"How about this: give Leonard a call. Whether you have to calm him down or pull some other move, just make sure he stops getting in the way."


    Aurora nodded helplessly. "Alright, I''ll call Leonard right now."


    However, when she dialed his number, the call wouldn''t go through.


    She tried several times with the same result, just like when Sherman Burton was hospitalized and she had tried to call Leonard.


    Coleman was the first to realize. "Didn''t he used to answer your calls immediately? Why isn''t he picking up now? Don''t tell me Leonard blocked you?"


    Jonathan also looked at Aurora with suspicion. "Did Leonard block you?"


    Aurora shook her head. "I don''t know. I haven''t contacted him in thest six months."


    Leonard suppressing Aurora''s news and now blocking her number made Jonathan sense that something was off. He said to Aurora, "You must find a chance to meet with Leonard and ask him what he''s nning. Our ns can''t be sabotaged by him again."


    Aurora realized the gravity of the situation. "Okay, I''ll contact Simone Lerman right away."


    She couldn''t reach Leonard, but there was still Simone. Although they hadn''t seen each other much, she still kept in touch with Simone asionally to maintain a presence.


    She immediately dialed Simone''s number.


    Across from The Williams Group, Simone stared at Leonard, who was sitting in front


    of a projector, watching Ste''s performance videos on a loop. An absurd expression crossed her face.


    She spoke up. "Leonard, I know it''s incredible that Ste is Summer. But you don''t have to watch her performances over and over, do you?"


    Simone had been utterly shocked when she found out. She had immediatelye to Leonard for confirmation. However, Leonard had seemed to know already, his expressionpletely unfazed. When she had first arrived, she''d found him watching Ste''s performances. At the time, she assumed he had just learned the truth and was trying to process the fact that the artist he admired most was the woman he hated most.


    But every time she hade to see Leonard since, he was watching Ste''s performance videos.


    Simone''s initial surprise haverne


    into today''s feeling of dread.


    Leonard didn''t even lift his head. "Why are you here?"


    "Aurora called me just now," Simone said. "She said she can''t reach you and asked


    if you blocked her... Leonard, did you really block Aurora''s number?"


    Leonard didn''t blink, his gaze fixed on Ste''s silhouette on the screen as if she were the only thing left in his world. He answered distractedly, "Yeah."


    Simone continued, "Aurora asked me to give you a message. She wants to see you."


    "I don''t have time," Leonard said tly.


    Simone nced at the screen, then back at Leonard. He had watched these videos so many times she.


    was sick of hearing them. He had


    time for this endless loop, but no


    time to see Aurora.


    At that moment, Simone was finally,pletely certain that Leonard was truly over Aurora.


    She fully supported him dropping that two-faced woman. But...


    Simone couldn''t help but ask the question that had been nagging at her for a long


    time. "Leonard, you haven''t... fallen for Ste, have you?"


    Leonard was silent for a few seconds. "No."


    "If you don''t like Ste, then why are you constantly watching her performance videos?" Simone asked, unconvinced.