After all, he had given away three percent of his shares without blinking an eye. It was clear that power and wealth weren''t his top priorities.


    Leonard noticed her cautious posture and his gaze darkened.


    He quickly spoke. "Rx, I''m not interested in your hands anymore."


    Ste looked up, meeting his eyes. "You''re not interested in my hands now? Then what are you interested in?"


    Leonard''s deep gaze settled on her. He parted his lips and uttered a single sentence.


    "Right now, I''m quite interested in you."


    To this, Ste had only one response.


    "You''re insane."


    Leonard paid no mind to her words. Instead, he said, "I saw you with a drawing board at the hospitalst time. Your hands... they don''t seem to affect your ability to paint?"


    At the repeated mention of her hands, Ste''s expression turned frigid.


    "Leonard, what are you trying to do?"


    Ever since he began suspecting that Summer might be Ste, Leonard had been searching for any and all clues. He had even gone back through Summer''s social media posts and their email exchanges from a while back. The conversations alone weren''t enough to confirm that Summer was Ste. But he had noticed a few key points in their timeline.


    During the long period when Summer hadn''t replied to his emails, Ste had apparently been on a business trip with Joshua. And a few days ago, when Summer had said she was busy and wouldn''t be in touch for a while, Ste had been dealing with the stock dispute.


    Leonard had barely slept, his mind consumed with thoughts of Summer. He wasn''t sure why he was so obsessed with this matter. A little while ago, he had seen Ste and Joshua leaving the building to get something to eat. He didn''t know what possessed him, but he had followed them.


    Leonard had never been one to beat around the bush. When he had a question, he wanted an answer But now seeing Ste he found bimself unable to ask


    Looking at the woman before him, Leonard ultimately just wanted to know if she was the Summer who had gifted him the paintings.


    "Ste, are you..."


    But before he could finish, a clean, crisp voice sounded from behind him.


    "Mr. Lerman, I was wondering if you had a reason for suddenly showing up here to see Star?"


    Ste looked up to see Joshua, phone in hand, walking quickly towards them.


    Leonard nced at Joshua, not bothering to hide his intentions.


    "I heard Ms. Cameron also paints. I came to discuss our shared hobby."


    Joshua looked Leonard up and down, a smile ying on his lips, though it didn''t reach his eyes.


    "Given your current situation, Mr. Lerman, I doubt you''re in a position to be discussing hobbies."


    Joshua was deliberately hitting him where it hurt. Given Leonard''s violent temper, Ste expected him to fly into a rage at theb, maybe even pull a gun. However, Leonard didn''t react as she feared. Instead, he suddenly smiled.


    "Why so tense? You act like you''re afraid someone''s going to steal her from you. Joshua, that''s not like you."


    Joshua ignored Leonard''s taunt. "If


    you''ve said what you need to say


    Mr. Lerman, then you should get


    going. Don''t be afreyesore here You


    should know you''re not wee.


    Leonard shot him a look but didn''t leave. Instead, he found a table not far from


    theirs and sat down.