Begging For A Reconciliation

Carlotta’s expression froze. Pouting, she snorted softly. “I’m just slow in filling out!”

At the side, Lucy’s eyes turned red-rimmed at the sight of the real smile on Leah’s face at long last.

Ever since Ms. White learned of Alfred’s death, she hadn’t truly smiled in an eternity.

Leah played with Carlotta for a long time. By the time she had finally put her daughter to sleep, it was

almost midnight again.

Lucy dragged Leah, who was planning to go back to her room to sleep, to the balcony. She told the

latter about Han ambushing her with some men to forcibly take Carlotta away.

“Ms. White… I hope you’ll be careful with him. Although Mr. Shawn arranged for some men to furtively

protect Carlotta, he definitely wouldn’t give up so easily.”

Panic pervaded Leah as she gazed at the stars in the sky blankly. She felt chilled to the core as though

having been dunked in ice water.

Han really wants to take Carlotta away from me… Well, this is the only thing I’ll never compromise on!

No matter the cost, I won’t allow that to happen. Never!

That night, she didn’t sleep a wink. Early the next morning, she set out for the studio.

Before leaving, Leah drilled into Carlotta that she was not to leave with Han. Instead, she was to run

away with Lucy the moment she spotted him.

She did not leave until she obtained the little girl’s crisp acknowledgment.

Unexpectedly, mere moments after she arrived at the studio, Donald came.

This time, he did not bring any lavish gifts. He only brought a few contracts.

“Ms. White, since you dislike me and are not inclined to be friends with me at the moment, let’s be

business partners first. I sincerely wish to collaborate with you. Here’s the contract. Do have a look at

it.”

His attitude remained the same despite Leah’s indifference. He was still as enthusiastic as ever.

Conversely, Leah frowned. She felt that it was necessary to talk things out with him. “You don’t need to

go to such lengths, Mr. Harper. You’ve said that you don’t like our technology, so there isn’t any need to

compromise. Besides, even if I had saved you back then, I was merely helping you within my means. I

also helped others at that time. You don’t owe me anything.”

Donald merely smiled. He dipped his eyes, making it impossible for others to see the emotions on his

face. “You might not know the importance of your actions back then to me. It was just like a ray of light,

illuminating the darkness in which I was lost.”

If it weren’t for her, I would’ve probably died abroad on that cold winter night.

His words shocked Leah beyond words.

She could understand the latter half of his utterance, for Serena gave her precisely such a feeling.

At that moment, his sincerity swayed her into believing him.

I believe he likely hasn’t much malice toward me since he revealed his innermost feelings to me.

“Since you want to collaborate with us, come on in.” She invited him into the office for a seat and

poured him a drink.

Then, she sat down across from him and started flipping through the contract he brought.

Scanning her eyes over the terms, she gaped at Donald. “Almost all the terms here are in our favor.

You should revise them again—”

“No, it’s okay,” Donald interrupted, insisting on the current contract. He signed it with her once more.

When Leah had put the contract away, he slowly explained everything that had happened previously.

“That night, I told you that I only made things difficult for you because someone deliberately slandered

you before me.”

Leah’s brows furrowed. “Who was it?”

This is my first collaboration, yet it was sabotaged. From the looks of it, it must have been someone

who has been paying close attention to me.

Unfortunately, Donald shook his head before sighing in regret. “I’m not sure. I didn’t pay it any mind

back then. How I wish I’d done so.”

As he said that, a dangerous gleam of icy coldness flashed across his eyes.

How dare someone sabotage the person who saved me in such a manner! I’ll never let the culprit off

the hook!

Leah’s gaze flickered imperceptibly, and she pursed her lips lightly.

Hmm, I can more or less guess the person behind this…

Later, when she had seen Donald off, an unexpected guest came to Dream Designs.

Looking at his frosty eyes, she recalled Lucy’s words last night and scowled at him. “I’ll pay you back

as soon as possible, Han. If there’s nothing important, don’t come and bother me.”

Her increasingly detached attitude chilled Han to the point of numbness. He stalked up to her and

wrapped an arm around her waist, yanking her close to him. His thin lips curved into a cruel sneer. “I’m

here to collect the interest first.”

His suggestive remark took Leah aback. “What do you mean by that? Let go of me!”

She struggled to break free from him, but she was restrained even tighter by the man.

Reaching out, Han stroked her soft cheeks, his long and slender fingers brushing against her skin

lightly. Not a trace of emotion was visible in his unfathomable eyes. Without warning, he pushed her

away. “Alas, you’ve gotten together with Donald, so I find you filthy.”