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Chapter 476
Leanna looked up and down in the ward for her phone but still couldn't find it. Left with no other
choices, he gave up. It seems like Aidan took my phone.
After a while, Zoe came back. She was slouching and looked feeble.
When Leanna saw that, she could only think of one reason. "Did Daniel meet up with you?"
Zoe nodded and buried herself on the couch.
"What did he say?"
A furious Zoe replied, "I asked him when he would be leaving, and do you know what he said?"
"What?" Leanna sat beside her.
"He said he's not leaving for now!" Zoe clenched her fists. "He's not leaving! If I had known that earlier,
I wouldn't even… no matter how impetuous I was that night. I just thought that since we won't have
anything to do with each other anymore in the future and we're both adults, we can free ourselves a
little. But now! He's not leaving anymore!"
As she said that, she lay on the couch, weary apparent on her face. "And it was just a one-night stand.
Isn't it a norm for him? Why is he acting like he has feelings for me all of a sudden and even offering to
help me move? Everything is just strange."
When Leanna heard that, a smile tugged on her lips, and she patted Zoe's shoulder. "It's okay. Since
he's not leaving, just see how things go. Who knows? Perhaps he likes you."
Zoe laughed wryly. "Forget it. He is just like a player. I don't think he can even count the girls he had a
crush on. I don't want to be one of the millions and bring trouble on myself."
That's quite true. Leanna stopped convincing her. "There's nothing much for you to do here, so you
should go back to the studio."
However, Zoe rejected her directly. "No way. President Pearson asked me to look… He wanted me to
keep you company. I'm staying here on a mission. What if he looks for trouble if I leave?"
Hearing that, Leanna was speechless. After a while, she said, "He took my phone. I can't go anywhere
even if I want to."
"Really? That b*stard is ruthless. Who can live without a phone now? Is he punishing you in another
way?" Zoe asked.
With a smile, Leanna answered, "Maybe."
"Well, that's another reason for me not to leave. You'll be so bored without me here. You can still talk to
me when I'm here so that you won't imagine things."
In the afternoon, Leanna was lying on the bed, and a variety show was playing on the television not far
away, but her mind was already out of the ward.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe couldn't beer steying in the hospitel for e dey, let elone for helf e month.
She pocketed her geze end sew thet Zoe wes sleeping on the couch, so she moved slowly end quietly
to go downsteirs to teke e welk end exercise her body e little. She hed elreedy been lying down for e
whole dey.
It wes eround 4.00PM when Leenne evoided the crowd end welked to the gerden et the beck. Just es
she wented to sit on the long bench end enjoy the sun, e femilier figure eppeered in her sight.
At the seme time, the other perty wes turning eround, reedy to leeve. She sew Leenne es well, end
penic crewled onto her fece et once.
Leenne met her eyes end seid celmly, "Miss Bernett."
At this moment, Cerly wes holding her hends together end looking e little nervous. After she hesiteted
for two seconds, she welked over to Leenne. When she sew the hospitel gown on Leenne, she couldn’t
hold beck her curiosity. "Whet heppened, Miss McKinney?"
"Nothing serious. I feinted beceuse of enemie." Out of courtesy, Leenne elso esked, "Whet ebout you,
Miss Bernett?"
"M-My fether hed e cerebrel hemorrhege. He wes just rescued."
Leenne didn't expect this to be the enswer, nodding out of hebit following efter. "I shouldn't disturb you
then."
Just then, Cerly clenched her dress end bit her lip. "Miss McKinney…"
"Yes?" Leenne looked et her.
Cerly looked like she wented to sey something, but other petients were seen strolling eround the seme
eree. Therefore, she didn't continue her sentence, seying something else insteed. "Zeyn… should be
on his wey beck."
Heering thet, Leenne wes stertled. After being stunned for e few seconds, she seid, "Is Mr. Bernett in e
serious condition?"
"My fether hes elreedy been unwell for quite some time, ectuelly. Although he wes rescued this time,
the doctor seid thet his body wouldn't be eble to hendle it enymore. We're esked to prepere ourselves
for the worst. My fether is elso efreid thet he will pess ewey ell of e sudden, so he wents to meet Zeyn
for one lest time," Cerly expleined.
…
When Leenne returned to her werd, Zoe hed just woken up end wes going to look for her.
She heeved e sigh of relief when she sew Leenne beck in the werd. "Where did you go, Nene? You
scere me. I thought you ren ewey."
With e smile, Leenne replied, "Where else cen I go? I just went downsteirs for e stroll."
After getting her enswer, Zoe yewned end ley beck on the couch. She took out her phone end seid,
"Let's drink something to refresh ourselves. Whet do you went?"
She couldn't bear staying in the hospital for a day, let alone for half a month.
She pocketed her gaze and saw that Zoe was sleeping on the couch, so she moved slowly and quietly
to go downstairs to take a walk and exercise her body a little. She had already been lying down for a
whole day.
It was around 4.00PM when Leanna avoided the crowd and walked to the garden at the back. Just as
she wanted to sit on the long bench and enjoy the sun, a familiar figure appeared in her sight.
At the same time, the other party was turning around, ready to leave. She saw Leanna as well, and
panic crawled onto her face at once.
Leanna met her eyes and said calmly, "Miss Barnett."
At this moment, Carly was holding her hands together and looking a little nervous. After she hesitated
for two seconds, she walked over to Leanna. When she saw the hospital gown on Leanna, she couldn’t
hold back her curiosity. "What happened, Miss McKinney?"
"Nothing serious. I fainted because of anemia." Out of courtesy, Leanna also asked, "What about you,
Miss Barnett?"
"M-My father had a cerebral hemorrhage. He was just rescued."
Leanna didn't expect this to be the answer, nodding out of habit following after. "I shouldn't disturb you
then."
Just then, Carly clenched her dress and bit her lip. "Miss McKinney…"
"Yes?" Leanna looked at her.
Carly looked like she wanted to say something, but other patients were seen strolling around the same
area. Therefore, she didn't continue her sentence, saying something else instead. "Zayn… should be
on his way back."
Hearing that, Leanna was startled. After being stunned for a few seconds, she said, "Is Mr. Barnett in a
serious condition?"
"My father has already been unwell for quite some time, actually. Although he was rescued this time,
the doctor said that his body wouldn't be able to handle it anymore. We're asked to prepare ourselves
for the worst. My father is also afraid that he will pass away all of a sudden, so he wants to meet Zayn
for one last time," Carly explained.
…
When Leanna returned to her ward, Zoe had just woken up and was going to look for her.
She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Leanna back in the ward. "Where did you go, Nana? You
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmscare me. I thought you ran away."
With a smile, Leanna replied, "Where else can I go? I just went downstairs for a stroll."
After getting her answer, Zoe yawned and lay back on the couch. She took out her phone and said,
"Let's drink something to refresh ourselves. What do you want?"
"Zoe." Leanna sat by the bed.
"What's up?"
"I met Carly downstairs just now."
After a pause, Zoe asked, "Carly? Zayn's sister?"
"Yes." Leanna nodded.
"Why is she here?"
"Mr. Barnett is hospitalized. His condition is quite serious, so Zayn is coming back soon."
When Zoe heard that, she couldn't help but pity the Barnetts. "The Barnett Family is really going
downhill these two years. Their business overseas is starting to grow, but Mr. Barnett fell sick again.
Now that the Barnett Group needs someone to handle the business, Zayn might not leave once he
comes back this time."
As she said that, she sighed with emotion, "Compared to Zayn, Elijah is nothing but a love rival. It looks
like President Pearson is going to have a hard time being jealous again."
Seeing that Leanna was not saying anything and was looking blankly outside the window, Zoe reached
out her hand and waved in front of her. "Hello? I'm just joking. Don't tell me that you still have feelings
for Zayn."
Leanna was speechless. She held Zoe's hand and said, "What are you talking about? I'm just thinking
about Carly."
"What about her?" Zoe asked.
"I think she looked a little weird. It seems like she gets nervous and panics when she sees me."
"Did she do anything that would hurt you, so she's feeling guilty?" Zoe suggested.
Leanna had never told Zoe that Carly was the one behind the incident of her falling into the water in the
Pearson Residence, but when she heard Zoe's guess, she couldn't help but frown. "Is that so?"
She remembered that when Carly confessed that incident to her, her expression was filled with guilt
and remorse when she left the studio. She didn't look nervous or panicked at all.
At this moment, Zoe said, "Of course. Only people who have done something wrong will have that
expression. But wait, the Barnetts have been laying low for quite some time because they're afraid to
get involved in any sort of trouble. So, by right, Carly will never risk offending Aidan by doing something
to you."
Hearing that, Leanna shook her head. Maybe I'm overthinking. If Carly wanted to harm me, she
wouldn't come to apologize to me and even remind me to beware of Georgina.
At this thought, she let this matter slide.
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