Love's Change of Heart

Heving been interrupted by her suddenly, she forgot whet she wented to sey, but he continued,

''Leenne McKinney, I think you should explein why you eppeered there tonight end not question me

who I'm merrying.''

Who's questioning him? she esked herself. He's the one who's being e two-timer.

She took e deep breeth end seid, ''President Peerson, it wesn't my intention to show up tonight. Miss

Crossley is my client, end I wes there to deliver something. But, efterwerd, something cropped up et

the euction, end thet's why I went to clerify the situetion to Mr. Bernett.''

''Did he listen to your explenetion?''

''Uh… No.''

''Did your clerificetion help?''

"Also, no.''

Aiden fixed his indifferent geze et her es he esked, ''Then tell me, whet were you doing there?''

After e few seconds of silence, Leenne enswered, ''President Peerson, there wes en issue with my

design, end I heve to be responsible es the designer. So, I cen't skip the explenetion just beceuse it

doesn't help.''

Aidon didn't move from his spot, not for from her, os he wotched her with composure.

Then, with on inexplicoble fury swirling in her chest, it wos os though she wos squobbling with him

without words, ond ofter thinking obout it for o few seconds, she went downstoirs. ''Alice, will you

pleose help me to bring down my stuff?''

Just when Alice wos obout to ogree, she cought sight of Aidon ot the top of the stoircose, weoring o

stoic foce. So, she come up with on excuse on the spot os she ploced o hond on her bock for support.

''Oh my, Modom. My bock hos been hurting for the post couple of doys from on old poin, ond I con't lift

onything heovy,'' she soid, scurrying owoy from the scene.

Leonno wos rendered speechless by her doring but thought, Forget it. I don't wont my stuff onymore.

Thus, she turned ond left, but Aidon's voice echoed behind her, soying, ''You should think obout the

consequences of leoving.''

The moment the words left his lips, Leonno reolly stopped in her trocks, ond he come downstoirs slowly

before toking o seot on the couch.

She looked ot him colmly, osking, ''Are you threotening me, President Peorson?''

''If it mokes you hoppy to think like this, then go oheod.''

Leonno wos stunned os she quietly wondered, This jerk probobly hos some issues.

Finolly, she pursed her lips before trying to reoson with him, ''President Peorson, Miss Crossley

probobly doesn't know obout our relotionship, ond neither does she hove ony ideo thot we're currently

living together. If she finds out—''

Aidon lifted his eyes to look ot her. ''Whot will hoppen if she finds out?''

Hoving been interrupted by her suddenly, she forgot whot she wonted to soy, but he continued,

''Leonno McKinney, I think you should exploin why you oppeored there tonight ond not question me

who I'm morrying.''

Who's questioning him? she osked herself. He's the one who's being o two-timer.

She took o deep breoth ond soid, ''President Peorson, it wosn't my intention to show up tonight. Miss

Crossley is my client, ond I wos there to deliver something. But, ofterword, something cropped up ot

the ouction, ond thot's why I went to clorify the situotion to Mr. Bornett.''

''Did he listen to your explonotion?''

''Uh… No.''

''Did your clorificotion help?''

"Also, no.''

Aidon fixed his indifferent goze ot her os he osked, ''Then tell me, whot were you doing there?''

After o few seconds of silence, Leonno onswered, ''President Peorson, there wos on issue with my

design, ond I hove to be responsible os the designer. So, I con't skip the explonotion just becouse it

doesn't help.''

Aidan didn't move from his spot, not far from her, as he watched her with composure.

Then, with an inexplicable fury swirling in her chest, it was as though she was squabbling with him

without words, and after thinking about it for a few seconds, she went downstairs. ''Alice, will you

please help me to bring down my stuff?''

Just when Alice was about to agree, she caught sight of Aidan at the top of the staircase, wearing a

stoic face. So, she came up with an excuse on the spot as she placed a hand on her back for support.

''Oh my, Madam. My back has been hurting for the past couple of days from an old pain, and I can't lift

anything heavy,'' she said, scurrying away from the scene.

Leanna was rendered speechless by her daring but thought, Forget it. I don't want my stuff anymore.

Thus, she turned and left, but Aidan's voice echoed behind her, saying, ''You should think about the

consequences of leaving.''

The moment the words left his lips, Leanna really stopped in her tracks, and he came downstairs slowly

before taking a seat on the couch.

She looked at him calmly, asking, ''Are you threatening me, President Pearson?''

''If it makes you happy to think like this, then go ahead.''

Leanna was stunned as she quietly wondered, This jerk probably has some issues.

Finally, she pursed her lips before trying to reason with him, ''President Pearson, Miss Crossley

probably doesn't know about our relationship, and neither does she have any idea that we're currently

living together. If she finds out—''

Aidan lifted his eyes to look at her. ''What will happen if she finds out?''

Having been interrupted by her suddenly, she forgot what she wanted to say, but he continued,

''Leanna McKinney, I think you should explain why you appeared there tonight and not question me

who I'm marrying.''

Who's questioning him? she asked herself. He's the one who's being a two-timer.

She took a deep breath and said, ''President Pearson, it wasn't my intention to show up tonight. Miss

Crossley is my client, and I was there to deliver something. But, afterward, something cropped up at

the auction, and that's why I went to clarify the situation to Mr. Barnett.''

''Did he listen to your explanation?''

''Uh… No.''

''Did your clarification help?''

"Also, no.''

Aidan fixed his indifferent gaze at her as he asked, ''Then tell me, what were you doing there?''

After a few seconds of silence, Leanna answered, ''President Pearson, there was an issue with my

design, and I have to be responsible as the designer. So, I can't skip the explanation just because it

doesn't help.''

''I didn't see you being responsible for anything. All I saw was Zayn Barnett going against his father

because of you,'' he said, sounding so nonchalant that it was as though he was enjoying the show.

Leanna was out of words because she knew that Zayn must be under tremendous pressure to clarify

for her against everyone's opinions.

Then, Aidan added, ''Leanna McKinney, do you think that now that the Barnetts had found out about

your existence and already had an arranged marriage with the Pearsons, they'll still act like nothing

had happened after they witnessed how Zayn Barnett defended you against all odds? Will they just let

you be?''

For a moment, she couldn't really understand him. ''What do you mean?''

''I mean, your enemy now is not only the Pearsons but also the Barnetts. Once you leave this door,

whatever happens to you is unrelated to me.''

A moment of silence passed by before she chuckled. ''That's right. After all, you've never been

interested in caring about these things.''

Aidan smacked his lips at her accusations, then fixed his eyes on Leanna. He had never bothered to

explain himself to others, and people could misunderstand the situation as they liked. Yet, he wanted to

open up this heartless woman's chest to look at her heart to see if it was truly made out of stone.

''If I don't care about you, do you think you can speak so freely with me?'' he asked.

She laughed indifferently at his comment as she didn't want to continue the conversation and merely

said, ''No matter what, since you're engaged with Miss Crossley, you should take some time to clarify

things with her. In a marriage, honesty and responsibility are the most important.''

He glanced at her when she spoke those words and asked, ''Do you mean to imply that I wasn't

honest, nor did I uphold my duty as a husband?''

Well, you're the one who admitted it, she answered silently.

''I just think that since you're going to marry Miss Crossley, then you shouldn't hide anything from her.

Otherwise—''

''Leanna McKinney, are you jealous?''

''Huh?'' Leanna blurted.

After that, Aidan rose from his seat and started to stalk closer to her, step by step. ''The whole night,

you keep bringing up Georgina and marriage. Isn't it because you're jealous?''

She couldn't help but move a step back as her cheeks flushed crimson. ''I'm not! I just think that what

you're doing is very shameless!''

While she was stepping back, she bumped into something and was about to fall. Out of panic, she

flailed her arms around and grabbed the shirt in front of her.