Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 694

Chapter 694 Damn the Wealthy

The moment Leanna arrived at the studio the next morning, one of the girls presented her with an invitation. “Someone from Pearson Group gave us this.”

“Pearson Group?” Leanna opened the invitation. It was for the company’s anniversary event, and she turned around. “Do you know of this?”

Aidan grunted and made his way to the office. “Yeah.”

Leanna followed him, then she closed the door. “Are you going, then?”

Aidan looked at her and said, “That invitation is for you, not me, honey.”

Someone’s throwing all the stress at me. The news of Aidan’s resignation made its rounds at first, but a month later, people had already forgotten about the matter and returned to their normal lives. Everyone in the company had accepted the fact that Justin was now their president. The changes in the top brass meant nothing for them as long as they weren’t fired or getting any pay reductions.

Over the last month, nothing big happened in the company. Everything was running as usual. Justin had gone from being an abandoned child to the talk of the town in upper society. However, the comments that were made about him were vastly different from those about Aidan. Aidan was arrogant, ruthless, and reckless, while Justin was warm, soft-spoken, and gentlemanly. They could see why Justin was the eldest while the other was just an illegitimate child.

The celebration was just an event for these people to gather and chat a bit more. Justin knew Aidan wouldn’t attend the event, so he sent the invitation to Leanna instead. If Leanna were to go, then Aidan would show up as well.

Leanna put the invitation aside. When Sienna died, she did declare that she would have no ties to the Pearsons anymore, so she wouldn’t accept the invitation just because Justin asked her to.

Jonathan came over a few times over the next few days to report about the work in Arcburg to Aidan. Every time he left, he would somehow end up taking the desserts Aidan bought for Leanna. Leanna would say she couldn’t finish them.

Leanna did buy them some food back when she visited Pearson Group, but this time, Jonathan thought something felt off, though he couldn’t put a finger on it. For some reason, Aidan wasn’t giving him the stink-eye when he took the desserts. In fact, there was a warm glow in his eyes, which was frightening.

After he left, Leanna asked, “I thought you handed the company over to Justin, so why do you even have to handle work in Arcburg?”

Aidan cocked his eyebrow. “Do you want to know?”

Knowing what he would say next, Leanna looked away. “No.”

“But someone told me no means yes when it comes to women.”

You just had to remember that one quote of all things.

She stopped asking, so he said, “When I worked in Arcburg three years ago, I invested in something, though it was not under the company’s name.”

Curious, Leanna asked, “And?”

“And the company got listed, the share prices skyrocketed, and I became its biggest shareholder.”

Damn you rich people. Leanna looked down and refused to talk.

Two days later, Jonathan went back to Pearson Group and handed his resignation letter to Justin.

Justin sighed. “Is this what you really want?”

“Thank you for trusting me, Young Master Justin, but I don’t think I’m experienced enough to be the company’s VP.”

“I see you’ve chosen him.”

Jonathan said nothing, but he nodded.

Justin placed the resignation letter on the table. “Very well. I won’t force you to stay, but the celebration is in a few days. You know more about it than I do, and you’re the only one who can settle most of the work. Can you stay until the celebration is over?”

Well, I don’t see why not. “Of course.”

Justin handed him a few files. “These are the details of our potential partners. Make sure we have the right information. And I’m not very sure about the flow of the celebration, so go through the draft of the proposed agenda. Change anything you find unnecessary. You don’t have to report to me for that.”

Jonathan took the files. “Of course, sir.” He took the files back to his office and flipped open the first one. It was information on Frost Corporation. Jonathan flipped through a few pages and opened the next file. It was about a company under Joseph’s name. It’s them. They’ve already been eyeing our projects back when Mr. Aidan was here. Now that he’s gone, they found their opening.

Then, Jonathan went through the celebration’s agenda. It was mostly the same as last year’s, though there was an inclusion of a charity dinner. Jonathan read through the list of auction items and took notice of one particular item. NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.

At night, Jonathan called Aidan.

Aidan picked up the phone and said in a warmer tone than usual, “What is it?”

“Sir, the celebration will include a charity dinner, and one of the items that are going to be auctioned off during the dinner is a ring—the engagement ring of the Crossleys more than twenty years ago. Joseph’s the one selling it.”

Aidan stopped flipping through the pages of his book. “Are you sure?”

“Yes. The ring was kept by Theodore Frost, and it showed up in a jewelry exhibit before. If I’m right, Miss McKinney must’ve seen it as well.”

Aidan slowly said, “I guess we’ll have to attend this celebration.”

“This must be a trap.”

“No. He has no bargaining chip, so there’s no point setting up a trap.”

Jonathan said, “I see. I’ll make the arrangements.”

Aidan said, “Send me a picture of the ring.”

“Yes, sir.” The call ended, and Jonathan sent Aidan the picture.

Aidan clicked on it and enlarged the photo.

Leanna came out of the bathroom, wiping her hair. “What are you staring at?”

Aidan put his phone down. “Nothing.”

“Didn’t Jonathan call you?”

A pause later, Aidan said, “Why?”

“He handed his resignation letter in. Did Justin agree?”

“It’s his right to resign. Justin can’t force him to stay.”

Leanna pouted. So, it was a success. She went into the bathroom. “I’m going to blow dry my hair.