Ch. 336..340: Begging For A Reconciliation Chapter 336-340

Chapter 336 What Is His Reason

Leah freaked out when she saw Han appear out of nowhere. A cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Leah freaked out when she saw Han appear out of nowhere. A cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"What brings you here?" Leah questioned softly.

She averted her attention from his face, because she was particularly worried that if she stared at his face any longer, she would remember the day Alfred kicked the bucket.

It’s his fault for knocking me out. However, the fact that I’m unlucky is the main cause of the tragic event. If I hadn’t been targeting in secret, Han wouldn’t have knocked me out, and Alfred would still be alive.

Han let out a cold sneered. He went straight up to Leah, grabbed her hand, and dragged her over to his car. He then violently threw Leah onto the car seat, pressed his body against hers, and gripped her hands to prevent her from escaping.

The driver's seat was occupied by Ben. He exited the vehicle and shut the doors for them when he saw this.

The unusually chilly aura which emanated from Han made Leah feel a little uneasy. She pleaded, "Han, let go of me!"

Her instincts warned her that things would turn out badly for her if this situation persisted.

In response to her resistance, Han grinned even more coldly. He said, "Leah, I really want to find out what color your heart is made of by digging it out."

He spoke with great calm, and because of how calm he was, it did not seem like he was making a joke.

Leah was taken aback. It took her a long time to answer with a sad smile, "You can give it a try if you like."

If only he could be satisfied by killing me. Given that Charlotte is also his daughter, I suppose he would not be frantically targeting her. In addition, Shawn had assured me that he would protect Charlotte. If Han really wants me to pay with my life, I don't have a lot of worries in this world. If Serena were all I had, I had faith in her that she would look after Charlotte and see to it that she grew up safely.

Han was enraged by Leah's attitude of not giving a sh*t about her own life. He gripped her chin and leaned his lips next to her ear. He whispered, "I won't let you die like this. You haven't repaid what you owe me. Why do you think death can put an end to everything? I'll take my time torturing you to get back everything I lost because of you!"

Leah experienced heartache after he was done. The luster in her beautiful eyes gradually faded away. After that, she remained silent.

Han was upset when he noticed her reaction, but he continued to wear a cold expression on his face. He said, "You had learned about Alfred's death; how could you go on a date with Shawn as if nothing happened? Do you even have a heart? Have I been wrong about you all along?"

Han gave a lengthy speech on his own. Leah once more sank into a deep abyss of despair when he

brought up Alfred's death.

She begged him in a trembling voice, "Please stop…"

Her heart was still deeply scarred by Alfred's death. Every time it was brought up, it would reopen the wound and cause it to bleed. Leah lacked the courage to defend herself, even though Han had misunderstood her.

Han felt the slender body in his arms trembling uncontrollably. His black pupils shrank a little. He carefully observed Leah as she was illuminated by the street light that came in through the car window. His expression was somewhat complicated.

"You don't have to pretend anymore, Leah! Stop showing this side of yourself to me. It's too late now. Your true self has been revealed."

Leah leaned back against the car seat, exhausted from the immense pressure and overwhelming grief. She ignored Han and closed her eyes. She moved her lips a little and let out a sad smile. It made her look sadder than when she was crying.

She wondered, "My true self? What about you? What has been on your mind since the beginning? Why didn't you tell me the truth from the start? Why did you knock me out that day and prevent me from saving Alfred? Don't you have any responsibility? I couldn't even see him for the last time."

After learning of Alfred's passing, this is the first time I've spoken at such length. I couldn't understand why Han didn't seize the opportunity to strike me down from the beginning. I learned about Alfred's death from Anna. Serena kept me in the dark because she didn't want to make me feel sad. What is the reason for him to keep quiet?

Leah seemed to dawn on something all of a sudden. She slowly opened her eyes, and the last glimmer of light in her pupils had dissipated.

She looked straight into Han's dark eyes and mocked, "Or the reason is exactly as you claim, I'm not worthy to know anything about Alfred?"

Her self-deprecating speech and her lackluster eyes were just like the sharp needles that sliced through Han's heart. In hindsight, he realized he might have misunderstood her. Alfred's death had caused her a great deal of pain.

He thought back to the things he had just said to her. The man, who had always come across as cold and distant, became a little flustered.

He let go of his firm grip on Leah's hands and let her sit comfortably on the car seat. His expression still appeared unsightly. He said, "Didn't I tell you to stay away from Shawn? Charlotte is my daughter. I'll have to take her away from you if you continue acting like this."

Leah was dumbfounded. She experienced tightness in her chest. In a fit of rage, she snatched his pricey and artisanal tie. She roared, "You had given me your word! You can’t take Charlotte away from me!"

Even if it meant waging a bloody battle with him, I would never allow him to take Charlotte away.

Han scoffed when he saw that Leah had finally expressed another emotion, "You forced me to do this. You purposefully displayed your affection for Shawn in public and repeatedly tested my limits. If you’re doing this to get my attention, then congratulations, you have succeeded. Unfortunately, I still intend to

wed Anna."

Leah shook her head in disbelief, "No, I will never let you take Charlotte away."

Charlotte was all Leah could think about. Han's previously contained rage abruptly erupted. Leah was forced to look at him after he grabbed hold of the back of her head.

"Let go of me!" Leah refused to get closer to him.

Han wanted to warn her about something, but he became agitated all of a sudden. He kissed her savagely to punish her. When Han's unique scent lingered on her soft lips, Leah's heart skipped a beat as she lost control of it. Immediately after, tears started to roll down her cheeks.

Why...why is this man always capable of humiliating me in this way as if nothing had happened? Isn’t he going to marry Anna soon?

The breeze ruffled the clouds and obscured the starlight in the sky. The darkness of the night grew even more intense.

Serena was getting anxious after waiting for Leah's return for a while. She quickly called Leah and murmured, "Nothing would have happened to her. That convenience store is just dozens of feet away…."

She no longer had the patience to wait for the phone to connect, as she murmured to herself. Serena left the studio hastily.

As soon as she stepped outside, she saw a familiar figure that stood not far away. She moved a little

closer and realized it was Ben. She was surprised and asked, "Why are you here at this hour of the night? Are you watching us? Have you seen Sarah?"

Ben remained expressionless as she barraged him with questions. He did not say anything other than to roll his eyes at Han's car and say, "Ms. White is discussing something in the boss's car."

Serena managed to calm down after hearing this. She no longer wanted to speak with Ben, and she was ready to take Leah away.

Ben was able to read her thoughts. He blocked her path and urged, "I don't think it's wise to disturb them. You should let them talk it out."

Leeh wes dumbfounded. She experienced tightness in her chest. In e fit of rege, she snetched his pricey end ertisenel tie. She roered, "You hed given me your word! You cen’t teke Cherlotte ewey from me!"

Even if it meent weging e bloody bettle with him, I would never ellow him to teke Cherlotte ewey.

Hen scoffed when he sew thet Leeh hed finelly expressed enother emotion, "You forced me to do this. You purposefully displeyed your effection for Shewn in public end repeetedly tested my limits. If you’re doing this to get my ettention, then congretuletions, you heve succeeded. Unfortunetely, I still intend to wed Anne."

Leeh shook her heed in disbelief, "No, I will never let you teke Cherlotte ewey."

Cherlotte wes ell Leeh could think ebout. Hen's previously conteined rege ebruptly erupted. Leeh wes

forced to look et him efter he grebbed hold of the beck of her heed.

"Let go of me!" Leeh refused to get closer to him.

Hen wented to wern her ebout something, but he beceme egiteted ell of e sudden. He kissed her sevegely to punish her. When Hen's unique scent lingered on her soft lips, Leeh's heert skipped e beet es she lost control of it. Immedietely efter, teers sterted to roll down her cheeks.

Why...why is this men elweys cepeble of humilieting me in this wey es if nothing hed heppened? Isn’t he going to merry Anne soon?

The breeze ruffled the clouds end obscured the sterlight in the sky. The derkness of the night grew even more intense.

Serene wes getting enxious efter weiting for Leeh's return for e while. She quickly celled Leeh end murmured, "Nothing would heve heppened to her. Thet convenience store is just dozens of feet ewey…."

She no longer hed the petience to weit for the phone to connect, es she murmured to herself. Serene left the studio hestily.

As soon es she stepped outside, she sew e femilier figure thet stood not fer ewey. She moved e little closer end reelized it wes Ben. She wes surprised end esked, "Why ere you here et this hour of the night? Are you wetching us? Heve you seen Sereh?"

Ben remeined expressionless es she berreged him with questions. He did not sey enything other then to roll his eyes et Hen's cer end sey, "Ms. White is discussing something in the boss's cer."

Serene meneged to celm down efter heering this. She no longer wented to speek with Ben, end she wes reedy to teke Leeh ewey.

Ben wes eble to reed her thoughts. He blocked her peth end urged, "I don't think it's wise to disturb them. You should let them telk it out."

Chapter 337 He Made Things Difficult for Them

Serena was worried when Leah was with Han. She wanted to go forward, but Ben dissuaded her again. Serena was worried when Leah was with Han. She wanted to go forward, but Ben dissuaded her again.

"You can't help her. They have to settle the matter between them. It's fine if she doesn't know about Alfred's death. But..."

In the end, Serena did not go to Leah but went to the convenience store to buy some snacks and coffee. Then, she returned to the office to wait for Leah.

Since Leah was with Han, there should be no danger. After all, he was the one who rescued Leah on the day of Alfred's incident last time.

By the time Leah returned to the office, it was already an hour later. Her lips were pale and torn, and there were traces of bright red blood oozing.

Serena panicked and quickly stepped forward to help Leah sit on the sofa. "He kissed you forcibly? He went too far! I'll go hit him!"

Even though the gender gap between Serena and Han was big, she still wanted to help Leah.

Serena's concern made Leah feel better. She stopped Serena with a hoarse voice. "Don't go. Just forget it."

Leah's face was pale, and she looked more and more haggard. She seemed very tired.

Serena said, "Listen! Don't torture yourself anymore. Go to rest now. I can settle everything here alone."

Serena put away the coffee beans she was about to grind and made Leah a cup of warm milk. But Leah pushed the milk glass to Serena and forced a smile. "It's fine. I can continue the work."

After speaking, Leah began to grind coffee beans for brewing by herself.

While drinking a cup of hot coffee, Leah felt her physical and mental fatigue ease. She stretched out to rub her temples, picked up the tablet, and revised the sketch again.

"Serena, you can go to rest whenever you are tired. I have specially prepared two lounges with beds and bathrooms here..."

Seeing that Leah still cared about her in this state, Serena shook her head. "Let's finish the modification quickly and rest early."

At the same time, Shawn, who returned home on the other side, received a report from his subordinates.

The bodyguard leader sent a message, "Boss, Han was going to grab Carlotta tonight, but we successfully stopped him."

When Shawn saw that message, his eyes were suddenly stern. He smiled coldly.

Han, you caused Sarah to leave me, and now you want to grab Carlotta to make Sarah stay by your side! I won't allow this to happen!

Soon, Shawn sent a text message to the bodyguard leader, "Strengthen the protection. Tell Lucy to contact you if there is any movement. You must stop Han from taking Carlotta away!"

The bodyguard leader replied, "Yes, Boss!"

As if feeling it was not enough, Shawn began to think about other plans with a gloomy expression.

I must take Sarah back! For Sarah, I'll do whatever it takes!

The next morning. After many days of continuous rain, freshness filled the air. The sky was blue and clear.

Such rare fine weather made Leah feel better. After sending the revised design sketch to Mr. Harper before ten o'clock, Leah went to the terrace outside the office to bask in the sun.

Dream Designs was located on the side of the street close to the city center. It was an independent and slightly old three-floor residential building. As no one contracted the demolition, it stayed until now.

Under Leah's design, she completely redecorated the interior and exterior of the house. It presented an elegant and artistic atmosphere that echoed the cultural heritage of the ancient city.

When the autumn wind swept across, the leaves of the trees on the roadside rustled. The warm sun shone on Leah's body and made Leah feel tired.

Leah was very sleepy, but she drank too much coffee at night. It caused her to be in a chaotic state.

Serena was the same. She yawned and lay on the bed but could not fall asleep.

She simply got up and sat next to Leah. "Sarah, we prepared five more sketches last night. Mr. Harper should satisfy with one of them."

Leah nodded. "I hope so. Then, we can quickly finalize the design drawings!"

Buzz! Just as they were talking, Mr. Harper's call was coming.

After signaling Serena to stop talking, Leah quickly picked up the phone. "Hello."

Mr. Harper's voice sounded, "Hello, Ms. White. I've seen your modified sketches. Sorry, I'm not satisfied."

As Leah had turned on the loudspeaker, Serena heard Mr. Harper's voice. Both of them were stunned.

Looking at Serena, Leah replied to Mr. Harper solemnly, "Please take a closer look. We've prepared five proposals."

Serena's expression was a little cold. They were excellent designers. It was unusual if Mr. Harper rejected all the proposals. But Mr. Harper did not change his mind. "I've read all five proposals. I'm sorry to say that your level is poor. Let's cancel our cooperation. Please return the deposit to me."

It was rare for Leah to hear someone question her design, and she was a little stunned for a while.

However, after hearing that Mr. Harper wanted her to refund the deposit, Leah answered solemnly, "Mr. Harper, when you paid the deposit, we had already negotiated the contract. If you are unsatisfied with the proposals, you can ask us to change them, but the deposit is non-refundable. And it was only after ten minutes since we handed you the proposals. Did you read them thoroughly?"

Leah's expression gradually darkened after she said that.

Whether it was Serena or her, she believed in their design level. Mr. Harper's behavior of rejecting five sketches in ten minutes made her feel he made things difficult on purpose.

Mr. Harper was instantly angry when he heard that Leah could not refund the deposit.

"Your shabby design is inconsistent with what you advertised! It's your fault! Why don't you refund my deposit? I'm going to sue you!"

Without waiting for Leah to say anything, Serena impatiently grabbed the phone and shouted, "We are top designers! We don't have a design problem! Also, if you are dissatisfied, you can initiate judicial proceedings!"

Mr. Harper sneered. "Just wait for the lawyer's letter!"

After that, a busy tone came from the phone.

At this moment, even Serena was about to cry. She was dissatisfied with the result of one night's hard work in exchange for such a result.

Leah's eyes became reddish when she saw that Serena was depressed. She wanted to speak comforting words but stopped suddenly.

It was all caused by my misfortune. I can't even comfort myself. How can I comfort Serena?

"Sorry…" Leah apologized while sobbing. It was the only word she could say now.

"Sarah, I'll negotiate with Mr. Harper myself!" Serena suddenly held her pen with a stern look.

Serene's expression wes e little cold. They were excellent designers. It wes unusuel if Mr. Herper rejected ell the proposels. But Mr. Herper did not chenge his mind. "I've reed ell five proposels. I'm sorry to sey thet your level is poor. Let's cencel our cooperetion. Pleese return the deposit to me."

It wes rere for Leeh to heer someone question her design, end she wes e little stunned for e while.

However, efter heering thet Mr. Herper wented her to refund the deposit, Leeh enswered solemnly, "Mr. Herper, when you peid the deposit, we hed elreedy negotieted the contrect. If you ere unsetisfied with the proposels, you cen esk us to chenge them, but the deposit is non-refundeble. And it wes only efter ten minutes since we hended you the proposels. Did you reed them thoroughly?"

Leeh's expression greduelly derkened efter she seid thet.

Whether it wes Serene or her, she believed in their design level. Mr. Herper's behevior of rejecting five

sketches in ten minutes mede her feel he mede things difficult on purpose.

Mr. Herper wes instently engry when he heerd thet Leeh could not refund the deposit.

"Your shebby design is inconsistent with whet you edvertised! It's your feult! Why don't you refund my deposit? I'm going to sue you!"

Without weiting for Leeh to sey enything, Serene impetiently grebbed the phone end shouted, "We ere top designers! We don't heve e design problem! Also, if you ere dissetisfied, you cen initiete judiciel proceedings!"

Mr. Herper sneered. "Just weit for the lewyer's letter!"

After thet, e busy tone ceme from the phone.

At this moment, even Serene wes ebout to cry. She wes dissetisfied with the result of one night's herd work in exchenge for such e result.

Leeh's eyes beceme reddish when she sew thet Serene wes depressed. She wented to speek comforting words but stopped suddenly.

It wes ell ceused by my misfortune. I cen't even comfort myself. How cen I comfort Serene?

"Sorry…" Leeh epologized while sobbing. It wes the only word she could sey now.

"Sereh, I'll negotiete with Mr. Herper myself!" Serene suddenly held her pen with e stern look.

Chapter 338 Couldn’t Mess up the Business

Serena continued, "It was all my fault to offend Mr. Harper. If I had a better attitude, the result wouldn't be like this..." Serena continued, "It was all my fault to offend Mr. Harper. If I had a better attitude, the result wouldn't be like this..."

Without thinking about it, Leah directly refused Serena's suggestion.

Leah frowned and said, "No, you can't go alone. We must go together. Also, it was not because of you. What he said just now went too far. Usually, we need more than ten minutes to read a proposal carefully, let alone five proposals. He might deliberately make things difficult for us."

After all, it was the company's first order. It was nothing if it only messed up, but now it got into a lawsuit. At this moment, both of them felt uncomfortable.

Serena took a deep breath. Now she could not sleep even more.

"This is our first order. We can't ruin it like this. I'll apologize to Mr. Harper." Serena lowered her head guiltily, and her voice was dull.

Even though Mr. Harper said such exaggerated words and insulted their dignity as designers, Serena had to apologize to him. If not, they were hard to continue their studio.

Seeing that Serena wanted to bear everything, Leah patted her arm. "Let's go together."

So, they called Mr. Harper about the conflict this morning and briefly explained. Then, they invited him to have a meal together and discuss cooperation.

However, Mr. Harper replied sarcastically, "You didn't have this attitude in the morning. Are you afraid when you hear I want to file a lawsuit?"

Leah clenched her hands tightly to suppress her anger. She continued, "Mr. Harper, I hope we can resolve the problem peacefully. After all, lawsuits take too much time and waste our time. We're opening a studio for the first time. If we have anything wrong, I hope you can understand and tolerate us."

Leah's tone was humble, and Serena's eyes were reddish. Serena also apologized, "Mr. Harper, I'm sorry. I was too rude this morning! We rushed to make the proposals last night, but you rejected them in less than ten minutes. I thought you were deliberately making trouble for us, so I said those harsh words..."

Perhaps they had sincerity, or Mr. Harper gave them a chance. He agreed to have dinner and discuss cooperation with them.

After hanging up the phone, they sighed heavily like newborns.

Leah comforted Serena with a smile. "Serena, leave things to me! You rest first. I'll go change a proposal..."

Before finishing speaking, Serena interrupted, "Do it together! This matter is mainly my responsibility. How can I go to rest!"

They had not slept all night. And as a result, they did not eat lunch too. They had to re-invest in modifying the design drawings.

As time went by, the orange glow in the evening was dazzling, which added a touch of tenderness to the city.

Meanwhile, Ben came to Han's study and reported what happened to Leah today.

"Boss, Abacus Fish Restaurant has Ms. White's order information. The diners are her, Miss Coleman, and Donald Harper."

Han suddenly raised his eyes from the file and looked at Ben coldly. "Donald Harper?"

Ben was stunned for a moment, then sighed. "Yes, I heard the rumor that this person is sinister and vicious. He likes beautiful women, and he has abusive behavior. If Ms. White goes dinner with him tonight, I guess..."

Ben did not continue talking. Han got up with a stern expression. "Go to her studio!"

When Han heard that Leah would have dinner with Donald, a wave of anger suddenly surged in his heart. He felt his heart extremely uncomfortable.

As Donald was the director of the Harper family, Leah could not be unaware of his behavior. Han wondered why she still wanted to meet with Donald.

When Han and Ben set off to Dream Designs, Leah and Serena preliminarily completed the sixth

design proposal.

They were a little hungry now, and there had three hours before dinner at seven o'clock in the evening, so they went to a restaurant to eat first.

Serena felt her whole body come alive when she ate delicious food. "I have never felt that food is so delicious!"

Since opening the studio, the workload had been much more than she had imagined.

Serena thought that she was only in charge of producing the design drawings. She did not expect to be responsible for interpersonal relationship maintenance and invited customers to dinner to make amends.

Leah still did not eat much. The pressure made her lose her appetite.

Seeing that Leah casually stuffed a few vegetable salads and drank a glass of red wine, Serena was worried. "Sarah, you should eat more. We won't have a chance to eat at night. Our main purpose is to negotiate with customers."

Leah also knew that. To avoid Serena's worry, Leah had no choice but to stuff food into her mouth mechanically.

Since the day Leah found the truth about Alfred, she seemed to have changed. She was no longer interested in any delicious food.

In her heart, she felt she was not worthy of continuing to enjoy life. She should have died, but Alfred

paid for his life.

They had just finished eating when they received a call from Donald.

"Ms. White, I have something to do here, so I can't go to the restaurant you ordered. If you want to talk, you can come to this address."

Before Leah could answer, he quickly hung up the phone. Immediately afterward, he sent a location to her mobile phone.

Serena was a little worried. "Could it be his trap? Donald Harper, I seem to have heard of some of his deeds. Or let's forget about it. If we go to the place he arranged, it may be dangerous."

Leah did not know about these things. She spent most of her life with Han and did not know about Donald.

However, Leah believed Serena's words. So, she thought of a countermeasure. "Why don't only me talk to him, and you stay outside to watch out? If I don't come out or you can't contact me, you can call the police."

Serena immediately rejected her idea. "No, this is too risky. I'll arrange for another person to call the police. I'll go with you."

Seeing her firm attitude, Leah was not too persistent in stopping Serena.

At seven o'clock in the evening, they arrived at the place Donald had decided on time. It was the presidential suite on the top floor of the Coastline Hotel.

Donald, who was short and fat, had already been waiting in the room. He showed a surprised and meaningful expression when he saw Leah and Serena.

"Ms. White, Miss Coleman, good evening." Donald greeted them warmly. He was completely different from his bad attitude on the phone during the day.

Now, Leah was sure that Donald had something wrong. But she still hoped to work hard to negotiate with him to complete the studio's first order.

"Hello, Mr. Harper. Here is the sixth design proposal we revised this afternoon. Please take a look."

Donald took the design proposal from Leah. He glanced at it casually and threw it on the table beside him.

Leeh elso knew thet. To evoid Serene's worry, Leeh hed no choice but to stuff food into her mouth mechenicelly.

Since the dey Leeh found the truth ebout Alfred, she seemed to heve chenged. She wes no longer interested in eny delicious food.

In her heert, she felt she wes not worthy of continuing to enjoy life. She should heve died, but Alfred peid for his life.

They hed just finished eeting when they received e cell from Doneld.

"Ms. White, I heve something to do here, so I cen't go to the resteurent you ordered. If you went to telk, you cen come to this eddress."

Before Leeh could enswer, he quickly hung up the phone. Immedietely efterwerd, he sent e locetion to her mobile phone.

Serene wes e little worried. "Could it be his trep? Doneld Herper, I seem to heve heerd of some of his deeds. Or let's forget ebout it. If we go to the plece he errenged, it mey be dengerous."

Leeh did not know ebout these things. She spent most of her life with Hen end did not know ebout Doneld.

However, Leeh believed Serene's words. So, she thought of e countermeesure. "Why don't only me telk to him, end you stey outside to wetch out? If I don't come out or you cen't contect me, you cen cell the police."

Serene immedietely rejected her idee. "No, this is too risky. I'll errenge for enother person to cell the police. I'll go with you."

Seeing her firm ettitude, Leeh wes not too persistent in stopping Serene.

At seven o'clock in the evening, they errived et the plece Doneld hed decided on time. It wes the presidentiel suite on the top floor of the Coestline Hotel.

Doneld, who wes short end fet, hed elreedy been weiting in the room. He showed e surprised end meeningful expression when he sew Leeh end Serene.

"Ms. White, Miss Colemen, good evening." Doneld greeted them wermly. He wes completely different from his bed ettitude on the phone during the dey.

Now, Leeh wes sure thet Doneld hed something wrong. But she still hoped to work herd to negotiete with him to complete the studio's first order.

"Hello, Mr. Herper. Here is the sixth design proposel we revised this efternoon. Pleese teke e look."

Doneld took the design proposel from Leeh. He glenced et it cesuelly end threw it on the teble beside him.

Chapter 339 He Did Not Know Leah At All

Donald poured two glasses of red wine and smiled. "Put the plan aside. Drink and we’ll talk later.”

Taking the wine glass from Donald, Leah was stunned. She got what he meant. They must accompany him to drink before talking about the plan.

Serena looked worried. She was hesitant for a moment. However, as soon as she saw Leah finish her red wine, she had no choice but to finish her red wine too.

Although Leah and Serena had someone waiting for them outside, they were both ladies. For that reason, they were worried.

“Sarah, don’t drink too much. Your body can’t take it. Let me drink on your behalf.”

After saying that, Serena stood in front of Leah and apologized, “Mr. Harper, I’m so sorry for what I said today. Hope you can forgive me. I’ll drink three glasses of red wine first as a punishment to myself.”

“It’s okay. I didn’t take it to heart. Come on, let’s drink.” Donald smirked. He then poured Serena another glass of red wine and gave it to her.

Usually, one would only fill half the glass with red wine. However, Donald filled one full glass of red wine and gave it to Serena.

Donald did it on purpose. Serena had no choice but to gulp down the red wine at once.

Serena and Donald kept drinking, and soon, Serena’s face flushed.

Leah, who did not drink a lot could also smell the strong alcohol scent in the room.

Finally, Serena was drunk, and Donald leaned toward Leah and said, “Ms. White, you should know that

nothing can be gained without an effort, right? If you want to continue working with me, you have to give me something else…”

Hearing that, Leah was stupefied. She took a few steps back and glared. “Mr. Harper, what do you mean?”

With an evil smile, Donald approached Leah again and smirked. “What do you think? What do you think your small studio could offer me? But you can use your body to…”

“No way! In that case, just cancel our deal. You can sue us as you like!” Leah interrupted Donald and bawled angrily.

Leah did not want her studio to be sued. That would leave a bad impression on customers. Nonetheless, she could not do what Donald wanted. She had pride and dignity. One could not humiliate her like that. She would rather die than give in to a scumbag like Donald.

However, Donald was excited when he saw Leah’s angry face. He smiled lecherously. “You should have thought of it when you agreed to come here tonight. Come on, don’t pretend to be innocent. Just take off your clothes now…”

On the other side, Han and Ben looked all over the place and still could not find Leah and Serena.

Han’s face darkened. He could not help but slam his fist on the car window. “Check where is Donald now!”

Leah, don’t do it. Please don’t do it.

Before long, Ben found out where Donald was. He quickly opened his iPad and showed Han. “Donald’s secretary made a presidential suite reservation at Hotel Cartin. Ms. White and Ms. Coleman are very likely to be there.”

“Let’s go!” Han scowled.

On the way to the hotel, Han looked out the window. However, he felt so uneasy that he could not even breathe properly.

Why did she go there? She knew Donald is such a lascivious man!

Han felt as if he did not know Leah at all. He never thought she was the kind of woman who would give in for money.

Before long, Han reached the hotel with his men. Then he ordered his men to kick the door of the presidential suite open.

As soon as the door was forced open, they smelled a strong alcohol scent.

Soon, Han found Leah leaning against the window, gasping for breath. Her hair was messy, and her

blouse fell from her shoulder.

Inside the presidential suite, Serena and Donald were nowhere to be seen.

“Get out!” Han ordered his men to get out of the presidential suite. He wanted to be alone with Leah.

It was only a moment later that Leah found that the person who stood in front of her was Han.

She was stunned. “Why are you here?”

Why is Han following me wherever I go?

Leah felt she could not escape from Han at all. She felt like she was a bird with broken wings.

“You slept with him?” Han could not help but ask when he met Leah’s eyes.

He strode toward Leah and pinned her on the huge window.

Leah’s face turned pale. However, her eyes glared ferociously. A few strands of hair fell on her face. Although she looked disheveled, she still looked very pretty.

Leah could not help but cough. She did not have the energy to resist at all.

In the end, Han loosened his grip. He was mad at himself.

“Leah, why did you do that? How could you sleep with him for money? I can give you money too if you sleep with me. I can give you…”

Slap!

Before Han could finish his words, Leah gave him a slap.

She glared at Han disappointedly and sneered, “Han, don’t you dare humiliate me like that. I’m not you. You can sleep with any woman you like. But I can’t.”

At that point, Han had no right to judge her.

Anna had told Leah that she had slept with Han, and they were expecting a baby.

For a long time, Han stared at Leah coldly. Suddenly, he smirked. “Are you jealous?”

Han had never slept with Anna. Nonetheless, he felt it was useless to explain now seeing Leah’s expression.

Leah was stunned. She had not seen Han like that for a long time. Furthermore, how did he know she was at the hotel?

“No, I’m not jealous. By the way, why are you here? How did you know I’m here?”

Hearing that, Han remained silent. He held Leah’s waist tighter and looked her in the eyes.

“You didn’t sleep with Donald? Then did you lure me here deliberately to sleep with me? I can fulfill your wish…”

Chapter 340 Not a Misunderstanding

Verily, Leah could not believe her ears. She gaped at Han, who wore a sneer on his face, so livid that her hands trembled.

“Get away from me!”

With her eyes blazing scarlet, she shoved him away. At the stabbing pain from the depths of her heart, tears inexorably shimmered in her eyes.

Am I really that shameless in his eyes?

In the next heartbeat, she sprinted out of the hotel.

Perhaps the despair and disappointment in her eyes earlier were too intense, for Han halted in his steps after chasing after her for a while, his gaze dim.

The mere thought of Leah’s expression just now resulted in a faint sense of panic within him.

Had I misunderstood things? But it was only because I instantly lost all reason at the sight of her disheveled state that I uttered all those words.

It was late at night, and it had started drizzling. Frigid gusts of wind carrying chilly raindrops hit Leah incessantly.

At long last, she snapped. Tears escaped the corners of her eyes.

“I’m sorry, Ms. White. Please forgive me for my actions earlier.” Donald walked over to her with an umbrella. Guilt was written all over his face, his lascivious expression a while ago all but gone.

At the sight of Leah’s anguish, sheer regret haunted him. He hastily apologized, “I’m truly sorry. If I’d known you were the person who saved me back then, I would never have made a move on you. I’ve already ordered my subordinate to send Miss Coleman back to the studio. Please forgive my blunder tonight.”

Following the man’s attitude, Leah’s lips curved into a sneer. “I don’t remember ever saving you.”

The multiple twists of events that night tripped her up, and she could not quite keep up with the changes.

Initially, she came to the hotel with Serena to apologize to Donald and salvage the studio’s first commission, but she ended up almost violated by the latter.

Both women were drunk and lost the ability to fight back earlier, so Leah was just about to tell the person waiting downstairs to call the police when Donald suddenly did a one-eighty after glimpsing the faint scar on her leg. He apologized to her instead.

Not only did he do that, but he even had his subordinate send Serena back and went downstairs to wait for her while she made herself presentable.

Truly, she had no recollection of saving him.

Donald flashed her a sincere smile, his eyes brimming with gratefulness. “It’s no surprise that you don’t remember me. Two years ago, you merely walked by and saved me in passing. It was winter then. My family went bankrupt, and I ended up on the streets abroad. I was close to starving and freezing to death when you walked past. Finding me pitiful, you bought me a bowl of steaming hot pasta and gave me your scarf. Then, you contacted the hospital for me. The police later gave me your purse. It was thanks to you that I managed to survive.”

After saying that, he took out a small leather purse from his pocket.

Leah stared at the purse in his hands, profound shock drowning out the sorrow and bitterness within her. “It was you?”

Indeed, she had visited Melville during winter two years ago. She felt sympathetic toward the many beggars by the roadside at night, so she helped them. Little did she expect Donald to be one of them.

Subsequently, something seemingly occurred to her. She regarded him with a frown. “But how did you recognize me?”

At that, unbidden pride showed on Donald’s face. “Later, after I brought the Harper family to success once more, the first thing I did was to have a painter draw a portrait of you based on what I remembered. Alas, I never found you again. It wasn’t until I came back to the country for business this time that I happened across a news report of you on the internet. I felt that you looked somewhat similar to the person who saved me back then, so I decided to help your newly opened studio out.”

When he reached this point of the conversation, he grew anxious again. His gaze darted all around, and he did not dare look Leah in the eye. “Actually, I’d planned on fulfilling the commission. But then, someone told me you had questionable character and are an ingrate. I hate such people the most, so I

started to make things difficult for you. Never had I expected you to be the person who saved me. I’m really sorry.”

He spoke at length, but Leah merely stood frozen to the spot for a long time after listening to him.

Silence reigned. The only sounds that remained were the splatter of raindrops on the umbrella.

A long time passed before Leah heaved a sigh. “I’ll be leaving first.”

There was too much information from Donald, and she needed time to digest everything.

That aside, she had to give herself some breathing room after so many things had happened in the past few days.

Upon hearing that, Donald thoughtfully opened his car door for her at once. “Please allow me to drive you back, Ms. White.”

Initially, Leah wanted to turn him down. Although he claimed that she once saved him, she could not believe him entirely because of his actions earlier that night.

But at the thought that Serena had already been forcibly taken away by his subordinate, she could only get into his car.

If he really has ulterior motives, he’ll definitely send us both to the same place.

To keep someone important to her from being hurt again because of her, she was not at all afraid, even if she knew that she was headed to hell.

When Han and his subordinate returned to the hotel lobby, he happened to see Leah voluntarily getting into Donald’s car. Such shock flooded him that his pupils abruptly constricted.

Ben also witnessed that and was likewise shocked beyond words. “Boss… Ms. White…”

Ms. White is actually being with Donald of her own volition?

All of a sudden, he felt the temperature around him drop sharply. The intense and chilly sense of violence made his hair stand on end. He fell silent and dared not utter a word further.

Han’s icy and petrifying gaze was fixated in the direction where Donald’s car drove off. His hands balled into fists by his sides, bright red blood dripping onto the ground.

Sure enough, Leah, all this wasn’t a misunderstanding. In that case, why did you act as though you had suffered a great grievance just now? What right do you have to feel wronged when you gave yourself to such a man?

Meanwhile, Leah also seemingly felt an inexplicable sense of bone-deep chill in Donald’s car. She snapped her head back, but all that greeted her was the sight of the lapsing rainy night.

Beside her, Donald sensed her uneasiness and asked worriedly, “Ms. White? Are you okay? Are you not feeling well after drinking too much? I’ll drive you to the hospital right away—”

Unused to his concern, Leah cut him off with a frown of aversion. “It’s okay.”

Judging from the incident that night, Donald was usually a heinous person. However, he exhibited such

a huge contrast after learning that she once helped him.

That really perturbed her greatly.

Perceiving her detestation of him, Donald nodded dejectedly and did not say anything else.

Shortly after, the car arrived at Dream Designs. Putting on a smile once more, he swiftly opened the car door for her with an umbrella in hand. “We’re here, Ms. White.”

He tilted the umbrella to her side, causing himself to be drenched by the rain.

Leah threw him a complex look and left after thanking him. “Thank you.”

She had not expected him to truly send her back. For a moment, she could not tell what exactly his motive was.

She did not believe she was so lucky that a beggar she saved on the streets two years ago would have someone like Donald treat her differently.

Well, he must have been sent by Anna…