with the help of the wall,thinking that she could seek help at the nurse’s station.

However, she had reached the entrance of the ward when the door suddenly opened. Caught offguard, she fell backward in shock. At that moment, her wrist was grabbed and an upset voicequestioned, “Why are you walking around?” She was speechless at this sight. Why hasn’t he left yet?After stabilizing herself, she licked her dry lips and stated, “I’m hungry.” Shooting a glance at her, Aidanreplied, “Go lie back down.” From his gaze, she could tell that he found her troublesome. Still, shelacked the strength to argue with him right now, so she could only use the wall and slowly retraced hersteps. “Stay there. I’ll be back soon,” he reminded before closing the door. Leanna did not reply to him.

God, why is he coming back again! After the brief interruption, hunger had taken over her body and shehad started to feel numb about it. At the thought of Aidan coming by later, she did not even have themood to eat as she pulled her sheets and decided to sleep instead. Just as she was entering deepsleep, the blanket covering her was tossed aside. “Eat before you sleep.” Looking up, she was shockedto see the food located beside her. Did he buy food for me? “Do you need me to mouth feed you?” heasked sarcastically after receiving no reaction. Leanna’s mouth twitched as she did not want food given

to her out of pity. “I suddenly remembered that I was poisoned, so I should not be able to eat yet…”“I’ve already inquired with the doctor. You’re suffering from mild poisoning. If you feel better afterwaking up, then you can eat solid foods.” He then pursed his lips and continued, “Seeing that youmoved around just to replace food, that means that you should be fine.”

Gripping the bed sheet involuntarily, she became alert after hearing that he had consulted the doctor.“You consulted the doctor? What… did he tell you?” “What else is there besides mild poisoning?” Hiswords relieved her as she laughed awkwardly to disguise her true concern. “It’s nothing. Since mystomach is sick, I thought that the doctor would forbid me from eating.” Aidan looked at her beforeretrieving a box of food from the bag and placed it in front of her. “It’s nothing too serious. Eat up.” Truthwas, he went straight to the doctor’s office after he exited angrily from her ward. It might have beenbecause Zayn was alongside Leanna when she was admitted to the hospital, so the doctor hadassumed that he was the husband and father of the baby. Therefore, when the actual baby’s father hadcome to ask about her condition, the doctor assumed that he was merely a co-worker who wasassigned to visit, based on his cold look. Hence, he only stated about her mild poisoning whilewithholding the information that she was pregnant. While staring at the box of food before her, Leannafound her stomach rumbling again. My baby must be famished too.

At that, she stopped hesitating and picked up the spoon to eat. However, she noticed that not only didAidan not leave, but he sat back down on the couch and started sifting through documents on hisphone. Confused by his actions, she accidentally choked onto her food. “Am I affecting your appetitehere?” The commotion had him looking up and asking. “That’s not it. It’s so late now, though… Aren’tyou returning home, President Pearson?” “What home?” After mocking himself, he then directed hisgaze at her. “After your meal, I have something to ask you.” What he meant was that she should beeating quicker and not waste his time. In actual fact, Leanna did not catch on to what he said in theformer part of his sentence as he was speaking too softly though what she did hear at the end of his

sentence had made her lose appetite for her meal. What is he going to pin on me this time? Did I forgetabout anything else besides owing him money?

This inherently caused Leanna to eat her food in a sour mood. When she finished, she put the spoondown and asked, “What do you want to ask about, President Pearson?” “The reason for our divorce.”Not this again… After all, this was the last thing that she expected him to ask after all the effort hespent to stay out late and buy food for her. Still, she was just ready to speak when Aidan interrupted, “Idon’t wanna hear any excuses. I’ve known everything.”

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