Chapter 168
Is This How You Treat Clients? Hints of coldness and anger appeared on Aidan’s face as he lifted his gaze to look at Elijah. “Get
lost.” Elijah glanced behind him, then looked back at Aidan and said slowly, “I heard you calling Leanna’s name. Do you know
her?” “It has nothing to do with you.” “It doesn’t look like Leanna wants to see you, though. If that’s the case, why are you so
aggressive?” Aidan sneered. “Did she personally tell you that she doesn’t want to see me?” Elijah fell silent. It was true that she
didn’t say anything about it, but her reactions were clear as day. Even so, Elijah had no intentions of backing off.
The stalemate was about to be broken when Aidan caught sight of a figure at the side. He said indifferently, “Zoe.” The figure
froze before it ran even faster. Aidan’s voice turned colder. “Gigi.” Zoe was at a loss for words. She felt that this name would stick
with her for life. Zoe didn’t dare run away anymore, fearing that the lowlife named Aidan would settle the scores with her later.
She laughed dryly and went over reluctantly. “Haha, fancy seeing you here, President Pearson. I thought someone called my
name, but I never thought that it’d be the handsome President Pearson. Your brilliance is too blinding, and I almost couldn’t see
you.” Jonathan felt that Zoe was even better than him at buttering Aidan up. After Elijah calmed down, he asked, “Zoe, do you
know President Pearson?”
The woman was about to answer when she suddenly remembered her plans of match-making Leanna and Elijah, so she
couldn’t possibly let him know that Aidan was Leanna’s ex-husband. She seemed to be tongue-tied, unable to say a word. Just
then, Jonathan walked up at the appropriate time. “Miss Hart, I was the one who contacted you earlier.” Zoe was stunned.
“Earlier?” Jonathan said specifically, “About half an hour ago.” Zoe was speechless. She was wondering how the lowlife had
managed to find this place, but she soon realized that he had tricked her.
This information flashed through Zoe’s thoughts for a few seconds, and she said to Elijah, “President Pearson is a client of our
studio, and he’s asked Nana to design a necklace... Elijah, you can go back first since everyone’s waiting. I’ll discuss work with
President Pearson for a bit before heading in.” After hearing that, Elijah seemed assured as he nodded and turned to leave.
When he was gone, Aidan said impatiently, “Give her a call and tell her to come back.” Faced with the strong oppression of
capitalism, Zoe could only compromise as she dialed Leanna’s number in front of Aidan. She whispered, “Nana, the client I told
you about has arrived...
” Then, she laughed dryly. “Don’t you think it’s a coincidence that this client is President Pearson himself... Huh? You aren’t
feeling well, so you’re already home? Alright then, it’s indeed a pity. I believe that President Pearson is a kind person, so he’ll
understand...” Zoe hadn’t finished talking when her phone was snatched away. Aidan said coldly, “You’d better appear before me
in five minutes, or your friend won’t be going back.” Leanna was speechless. Apart from threatening people, what else could this
lowlife do? After ending the call, Leanna could only slowly walk out of the corridor. When she answered Zoe’s call, she didn’t
manage to squeeze in a word as she listened to the woman’s rambling.
The situation was obvious; Aidan had come all the way from the studio to look for her. Zoe was telling Leanna to escape as
quickly as possible. At that thought, Leanna couldn’t help but frown. This lowlife had been out of his mind recently. In the end,
right before the five-minute mark, Leanna stood in front of Aidan after four minutes and fifty-nine seconds had elapsed. She
suppressed her temper as she said calmly, “What do you mean by this, President Pearson?” Aidan was dissatisfied. “Is this how
you treat your clients?” Leanna didn’t say anything in return. Zoe suggested, “President Pearson, it must be uncomfortable to
stand here and talk. Why don’t we find a place to sit down?”
If Maya caught sight of this scene, she would probably put on a show. More importantly, Zoe’s main objective right now was to
match Leanna up with Elijah. She mustn’t allow this matter with Aidan to mess up her plans. Aidan glanced at Jonathan, and the
latter immediately went about making arrangements. Two minutes later, the hotel manager emerged and led them to the VIP
lounge. Along the way, Zoe whispered, “Nana, we should accept every client that comes knocking. This lowlife doesn’t lack
money anyway, so feel free to charge him extra.” Leanna gradually calmed down. By the looks of it, Aidan didn’t seem like he
would be letting her go easily. As such, she couldn’t chase him out for the moment.
Once they were at the lounge, Leanna turned on her phone to begin taking notes. “What are you looking to design, President
Pearson? A necklace? A bracelet? Earrings, perhaps? Or is it something else—” Aidan said indifferently, “Whatever.” Leanna
endured it as wrote the word ‘whatever’ on her phone. She continued to ask, “What style do you have in mind, President
Pearson?” “Whatever.” “Then—” “Do as you please with everything.” Leanna put down her phone, her expression cold. “If you
intend to treat me as a pastime, you can do it another way. You don’t have to waste your time with me like this.
” Aidan pursed his thin lips. “Sorry, ask the questions again.” Leanna was speechless. Ask the questions again, my foot. Leanna
said, “I don’t know what else you still want from me, President Pearson. Do you think that it’s not enough for me to lose a child?
Do you want me to lose my job as well before you let me off the hook?” Aidan’s expression didn’t change as he ignored her
words. “I don’t have any design requests. Just design anything you like.” Leanna fell silent. He’s bonkers! Aidan got up and said
before leaving, “Leanna, the things I want from you are far from what you imagine. When you’re willing to give them to me
someday, you’ll know what they are.” When he opened the door, Zoe and Jonathan, who were eavesdropping outside, took two
steps backward. Zoe coughed. “President Pearson, our studio’s personal design requests for jewelry are fully booked for a few
months, so you might have to wait for a little—” Aidan nodded, turning to leave without another word.
Jonathan immediately followed suit. After they left, Zoe went into the lounge to see Leanna zoned out on the couch. She waved
her hand in front of the latter and asked, “Nana, are you okay?” Leanna gathered her thoughts and shook her head lightly. “It’s
nothing. Let’s go.” Zoe had more or less heard everything in Leanna’s conversation with Aidan.
She didn’t think it would be appropriate to say anything about it, so she immediately changed the subject. “How was your
conversation with Elijah?” Leanna was dumbfounded. “What do you mean?” “Just... Do you have anything in common with him?”
Leanna was silent before she suddenly said, “There’s something off about you.”