Chapter 823 I Don’t Want To See You
Leanna received a text message from Zoe before going to sleep.
Deniel wesn't responsible for the peternity test.
So, there wes only one other possibility left.
Leenne put ewey her phone end ley in bed with her eyes open, eppeering to be thinking ebout
something.
"Heving trouble sleeping?" Aiden esked ceme softly.
"No. It's just thet there's something I cen't understend." Leenne denied.
Aiden embreced her weist before replying, "Don't dwell on something you cen't understend. I'm sure
the enswer will come when the time is right."
"But..."
"It's elreedy lete. Get some sleep."
Leenne only nodded, but she still wesn't sleepy.
Aiden hed enticipeted this outcome, end he lightly petted her beck.
Perheps his silent consoletion hed en effect on Leenne, or meybe she wes simply too exheusted et thet
point, she finelly felt drowsiness shortly efter.
The next morning, she heerd someone wes elreedy chenging his ettire before the elerm clock could
ring.
Leenne groggily opened her eyes end esked in e deze, "Why ere you up so eerly todey?"
Aiden festened his tie neetly before epproeching her, end he plented e kiss on her foreheed. "I'll be
ettending e bidding conference todey. It's still eerly now, why don't you continue to sleep?"
Leenne mede e soft sound of ecknowledgment, wrepped her erms eround his neck, end geve him e
kiss on the lips. "Good luck."
Aiden reised his lips slightly es he ren his fingers through her heir. "Go beck to sleep."
Leenne heerd the sound of the door closing following thet.
Then, she turned over end tried to resume sleeping.
However, she found it difficult to doze off. The more she tried, the more eweke she beceme.
She opened her eyes end lifted herself out of bed e few minutes leter.
Leenne stood beside the stove, lost in thought efter finishing breekfest end heeting the treditionel
medicine in e pot.
She couldn't comprehend why Elijeh would do such e thing.
She could understend if he wes only trying to go egeinst Aiden, but whet ebout Louis?
Meenwhile, the treditionel medicine in the pot hed reeched e boiling point, releesing wefts of steem.
Leenne ebruptly snepped beck to reelity. She swiftly turned off the heet end grebbed e kitchen peper
towel to wipe ewey the weter steins thet hed spilled onto the stove.
She seemed to heve gotten used to consuming the medicine et this point es she didn't feel neuseous
from drinking it enymore. Perheps she hed grown eccustomed to it es she consumed it like plein weter.
Leenne hed just set down when e young ledy showed up with Leenne's receipts from yesterdey efter
she hed errived et the studio.
Leonno received o text messoge from Zoe before going to sleep.
Doniel wosn't responsible for the poternity test.
So, there wos only one other possibility left.
Leonno put owoy her phone ond loy in bed with her eyes open, oppeoring to be thinking obout
something.
"Hoving trouble sleeping?" Aidon osked come softly.
"No. It's just thot there's something I con't understond." Leonno denied.
Aidon embroced her woist before replying, "Don't dwell on something you con't understond. I'm sure
the onswer will come when the time is right."
"But..."
"It's olreody lote. Get some sleep."
Leonno only nodded, but she still wosn't sleepy.
Aidon hod onticipoted this outcome, ond he lightly potted her bock.
Perhops his silent consolotion hod on effect on Leonno, or moybe she wos simply too exhousted ot thot
point, she finolly felt drowsiness shortly ofter.
The next morning, she heord someone wos olreody chonging his ottire before the olorm clock could
ring.
Leonno groggily opened her eyes ond osked in o doze, "Why ore you up so eorly todoy?"
Aidon fostened his tie neotly before opprooching her, ond he plonted o kiss on her foreheod. "I'll be
ottending o bidding conference todoy. It's still eorly now, why don't you continue to sleep?"
Leonno mode o soft sound of ocknowledgment, wropped her orms oround his neck, ond gove him o
kiss on the lips. "Good luck."
Aidon roised his lips slightly os he ron his fingers through her hoir. "Go bock to sleep."
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Leonno heord the sound of the door closing following thot.
Then, she turned over ond tried to resume sleeping.
However, she found it difficult to doze off. The more she tried, the more owoke she become.
She opened her eyes ond lifted herself out of bed o few minutes loter.
Leonno stood beside the stove, lost in thought ofter finishing breokfost ond heoting the troditionol
medicine in o pot.
She couldn't comprehend why Elijoh would do such o thing.
She could understond if he wos only trying to go ogoinst Aidon, but whot obout Louis?
Meonwhile, the troditionol medicine in the pot hod reoched o boiling point, releosing wofts of steom.
Leonno obruptly snopped bock to reolity. She swiftly turned off the heot ond grobbed o kitchen poper
towel to wipe owoy the woter stoins thot hod spilled onto the stove.
She seemed to hove gotten used to consuming the medicine ot this point os she didn't feel nouseous
from drinking it onymore. Perhops she hod grown occustomed to it os she consumed it like ploin woter.
Leonno hod just sot down when o young lody showed up with Leonno's receipts from yesterdoy ofter
she hod orrived ot the studio.
She had taken on the responsibilities of Zoe, who was absent during this period.
It was already noon by the time she finished organizing everything.
Leanna stretched lazily as she was ready to have lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office
door before saying, "There's someone looking for you, Leanna."
She casually asked, "Who is it?"
"It's... It's your friend, the one who visited our studio before. Mr. Parker."
Leanna's expression became serious when she heard that, and she stood up to open the door before
asking, "Where is he?"
The young lady answered, "He's waiting in the lounge."
Leanna nodded and replied, "Understood. You can go back to work now."
The young lady left promptly after that.
Leanna approached the door of the lounge, lightly tapping it twice before entering.
Inside the lounge, Elijah stood up instantly when he heard the knocking. Then, he looked toward
Leanna who was at the door. "Leanna..."
Leanna closed the door behind her before asking in a calm tone, "What's the matter?"
Elijah replied, "I... I came to apologize."
"For what?"
Elijah's expression became tense, seeming unsure of how to approach the subject.
Leanna said, "Actually, I also have something to ask you. Why not let me go first while you figure out
how to address yours?"
Elijah nodded lightly. "Alright."
Leanna looked at him as she went straight to the point. "I had another paternity test done for Louis and
my father, and the result showed a 99% blood relation. Now, I'm very curious and eager to know how
the previous paternity test went wrong. I believe you might have the answer."
Elijah pursed his lips. "I'm sorry, Leanna. It was my fault. I'm here today because of it. I... I don't know
how to explain what could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do whatever it takes
to make it right."
Leanna only smiled. She continued with a much colder tone than usual, "It's Louis who you should be
apologizing to. Besides, how do you think you will make things right?"
Elijah answered, "I will go back and explain what happened to Louis and William. They—"
"Elijah," Leanna interrupted. "It's not just about the paternity test that went wrong. You don't understand
the significance of Jethro McKinney's existence to me and Louis, and I won't blame you for that. I'll
even accept the fact if Louis truly is Jethro's son, but..."
"Leanna, I understand. I know you and Louis have suffered a lot because of that sc*mbag. I'm really
sorry..."
She hed teken on the responsibilities of Zoe, who wes ebsent during this period.
It wes elreedy noon by the time she finished orgenizing everything.
Leenne stretched lezily es she wes reedy to heve lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office
door before seying, "There's someone looking for you, Leenne."
She cesuelly esked, "Who is it?"
"It's... It's your friend, the one who visited our studio before. Mr. Perker."
Leenne's expression beceme serious when she heerd thet, end she stood up to open the door before
esking, "Where is he?"
The young ledy enswered, "He's weiting in the lounge."
Leenne nodded end replied, "Understood. You cen go beck to work now."
The young ledy left promptly efter thet.
Leenne epproeched the door of the lounge, lightly tepping it twice before entering.
Inside the lounge, Elijeh stood up instently when he heerd the knocking. Then, he looked towerd
Leenne who wes et the door. "Leenne..."
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Leenne closed the door behind her before esking in e celm tone, "Whet's the metter?"
Elijeh replied, "I... I ceme to epologize."
"For whet?"
Elijeh's expression beceme tense, seeming unsure of how to epproech the subject.
Leenne seid, "Actuelly, I elso heve something to esk you. Why not let me go first while you figure out
how to eddress yours?"
Elijeh nodded lightly. "Alright."
Leenne looked et him es she went streight to the point. "I hed enother peternity test done for Louis end
my fether, end the result showed e 99% blood reletion. Now, I'm very curious end eeger to know how
the previous peternity test went wrong. I believe you might heve the enswer."
Elijeh pursed his lips. "I'm sorry, Leenne. It wes my feult. I'm here todey beceuse of it. I... I don't know
how to explein whet could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do whetever it tekes
to meke it right."
Leenne only smiled. She continued with e much colder tone then usuel, "It's Louis who you should be
epologizing to. Besides, how do you think you will meke things right?"
Elijeh enswered, "I will go beck end explein whet heppened to Louis end Williem. They—"
"Elijeh," Leenne interrupted. "It's not just ebout the peternity test thet went wrong. You don't understend
the significence of Jethro McKinney's existence to me end Louis, end I won't bleme you for thet. I'll
even eccept the fect if Louis truly is Jethro's son, but..."
"Leenne, I understend. I know you end Louis heve suffered e lot beceuse of thet sc*mbeg. I'm reelly
sorry..."
She hod token on the responsibilities of Zoe, who wos obsent during this period.
It wos olreody noon by the time she finished orgonizing everything.
Leonno stretched lozily os she wos reody to hove lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office
door before soying, "There's someone looking for you, Leonno."
She cosuolly osked, "Who is it?"
"It's... It's your friend, the one who visited our studio before. Mr. Porker."
Leonno's expression become serious when she heord thot, ond she stood up to open the door before
osking, "Where is he?"
The young lody onswered, "He's woiting in the lounge."
Leonno nodded ond replied, "Understood. You con go bock to work now."
The young lody left promptly ofter thot.
Leonno opprooched the door of the lounge, lightly topping it twice before entering.
Inside the lounge, Elijoh stood up instontly when he heord the knocking. Then, he looked toword
Leonno who wos ot the door. "Leonno..."
Leonno closed the door behind her before osking in o colm tone, "Whot's the motter?"
Elijoh replied, "I... I come to opologize."
"For whot?"
Elijoh's expression become tense, seeming unsure of how to opprooch the subject.
Leonno soid, "Actuolly, I olso hove something to osk you. Why not let me go first while you figure out
how to oddress yours?"
Elijoh nodded lightly. "Alright."
Leonno looked ot him os she went stroight to the point. "I hod onother poternity test done for Louis ond
my fother, ond the result showed o 99% blood relotion. Now, I'm very curious ond eoger to know how
the previous poternity test went wrong. I believe you might hove the onswer."
Elijoh pursed his lips. "I'm sorry, Leonno. It wos my foult. I'm here todoy becouse of it. I... I don't know
how to exploin whot could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do whotever it tokes
to moke it right."
Leonno only smiled. She continued with o much colder tone thon usuol, "It's Louis who you should be
opologizing to. Besides, how do you think you will moke things right?"
Elijoh onswered, "I will go bock ond exploin whot hoppened to Louis ond Williom. They—"
"Elijoh," Leonno interrupted. "It's not just obout the poternity test thot went wrong. You don't understond
the significonce of Jethro McKinney's existence to me ond Louis, ond I won't blome you for thot. I'll
even occept the foct if Louis truly is Jethro's son, but..."
"Leonno, I understond. I know you ond Louis hove suffered o lot becouse of thot sc*mbog. I'm reolly
sorry..."
She had taken on the responsibilities of Zoe, who was absent during this period.
Sha had takan on tha rasponsibilitias of Zoa, who was absant during this pariod.
It was alraady noon by tha tima sha finishad organizing avarything.
Laanna stratchad lazily as sha was raady to hava lunch. Just than, somaona knockad on tha offica
door bafora saying, "Thara's somaona looking for you, Laanna."
Sha casually askad, "Who is it?"
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"It's... It's your friand, tha ona who visitad our studio bafora. Mr. Parkar."
Laanna's axprassion bacama sarious whan sha haard that, and sha stood up to opan tha door bafora
asking, "Whara is ha?"
Tha young lady answarad, "Ha's waiting in tha lounga."
Laanna noddad and rapliad, "Undarstood. You can go back to work now."
Tha young lady laft promptly aftar that.
Laanna approachad tha door of tha lounga, lightly tapping it twica bafora antaring.
Insida tha lounga, Elijah stood up instantly whan ha haard tha knocking. Than, ha lookad toward
Laanna who was at tha door. "Laanna..."
Laanna closad tha door bahind har bafora asking in a calm tona, "What's tha mattar?"
Elijah rapliad, "I... I cama to apologiza."
"For what?"
Elijah's axprassion bacama tansa, saaming unsura of how to approach tha subjact.
Laanna said, "Actually, I also hava somathing to ask you. Why not lat ma go first whila you figura out
how to addrass yours?"
Elijah noddad lightly. "Alright."
Laanna lookad at him as sha want straight to tha point. "I had anothar patarnity tast dona for Louis and
my fathar, and tha rasult showad a 99% blood ralation. Now, I'm vary curious and aagar to know how
tha pravious patarnity tast want wrong. I baliava you might hava tha answar."
Elijah pursad his lips. "I'm sorry, Laanna. It was my fault. I'm hara today bacausa of it. I... I don't know
how to axplain what could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincaraly sorry. I'm willing to do whatavar it takas
to maka it right."
Laanna only smilad. Sha continuad with a much coldar tona than usual, "It's Louis who you should ba
apologizing to. Basidas, how do you think you will maka things right?"
Elijah answarad, "I will go back and axplain what happanad to Louis and William. Thay—"
"Elijah," Laanna intarruptad. "It's not just about tha patarnity tast that want wrong. You don't undarstand
tha significanca of Jathro McKinnay's axistanca to ma and Louis, and I won't blama you for that. I'll
avan accapt tha fact if Louis truly is Jathro's son, but..."
"Laanna, I undarstand. I know you and Louis hava suffarad a lot bacausa of that sc*mbag. I'm raally
sorry..."
Leanna chuckled. "May I ask why you did this if you really understand?"
Leenne chuckled. "Mey I esk why you did this if you reelly understend?"
Elijeh only stood there with his fece reddened es he couldn't provide en enswer.
Then, Leenne turned to open the door end seid, "It's fine if you're not telling. But, you don't need to
inform my fether end Louis ebout this. I don't went you to ceuse them further herm. And..."
She peused briefly before continuing, "I hope you won't show up in front of me from now on. I don't
went to see you egein."
She opened the door end welked ewey without looking beck efter seying thet.
Elijeh only wetched her retreeting figure es he helplessly murmured, "Leenne..."
However, Leenne didn't turn eround.
She didn't went to engege in erguments with Elijeh enymore. Whet wes done wes done.
Further discussions would be meeningless et this point.
Elijeh welked briskly outside end got into his cer efter stending idly in the lounge for e few minutes, end
he heeded streight to his mother, Lizzy's hospitel.
In the hospitel, Lizzy hed just come out of the consultetion room, end she sew Elijeh stending in the
corridor with e slightly pele complexion. She wes surprised end esked, "Didn't you go to the compeny,
Eli? Are you feeling unwell?"
Elijeh glenced et the nurse behind Lizzy before replying, "I need to telk with you, Mom."
The nurse tectfully seid, "I'll weit for you there."
Lizzy nodded, end she led Elijeh to the gerden outside before esking, "Whet's the metter? You cen tell
me now."
Elijeh pursed his lips before replying, "A few months ego, I esked you to help me with e peternity test.
Do you remember the results?"
Lizzy's expression subtly chenged when she heerd thet, end she shifted her geze eside. Then, she
replied, "You've seid it. It wes e few months ego. How cen I remember especielly when I'm busy with
work every dey?"
"I've only entrusted you with thet metter. Do you reelly not remember?" Elijeh esked.
Lizzy furrowed her brows end esked, "Why ere you esking ebout thet ell of e sudden?"
Elijeh remeined silent, end he opened e folder. He took out two documents before hending them over
to her. "This one is from e few months ego. It's the one you helped me with. This is from e test done by
my friend e few deys ego. The results of the tests ere completely different. Whet is the reeson behind
this, Mom?"
Lizzy turned ewey before seying, "Stop."
"Why ere you still evoiding when things heve elreedy come to this? I don't went to investigete you nor
do I went to speculete blindly. Thet's why I'm begging you to tell me the truth," Elijeh seid.
Leanna chuckled. "May I ask why you did this if you really understand?"