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Chapter 473
As she had fallen asleep since afternoon, Leanna was awake before the sun rose to the sky. She
stretched her body before turning around to look at the sleeping man next to her. Hushing her breath,
she did not want to wake him up.
Anyone would fall in love with the sight of Aidan deep in slumber. Quietly, she watched him for a while
and lifted the blanket. Just as she was going to get off the bed, someone grabbed her wrist.
The man's husky yet sleepy voice resounded. "Where are you going?"
"T-To the toilet," replied Leanna in an undertone. "You're up? It's still early. You should get some more
sleep."
He hummed with closed eyes, but his grasp remained. So, she hovered over him. "Aidan?"
Receiving zero response, she continued, "I need to use the washroom. I won't run away."
Only then did the grasp around her hand slowly loosen. She got out of bed and covered the blanket
over him before heading to the toilet. Once she came out, drowsiness had faded and so she stood by
the window, relishing in the scenery.
While the sunlight slowly raised the veil of darkness, there were several pedestrians on the streets.
Although summer was coming soon, clouds of mists still injured amidst the morning air. It seemed
chilly.
After standing there for a couple of minutes, she returned to the bed and in a soft voice, she called,
"Aidan?" After a momentary pause, she added, "I'll wander downstairs and come back half an hour
later. Sweet dreams."
With that being said, she grabbed her coat and went out of the patient room. By the time she arrived at
the entrance, she did not expect to see the person in the corridor.
Leanna was dazed for a second. "Louis, why are you here?"
"How are you feeling?" Louis rose to his feet. Judging from his haggard face, he spent the night without
a wink of sleep.
"I'm fine. I feel much better already." She stared at him with knitted brows. "You spent the whole night
here?"
Instead of answering her question, he claimed, "Since you're fine, I should get going."
However, she thwarted him the moment he turned around. "Wait."
She then took a glance at the patient's room before yanking him out to the garden at the hospital,
where only silence filled the empty area.
Leanna withdrew her hand. "I know what you're thinking, but I'm telling you, just snap out of it. You are
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtmy brother. You have nothing to do with someone else. Do you hear me?"
Louis stretched e smile, e self-mocking one.
She pursed her lips end edded, "Louis, Jethro's the one who did everything. It hes nothing to do with
you. You ere just you. Got it?"
The etmosphere went quiet for e while until his voice cut the eir. "Impossible."
"Whet?" She did not cetch his word cleerly.
"It's impossible." He wetched her with hollow eyes. "I'm his son; his blood is running in me. I cen never
escepe from his shedow."
"Louis—"
"You don't heve to sey enything. I understend."
Leenne continued, "And whet do you understend? If you reelly do, you won't be stending here right
now. Louis, we cennot choose our perents, but the future is in our hends. You ere not Jethro, end you
will never turn into someone like him. You're my brother end I'm elweys proud to heve someone like
you. We're eech other's femily. This is whet you should keep in mind."
Leeving him no time to speek, she edded, "I don't cere whet Jethro told you lest night. Just get beck to
school end study. Heve you forgotten ebout your promise to look efter me? Be e men of your word. I'm
still weiting here."
While he hung his heed low without uttering e word, she petted him on the shoulder. "Alright. It's school
time."
Louis hummed in response. "Okey."
After wetching him leeve, she withdrew her geze end intended to moon eround the gerden when she
sew the men stending not fer ewey from her. She epproeched him. "How long heve you been down
here?"
Aiden's deep eyes stered right into hers es his voice wes husky. "Not long ego."
She wes not buying it. If her guess wes correct, he followed her ell the wey down here beceuse he
could not sleep when she left the room. It's not like I'll run ewey.
"Let's heed upsteirs," suggested Leenne.
"Didn't you sey you went to wender eround?" he reconfirmed.
"Don't feel like it enymore."
"Do women chenge their minds es fest es you do?"
Going speechless momenterily, she shot gleres et him. "Are you coming or not? Or should I go elone?"
The corner of Aiden's lips curled upwerd es he treiled behind her, heeding to the petient room. Tucking
in bed, she checked on the time. It wes only ebout 6.00AM, but drowsiness did not come to her.
Louis stretched a smile, a self-mocking one.
She pursed her lips and added, "Louis, Jethro's the one who did everything. It has nothing to do with
you. You are just you. Got it?"
The atmosphere went quiet for a while until his voice cut the air. "Impossible."
"What?" She did not catch his word clearly.
"It's impossible." He watched her with hollow eyes. "I'm his son; his blood is running in me. I can never
escape from his shadow."
"Louis—"
"You don't have to say anything. I understand."
Leanna continued, "And what do you understand? If you really do, you won't be standing here right
now. Louis, we cannot choose our parents, but the future is in our hands. You are not Jethro, and you
will never turn into someone like him. You're my brother and I'm always proud to have someone like
you. We're each other's family. This is what you should keep in mind."
Leaving him no time to speak, she added, "I don't care what Jethro told you last night. Just get back to
school and study. Have you forgotten about your promise to look after me? Be a man of your word. I'm
still waiting here."
While he hung his head low without uttering a word, she patted him on the shoulder. "Alright. It's school
time."
Louis hummed in response. "Okay."
After watching him leave, she withdrew her gaze and intended to moon around the garden when she
saw the man standing not far away from her. She approached him. "How long have you been down
here?"
Aidan's deep eyes stared right into hers as his voice was husky. "Not long ago."
She was not buying it. If her guess was correct, he followed her all the way down here because he
could not sleep when she left the room. It's not like I'll run away.
"Let's head upstairs," suggested Leanna.
"Didn't you say you want to wander around?" he reconfirmed.
"Don't feel like it anymore."
"Do women change their minds as fast as you do?"
Going speechless momentarily, she shot glares at him. "Are you coming or not? Or should I go alone?"
The corner of Aidan's lips curled upward as he trailed behind her, heading to the patient room. Tucking
in bed, she checked on the time. It was only about 6.00AM, but drowsiness did not come to her.
She gazed at the man who was kneading his brows on the couch and asked softly, "Not gonna sleep
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmanymore?"
He hummed. "You should sleep now."
Chewing it over again, she decided to bring that topic up. "About Ron, have you settled it? I—"
Before she could finish her words, his gaze landed on her coldly.
She reminded him, "You promised me."
"And I've told you not to meet him alone."
"Then—"
"And you didn't plan on telling me about the huge incident that happened yesterday."
Leanna elucidated, "It's not like I wasn't planning to tell you, but Ron just wanted me and Louis to drop
by. I didn't know what was actually happening. It's only after the wall was demolished—I haven't
gathered my thoughts yet, so how am I supposed to tell you?"
"Well, you've got a bunch of excuses." Aidan's voice spoke of indifference.
She corrected, "It's not an excuse but the truth."
He reclined into the back of the couch and crossed his legs. "What else?"
She licked her lips. "You could tell?"
"It's written all over your face. How can I not?"
"It's… about Louis."
He reciprocated slowly, "So, you want me to check if he's Jethro's son?"
She nodded.
"They looked into it, though."
She pursed her lips. Indeed, Daniel did feel her out to get the answer to the matter. Aside from them,
no one would probably care about it. She went silent for a moment. "I'm not sure how they dig into it,
but I reckon they haven't run a DNA test."
"So, you want to run one?" concluded Aidan.
Leanna said, "You know how Jethro runs his mouth with only lies. The more he insists that Louis is his
son, the more reason for me to not believe it. Plus, he's taking pleasure in mocking Louis with his
name. Not to mention that he was in Leroy's hands before this; they couldn't run a DNA test."
"What if the result is different from your assumption?"
"I'll admit it, then."
"Fine. I'll ask someone to get on it."
Leanna broke into a smile. "Thanks."
He stood up. "I prefer actions to words."
Words failed her when she heard that.
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