Chapter 470
At Pearson Group's building, Aidan was immediately approached by Jonathan after he emerged from
the meeting room. "President Pearson, something happened," Jonathan reported.
Aidan came to a halt with a tense jaw. "Is it Leanna again?"
"Yes… and no."
Expressionless, he reminded Jonathan, "Don't leave me hanging."
Jonathan hurriedly added, "Mrs. Pearson went back to Jethro's place with Louis, and she found out that
—"
Aidan clenched his jaw. "What? Is that a top secret too?"
Technically, there was nothing secretive about Jonathan's discovery. However, in his thirty years
serving Aidan, which he considered eventful, he had not come across anything like that. The more he
thought about it, the more he felt terrorized.
He whispered, "They found her mother."
"Where?"
"At… Jethro's place."
Aidan turned over with a hardened expression. "You sure?"
Jonathan nodded. "I got the news from them. I heard that Daniel was there too. This news is almost
confirmed."
Aidan's eyes narrowed, and after a pause, he went in a different direction as he ordered coldly, "Delay
my schedule for now. I'm heading out."
Jonathan followed closely behind him. "Sure." Next, he quickly took out his phone to settle Aidan's
schedule for the day.
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When they were in the car, Aidan checked with him. "So, how's the situation over there?"
"Are you asking about William's or Mrs. Pearson's?"
"Both."
"Judging from the situation, Mrs. Pearson probably has not made a police report. I assume Daniel
stopped her from doing so because we all know this would become shocking news. None of us would
benefit from the exposure. If Leroy Crossley learns about this in his hiding, there'll be more trouble for
us." He added, "William must've heard about the news because Daniel was at the scene. I'm not sure
how they would take care of the matter. Should we ask?"
Aidan pursed his lips and fell silent for a while. Then, he replied, "No. We will get to know soon."
…
Daniel had not returned after heading out to make the call. Not only that, Louis was nowhere to be
seen.
As for Leanna, she remained seated on the couch and stared blankly out of the windows. Something
was clearly on her mind.
After what seemed like an eternity, she heard footsteps near the door. Zoe quickly stood up to check
and observed that the man was Aidan; his presence was welcome because they would feel less fear.
As a result, she made an excuse to meet with Daniel and went out.
Aidan took a seat beside Leanna and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, coaxing her softly, "It's
okay. Everything's alright now."
In a daze, she glanced at him and said, "Why are you here? I thought you had work today."
"You are my priority."
She tightened her grip on his shirt and mumbled, "I never thought it'd be like this…"
He hugged her but could not come up with any comforting words.
This was a place where she and Louis had lived for two decades. They spent numerous days here,
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unaware that a body was hidden in the wall. To make matters worse, it was their mother's corpse.
Aidan patted her back gently and provided her with silent company.
A while later, they heard uneven footsteps accompanied by a commotion near the door.
She looked up from his arms and saw someone being pushed into the room. It was Jethro.
He was no stranger to being treated in this way. He scrambled up from the floor, dusted his shirt, and
finally noticed that the wall behind his cabinet was knocked down. His face paled as he stumbled into
the room with his injured leg. He bellowed, "Who did this? How could you damage my house? I'm going
to file a police report!"
Louis entered at this time and declared icily, "I did it."
Jethro immediately took him by the collar and started cursing, "You b*stard! I should've drowned you
when you were born. It's a waste of my effort raising you, you wretched thing!"
Someone pulled him aside midway, but he kept cursing with filthy words.
Leanna went up to him without much emotion. "You want to file a report? Sure, go to the police. I
wonder how many years you'd get for hiding a body behind the wall."
He spat and berated her, "What do you know? That's my woman. I can bury her wherever I want. Am I
in the wrong? I…"
He wanted to argue but cowered a bit after seeing Aidan beside her. Anyway, he was a man at the end
of his rope, and he had nothing to lose after his dirtiest secret was revealed.
Jethro was being held back by others but still went on. "A body would be buried in the ground anyway!
Why can't I bury her in the wall? I'm doing this in my house! Tell me why!"
Leanna had never hoped to retrieve any useful information from conversations with him. Suddenly, she
felt that all her energy had been drained of her. Before she blacked out, she reached out to grab Aidan
and attempted to say something, but she could not make a sound at all.
Right before she lost consciousness, she sensed that she had fallen into a warm and firm embrace.
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She heard echoes of people calling out to her, but at the same time, she could not make out a thing
from the noises around her.
Soon, she plunged into pitch-darkness.
…
At the hospital, Jonathan whispered while staring concernedly at the woman in the bed. "President
Pearson, the police have left."
"What about the body?"
"It's sent to the coroner. Once the post-mortem's done, we can start with the funeral preparations."
"Okay." Aidan asked again, "Did he not show up at all?"
Jonathan shook his head. "Nope."
"Got it. You can leave now."
Once Jonathan was gone, he turned his attention to Leanna, his big hands holding hers. There was
some telepathy between them. At that moment, her lashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.
After blankly surveying her surroundings, she finally managed to focus on Aidan after some time. "Am I
in the hospital?"
"Yes. You fainted. How do you feel now?"
Leanna propped herself up with an arm. "I feel a bit dizzy… Oh, where is Louis?"
"He's at the police station."
It took her a while to respond, "Did someone go with him?"
"Daniel and Zoe did."
She let out a relieved sigh. "That's better."
"Why are you worried about him? You're the one lying in the hospital now."
"I'm afraid he would find it hard to accept the terrible news."
He chided her, "And did you seriously think you'd cope with it better than he would?" He scanned the
hospital room and commented without reservation, "Like how you're doing now?"