Begging For A Reconciliation

Chapter 291

Chapter 291

Chapter 291 Blatant Fondness

Back in the villa, Anna pensively looked at Ethan. She had a feeling that there was something more to the man’s relationship with Ethan. Instead of friends, they were more like enemies.

Anna asked, “Are you handing the project over to him?”

Han’s dark eyes gave no hint of what was going on in his head. “We shall see.”

Leah had been all over the lot since Han’s return. She would stare blankly at Carlotta and sigh all day.

“Ms. White, you have sighed for the eighteenth time.”

Unable to stand it anymore, Lucy dragged Leah out of her thoughts.

Focus returned to Leah’s eyes. “Uh, no.”

She was oblivious to how infectious her state of mind was.

Lucy spread her arms apart and shrugged before retrieving a mirror from the bathroom and putting it in front of Leah. “Take a look. Your eyebags are about to fall to the ground.”

Leah got the shock of her life, looking at her unkempt self in the mirror. Sure, she did not have a good sleep the night before, but how did she become so haggard?

Lucy put away the mirror. “Get some rest. We can do a little shopping after your nap.”

She approached the problem with a simple solution. Lucy would take a nap to sleep away the ill feelings and get retail therapy after. Then, she would be ready to face another day.

Lucy believed it would be the same for Leah too. Besides, Mr. Ford was sweet toward her. Lucy doubted Leah had any troubles.

Seeing that Leah remained still on the sofa, Lucy got up to carry Carlotta away.

“Go on. I’ll take care of Carlotta.”

Lucy had been hands-on with Carlotta’s care since the child was born. Hence, Carlotta was very close to Lucy.

As Lucy played and made Carlotta giggle, Leah could relax and got up to head upstairs. She changed into plain clothes to go for a walk and a bit of fresh air.

Leah drove and roamed the roads aimlessly.

Many skyscrapers and malls had been developed in Linkville in the past two years, but most of them were Shawn’s assets.

Leah parked the car in an underground parking lot and made her way to the mall.

“Mrs. Ford, why didn’t you inform us in advance that you were coming? We haven’t prepared anything for you.”

With Leah walking into a store selling mother and baby products, the store manager came up to greet her with a smile.

Shawn had given the memo to all the stores under the company flagship. Leah was to enjoy the same privileges such as getting products on the house and preferential treatment as Shawn would.

Leah still could not get used to the enthusiastic customer service. “I’m just looking around. You don’t have to follow me.”

Still, the store manager had no guts to leave Leah on her own and kept a short distance behind Leah. “I’ll have the employee wrap it up for you if you find anything you like.

“We can get a designer to customize something to your idea if you don’t see anything to your liking. We have an in-house designer.”

Leah furrowed her brows and shook her head.

“No need for that.”

Not taking too kindly to overzealousness, Leah pulled out of the store.

The store manager walked with Leah to the door and stood there until Leah disappeared out of sight before breathing a sigh of relief. The store manager then returned to the store.

Leah strolled along the mall for nearly an hour until her legs were sore. She was about to leave when she caught a figure from the corner of her eye.

It was Han.

Dumbstruck, Leah quickly hid in one of the stores.

Han looked back and spotted the person in the store.

Curling his lips, Han clung tightly to Anna’s waist and approached the store. “That seems like a nice shop. Let’s check that place out.”

Leah had nowhere to hide as Han had stepped into the shop together with Anna.

Biting the bullet, Leah stood in the store at a loss of whether to stay or go.

Leah hung her head low in an attempt to be invisible.

Recognizing Leah, Anna said hello, “Ethan, isn’t she Mr. Ford’s wife?”

Anna put the emphasis on her words as her woman’s intuition told her that there was something more going on between the woman and Ethan.

Leah stiffly grinned and greeted Anna back. “Hello, I’m Sarah White.”

Anna magnanimously put her hand out to shake Leah’s hand. “Hello, I’m Anna.”

Before Leah could react, Anna asked with a smile, “I can’t believe I’d run into you here. You’re the first person I remember in Linkville. It must be destiny. Do you want to have lunch together?”

Anna’s eagerness overwhelmed Leah.

Leah was not very close to Anna, and this was only the second time they had met. They did not know each other much to be having a meal together.

Han stood tall in the middle of the store. With his handsome face projecting aloofness, he took a glance at Leah before shying away.

Anna turned to Han with a smile. “What say you, Ethan?”

Han spoke in a flat tone, “I’m down with whatever, but I doubt she wants to have lunch with you.”

Sensing the man’s gaze, Leah freaked out and shook her head in a fluster.

“That’s not my intention.”

Anna then let go of Han and affectionately held Leah’s arm.

“Great. I was afraid you might turn me down. You’re the first friend I made in Linkville. We can start hanging out.”

Looking awkward, Leah wanted to push Anna away, but Han gave her a warning look. She paused in motion and put up with the discomfort.

Anna intimately kept close to Leah and arrived at a restaurant in laughter and chatter.

The server at the restaurant entrance drew close. “Hello, how many are we expecting today?”

Han coldly replied, “We have a reservation for a party of two.”

The server verified the details and led the trio to a private room.

As Anna observed the tiny space, it hit her that she had placed a reservation for a couple’s dining room. She looked apologetically at Leah.

“I’m sorry. It slipped my mind that we booked a dining experience for a couple.”

Leah clenched tightly to her purse. “It’s okay. I should get out of your hair.”

Anna went up to the receptionist. “I’ll get the server to change the room for us.”

Leah and Han were left in the room.

Restless and nervous, Leah kept her head down.

Han’s callous gaze fell on her. “Anna is an innocent girl. She likes you a lot and thinks of you as a friend.”

Leah tried to explain, but no words came out of her mouth. In the end, she said nothing at all.

Han’s voice was chilling. “I’ll come after you if you ever harm her.”

There was a catch in Leah’s throat. So this was how it felt to be protected by a loved one.

She had never experienced Han’s fondness.

It took a while before Leah answered in a raspy voice, “I won’t hurt her. It’s not like I’m in the position to do so anyway.”

Leah knew who Anna was. Coming from nobility, Anna was the princess of Fetriybia.