I'm Sorry My Love Novel
Chapter 481

Chapter 481

Chapter 481

Previously, Aidan had been paying too much attention to Leroy until he started to notice the mysteriesthat subsequently surfaced about the explosion 20 years ago.

Having managed to escape, Leanna's mother could have approached Mr. Jackson for help anytimethroughout the three months in which Leroy was unconscious in the hospital. However, she didn't dothat. Instead, she took her daughter with her and married a scoundrel. Maybe Jethro was indeed adecent man back then, but I can't understand why she'd do that unless she was hiding something orwas threatened to do so. Anyway, Leroy was lying in the hospital at that time, so he wouldn't have beencapable of pulling any of those off. Furthermore, he thought they were killed in the explosion.

"In the same year?" Leanna probed.

Aidan replied with an affirmative hum. "During the accident that Justin was caught in, he was the onlysurvivor while his driver and the one who caused the tragedy died on the spot. However, he was leftwith his legs paralyzed for the rest of his life, and he could never stand on his feet again."

"H-How did the accident happen?"

"It was a case of drunk driving."

When Leanna heard that, she frowned in response. "Both drivers must have been speeding to causean accident that took two lives away. Look, I know that driver was at fault for drunk driving, but whatabout Justin's driver? Justin was in his car, so why was he speeding?"

"That's a good question. You're pretty smart," Aidan said with a chuckle.

Leanna was speechless for a second before she continued, "You'd better start talking." Come on, man!Considering what just happened, how can you not be serious?

Aidan replied, "That's the problem. After the accident happened, there were no signs of attemptedbraking on the scene."

"Are you saying the two cars rammed each other headlong?" Leanna paused and continued, "Butwouldn't that have been too obvious? Didn't you… Or Old Master Pearson investigate the matter?"

"We did. We just didn't replace anything useful. That driver had been working for the Pearson Family foryears. We knew he didn't have a family, and we weren't sure about his motive as well. On the otherhand, the other driver just got promoted to supervisor of his department. Before the tragedy happened,he had just left a celebration, and there was nothing suspicious about his motive. In the end, the tragicincident could only be classified as an unfortunate accident."

Even so, Leanna continued to frown. "Well, it sounds like the two of them were innocent, but…"Something still sounds wrong here.

"Well, I was confused too when I started investigating the matter a few years ago, but thankfully, I'mbeginning to replace some useful leads," Aidan replied.

"What do you know?"

"It was too much of a coincidence that the Pearson Family and Crossley Family found themselves in

trouble at the same time." Aidan tapped the steering wheel gently with his fingertips and added calmly,"If someone else was indeed behind all this, it would explain everything. As for the two deceaseddrivers, we haven't managed to replace anything unusual with that."

After hearing Aidan's explanation, Leanna thought everything had come to an end the moment Leroy'swickedness was exposed, only to realize it was just the beginning. At that moment, Aidan's phone rangshortly before he pulled over and answered the call.

"Talk." Upon learning what he was told from the other side of the call, Aidan furrowed his eyebrows andclenched his jaw.

"What's wrong?" Leanna noticed the man's reaction, and she asked nervously as soon as he hung upthe call.

"Jethro is dead," Aidan answered coldly. Meanwhile, Leanna was in disbelief, and she couldn't snap outof her trance.

…

Standing in front of Jethro's corpse, they could see his pale face and stiffened limbs. It was then thatLeanna realized that her father was truly dead this time. "He appeared to have died for quite some timewhen we found him. As far we're concerned, it looks like he committed suicide, but we're waiting for theforensic department to confirm that," the warden said.

The next second, Leanna closed her eyes, feeling as though her energy had been drained from herbody. After all, her hopes had been dampened when she thought she could perhaps learn somethinguseful from Jethro.

Soon, Aidan wrapped his arms around the lady from behind her while trying to console her. "A man likehim is better off dead than alive."

"I'll be fine here. Perhaps you should return to your office," Leanna said as soon as she stepped out ofthe penitentiary.

"You know what? You should probably carry a mirror with you all the time," Aidan replied. While Leannawas left speechless, Aidan continued to say, "Those bold words wouldn't have come out of your mouthhad you seen the look on your face."

Really? This guy is never serious, eh? Leanna silently thought to herself, having nothing to say inresponse.

"Come on, let me take you someplace else to take your mind off this matter." Aidan held her hand.

"But it's raining now. Where else can we go?" Leanna didn't know where they could go, and she wasinstantly taken aback when Aidan took her to a rock-climbing gym. Standing there, she recalled someunpleasant memories and shifted her gaze to the man next to her with an emotionless look. "Do youthink this is going to help me relax?"

Aidan curled his lips upward. "I thought you were an adventurous person. If this isn't exciting enough,we could try bungee jumping next time."

Leanna was speechless, wondering what was wrong with Aidan. Is this guy out of his mind? Havinglearned from her lesson, Leanna demanded that Aidan join her when the attendants brought them theirclimbing gear. "Put them on. You're coming with me."

"Hm? Starting to miss me already?" Aidan raised his eyebrows.

"Hurry up." Leanna nudged Aidan, thinking she should eliminate all chances of the man peeking at herfrom below.

Not long after that, the duo put on their gear, whereupon Aidan was the first to climb. A few secondslater, Leanna jerked the rope and began to follow as well. Unlike Leanna, Aidan's agility allowed him toquickly widen the gap between him and her. He then looked down, setting his eyes on the lady with acasual smile. "Do you need help?"

"There's no need for that!" Leanna bit her lip and continued climbing. At the same time, she lookeddown, thinking she had made better progress than she previously did last time.

Well, the platform doesn't seem as high as the one back in the club, so I think I can make it to the top.At the thought of that, Leanna took a deep breath and was ready to go all out to make her way up tothe top.

Nevertheless, she quickly regretted it; Leanna had overestimated herself when she started struggling tocontinue climbing. The next second, she lost her grip and balance, but just when she was about to fallonto the other side, she suddenly felt someone's arm around her waist before she was pulled into hisarms. She then immediately turned around and asked, "I thought you were up there. Since when didyou come down?"

"Does that matter?" With his arm around her waist, Aidan looked down and asked, "Do you want to getdown?"

Leanna went silent for almost ten seconds, thinking she should ignore him. I knew he would be waitingfor me here, but thankfully, I saw that coming. As long as I don't let go of him, he is going to tire outsooner or later. By then, he is going to get us down. Meanwhile, Aidan, who felt Leanna's armstightening around his body, smiled mischievously. "Are you scared or something?"

"No, I'm not. I'm just…" Fine, I should probably not waste my breath explaining to him.

"I don't mind indulging myself in your sweet cuddle, but if you ever see yourself on the news tomorrow,don't blame it on me," Aidan remarked cheekily just as Leanna turned her head around and realizeddozens of cameras looking at them.