Before Leila saw the person's face, she knew it was Robert. With an already prepared smile on her face, she said, "Senior."
No matter how awkward she was, she was still the arrogant Leila in front of others. She couldn't allow anyone to trample on her.
"Why are you here?" asked Robert, blinking his eyes.
Leila said softly, "Have you forgotten that I'm also involved in the construction of your company's farm?"
Robert understood and then he said, "Okay, I get it. Go ahead with your work. Call me if anything happens."
Leila responded with a smile. When she brushed against Robert, the smile on her face disappeared gradually. After Leila walked out of the company, Mr. Zhang had already driven the car to be in front of her. Leila said, "Don't go back to the apartment now. Take me to a place."
Mr. Zhang glanced at her through the rear view mirror and asked, "Where are you going, Miss Leila?"
Leila opened the map and handed it to him. Mr. Zhang was born and raised in D city, so he was very familiar with this city. After looking at it, he began to start the car. Leila sat quietly on the passenger seat, with a serious look.
The car passed through the downtown street, turned seven or eight corners and finally stopped in front of a shabby building. Looking at the building, Mr. Zhang said with concern, "Miss Leila, let me go with you."
Leila fixed her eyes on these buildings and said indifferently, "You don’t need to do this, I'm familiar with here."
How could she not be familiar with here? When she went to college, Leila often came to Astrid's house. Although there was a huge gap between their status, she never thought highly of the so-called status. For their friendship, Leila has always been very sincere and went all out.
While Astrid, who has accepted the kindness of Leila, chose to betray Leila in the end. Thus compared to the reason why Veron betrayed her, Leila was more eager to know the reason why Astrid betrayed her.
Getting out of the car, Leila walked step by step towards the familiar door, and stopped.
The door was still the same, but it was a little more shabby with much more dust on it. Leila raised her hand and knocked at the door. After a short while, the door was opened. A woman in her fifties opened the door. She looked at Leila carefully for a long time with a familiar yet unacceptable look in her eyes.
"Aunt."
Leila called. The woman was delighted. With water still dropping from her hands, she took a look at Leila's clothes and wiped water on her body unconsciously. "Leila, it's been a long time since we last met. Come in."
Leila smiled. No matter what Astrid has done to her, her mother treated Leila sincerely. There was no denying that Leila wouldn't hate anyone who has sincerely treated her, so she didn't hate this aunt just due to Astrid.
"What about Astrid? Isn't she at home? "
Leila walked into the room with Astrid’s mother. When the woman heard the word 'Astrid', her body trembled and the smile on her face froze. She said, "Why did you mention her? Have a seat."
Then the woman pulled Leila to the so
face, and emotions were surging up in his eyes. He asked, "What did you do?"
Leila obviously felt the pressure coming from Max. She slightly moved her body and said truthfully, "She placed obstacles in today's matter."
After a moment of silence, the temperature around Max was cooled down, then he said, "You are making a fool of yourself again."
Although his tone was calm, it was filled with anger. Max has never accepted Leila’s self-assertion.
"Let me ask you, do you know who cooperates with Astrid?"
Leila's eyes widened. Max knew it! Since he knew that she was framed, why did he still question her today?
The figure of Charles flashed through Leila’s mind and all clues were connected at once.
The whole plan today was a conspiracy of Max. The one who cooperated with him was exactly Charles. And Leila wasn't stupid. The one who could give Astrid money and support with the same goal was Bertha, and behind Bertha, there was Spencer.
Max used Leila to bail out Bertha and Astrid. His ultimate goal was to lure Spencer into the bait! While the accidence made by Leila would most likely destroy all the trap set by Max, which would make everything fall short of success.
Leila's face turned pale. She has known from the beginning that she would lose her self-esteem as long as she agreed to Max. But when she was really used as a bait and taken advantage of carelessly, her heart still ached.
Leila pressed her lips, looked at Max, nodded slightly and apologized seriously, "I'm sorry."
All of her cleverness should be put away. Leila was always an unimportant object in front of Max.
Hearing that, Max took a deep look at Leila. Her apology was supposed to extinguish his anger, but somehow, it was like pouring oil on the flames, and the more fiercer he became. He frowned uncomfortably, and looked ferociously at the woman in front of him with a gloomy expression.
Max was not annoyed by the fact that Leila might screw up his plan. He couldn't control his abnormal emotions. He took back his gaze and suppressed the nameless fire.