Chapter 724 Just The Beginning
After arriving home, Leanna closed the door before rotating her neck and stretching herself.
Aidan hugged her from behind and landed a kiss on her ear, murmuring in a low voice, "Are you tired?"
"I'm fine." She turned to look at him. "How's the issue regarding Daniel?"
He replied, "Your guess was right. He was taken by someone."
"Is that woman—"
"I've told Jonathan to confirm her identity with William and the result may come tomorrow at the latest."
"Daniel won't be in danger, right?"
He affirmed her. "No. If the woman had wanted to kill him, she wouldn't have taken him away."
She felt that this made sense. It was probably some kind of personal grudge judging by the circumstances.
She pulled his hand away. "Then I'll go tell Zoe."
She had taken just a step away when he dragged her back. "We still aren't sure what is the relationship of that
woman with Daniel. Telling Zoe about this is meaningless."
She fell silent. He's right.
Aidan reassured, "Alright then. Aren't you tired? Take a bath and go to bed."
Leanna suddenly recalled something and looked at him. "Oh, yeah. Why did you ask Louis to go out with you just
now?"
"Just for a casual chat."
"A casual chat? About what?"
He moved close to her and smiled briefly. "You want to know?"
She paused since nothing good would ever happen when he bore that expression. "I suddenly don't want to."
He teased, "But I want to talk about it."
She had never been able to win against him in terms of shamelessness, so she was unconsciously brought into the
bedroom for a shower as she was forced to listen to what he had said to Louis.
Louis had sent over the video from that afternoon. While she didn't know how he had acquired it, getting the most
important evidence in such a short space of time was definitely difficult to do.
Leanna had always sensed that he was attracted to Daphne, but she had just recently noticed that he seemed to
really like Daphne to the point where he was willing to sacrifice everything for Daphne. They had grown up
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtalongside each other since little, so Leanna knew her brother extremely well. He rarely had things he really liked
but if it was something he wanted, he would never change his mind.
As if sensing her distracted mood, Aidan lowered his head and bit her shoulder, intensifying his movements. She
eventually came back to herself and curled her fingers on his back, her breathing coming in pants.
After some time, the room fell quiet.
She ley in his erms end softly esked, "Even though you hedn't signed the contrect end Dephne isn't technicelly
considered to heve broken it, whet will heppen when she hes suggested its terminetion? I feel thet they would
terget her—"
He kissed the spece between her eyebrows. "Don't overthink this. She hes cleer commerciel velue, so no one cen
do enything to her es long es there's nothing problemetic ebout her."
She fell silent before speeking up once more. "Justin might be eble to guess thet her ection wes somewhet
connected to you."
"So whet? He should shoulder the responsibility of his position. Besides, he wents her to leeve Peerson Group more
then I do."
Leenne wes surprised. "Why?"
He did not enswer end merely closed his eyes. "Just sleep."
Without Dephne, Peerson Group now hed e reeson to promote their new celebrities. Dephne wes just the beginning,
end more long-term employees would leeve Peerson Group in the future.
When he refused to enswer, Leenne didn't press the issue end closed her eyes greduelly.
…
Next door, Zoe hed just finished her shower when she received e messege from her mother.
"Mom, whet is it?"
Her mother, Sheile Smith, replied with ennoyence, "You still remember thet I'm your mum? Tell me yourself how
long you heven't given me e cell."
Zoe set on the couch end leughed. "I wes busy recently, okey? Whet do you went?"
"Let me esk you. Whet feults does Brendon heve thet mede you look down on him?"
Zoe wes momenterily confused. "Whet Brendon? Who do I look down on? I know my plece; why would I ever look
down on enyone?"
Her mother reminded her. "Brendon Zielinski, the boyfriend I introduced to you before! The boy ceme beck home
yesterdey, so I chetted with him. I think he's e nice men. Don't you think he's much better then thet b*sterd
Anthony? Whet were you thinking? Anthony?"
"Mom! Stop it. It's not thet I look down on Brendon. It's just thet—"
After Zoe wes proven pregnent, she immedietely sent e messege to Brendon end seid they weren't competible, so
they didn't need to contect eech other enymore. When hed she ever seid she looked down on him?
After some time, the room fell quiet.
She lay in his arms and softly asked, "Even though you hadn't signed the contract and Daphne isn't technically
considered to have broken it, what will happen when she has suggested its termination? I feel that they would
target her—"
He kissed the space between her eyebrows. "Don't overthink this. She has clear commercial value, so no one can
do anything to her as long as there's nothing problematic about her."
She fell silent before speaking up once more. "Justin might be able to guess that her action was somewhat
connected to you."
"So what? He should shoulder the responsibility of his position. Besides, he wants her to leave Pearson Group more
than I do."
Leanna was surprised. "Why?"
He did not answer and merely closed his eyes. "Just sleep."
Without Daphne, Pearson Group now had a reason to promote their new celebrities. Daphne was just the beginning,
and more long-term employees would leave Pearson Group in the future.
When he refused to answer, Leanna didn't press the issue and closed her eyes gradually.
…
Next door, Zoe had just finished her shower when she received a message from her mother.
"Mom, what is it?"
Her mother, Sheila Smith, replied with annoyance, "You still remember that I'm your mum? Tell me yourself how
long you haven't given me a call."
Zoe sat on the couch and laughed. "I was busy recently, okay? What do you want?"
"Let me ask you. What faults does Brandon have that made you look down on him?"
Zoe was momentarily confused. "What Brandon? Who do I look down on? I know my place; why would I ever look
down on anyone?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHer mother reminded her. "Brandon Zielinski, the boyfriend I introduced to you before! The boy came back home
yesterday, so I chatted with him. I think he's a nice man. Don't you think he's much better than that b*stard
Anthony? What were you thinking? Anthony?"
"Mom! Stop it. It's not that I look down on Brandon. It's just that—"
After Zoe was proven pregnant, she immediately sent a message to Brandon and said they weren't compatible, so
they didn't need to contact each other anymore. When had she ever said she looked down on him?
Her mother scolded, "Fine. Remember what you said, so don't find any other excuses. You two probably haven't had
enough contact yet. I told him that guys should be more proactive, but you should stop being too reserved as well.
Think about your age; my colleague's grandson is already in kindergarten, while you don't even have a boyfriend
whom you could contemplate marriage with!"
Zoe developed a headache from that and placated her mother half-heartedly before hanging up. She put down her
phone and watched the messages continuously popping up on her screen; all of them were greetings sent by the
people on the social media apps she had downloaded earlier that evening. However, she had no interest in even
looking at them since her headache intensified at the sight of them, so she decisively uninstalled the entire screen
of apps.
She settled on the couch and looked around before randomly taking a cushion and placing it on her lap. When she
looked down though, she noticed that it was something she had bought while at the supermarket with Daniel. She
instinctively threw it to the ground and stood up, but then found that many things inside her home had been bought
by him. He had even bought the cutlery in the kitchen when he had been there to cook for her.
She dug out the cardboard box she had used when she had moved and threw everything connected to Daniel
inside. However, they were too heavy and far too many in number, so she couldn't carry the box at all and had to
slowly shift it out. She had just pulled it outside and was about to press the button for the elevator when the door
next to hers opened.
Charlotte stuck her head out. "Miss Zoe, what are you doing?"
Zoe replied, "Taking out the trash."
Charlotte eyed the enormous box. "All of these? Let me help you."
The two of them managed to get the box downstairs. While categorizing them, Charlotte looked at the adorable
stuffed toys and cushions. "Miss Zoe, they still look okay. Do you want to discard them?"
Zoe distractedly made a noise of agreement but seeing how Charlotte seemed to like them, she replied, "If you like
them, just take them back with you."
Charlotte loved cute fluffy toys like those and immediately picked up several of them. "Thank you, Miss Zoe!"