Love's Change of Heart

Aidan removed his suit jacket and tossed it aside before opening the window to get rid of

the odor in the room.

"President Pearson, if you don't mind, I really need to leave. Or... if you have time to

divorce today, I'll let Zoe handle the magazine's affairs and come with you."

He turned around and looked at her expressionlessly; his face a little colder than when he

first arrived.

Leanna was confused. Can't he just wait a few moments?

At this fraction of a moment, there was a knock on the door before Zoe's voice sounded,

"Have you finished chatting, Nana? The editor-in-chief, Lany, is looking for you."

"Okay. I'm almost done," she replied.

With that, she turned to Aidan and excused herself. "President Pearson, I'll get going first.

Please wait for me outside for a while."

Zoe dragged Leanna out of the dressing room and wanted to run, but because Leanna was

pregnant, they could only power walk.

"Didn't you say the editor-in-chief is looking for me?" Leanna inquired.

"It's a lie. Lany is currently socializing with those dignitaries. If I don't do that, how could I

have saved you from that b*stard?"

This left Leanna speechless. Still, she's right.

As they approached the door, a voice from the side called out, "Leanna."

Both the ladies came to a halt at the same time.

What's meant to come will always come…

…

"How… have you been, Leanna?" After a long silence at the hotel's entrance, Zayn could

not help but ask.

"I'm good," Leanna replied while pursing her lips.

"It's been about half a month since I returned and I've been looking everywhere for you.

Everyone's telling me that they haven't heard from you for a long time."

To that, Leanna remained silent. Three years ago, she severed contact with not only Zayn,

but also with all of her previous classmates.

She did not want to tell anyone about the unspeakable.

As a human, it was natural of her to want to preserve her meager, ridiculous dignity.

"Will you be leaving again this time?" she asked with a smile after a while.

Zayn stared at her and shook his head. "Leanna, I—"

"Zayn!"

At that moment, Anna appeared out of nowhere and squeezed in between them.

Caught off-guard, Leanna took a step back against the wall behind as she barely managed

to keep her balance.

"Anna!" Leanna exclaimed with her pounding heart.

"Leanna, your voice is unbearably loud. My cousin, Aidan, is right inside and you're here

seducing another man in public? Are you not embarrassed?" Anna roared at her.

Leanna could not be any paler at this point as her blood seemed to freeze from head to

toe.

She had never considered hiding her marriage from Zayn, but she also had not anticipated

the reveal to turn out like this. From the mouth of Anna!

Zayn, who had always been good-tempered, became enraged and flung Anna's hand away

before questioning, "Anna, what are you doing here?"

Taken aback once again by his attitude at her, Anna's eyes instantly turned red and she

yelled angrily, "This is for your own good, Zayn! Why don't you ask her what she did to my

cousin? Is she brave enough to admit it?"

"There's nothing I'm not willing to admit," Leanna stated calmly, "But Anna, I did warn

you; if you're still so incompetent in walking like a normal human being, maybe it's time I

teach you."

Anna had been dazzled by jealousy to the point where she could no longer reason. She

had never seen Zayn speak to her so gently, yet he was doing it to Leanna.

"You're no relic in a museum. Do you think you're untouchable?" Anna challenged Leanna

as she was about to push her again when Zayn intervened.

"Stop it, Anna."

"Zayn, how long have you known her? Why don't you believe my words?"

"Leanna and I have been friends for three years. I don't need you to tell me who she is."

Anna's eyes widened with surprise. "You guys… If that's the case, what kind of woman was

she like?"

As o humon, it wos noturol of her to wont to preserve her meoger, ridiculous dignity.

"Will you be leoving ogoin this time?" she osked with o smile ofter o while.

Zoyn stored ot her ond shook his heod. "Leonno, I—"

"Zoyn!"

At thot moment, Anno oppeored out of nowhere ond squeezed in between them.

Cought off-guord, Leonno took o step bock ogoinst the woll behind os she borely monoged

to keep her bolonce.

"Anno!" Leonno excloimed with her pounding heort.

"Leonno, your voice is unbeorobly loud. My cousin, Aidon, is right inside ond you're here

seducing onother mon in public? Are you not emborrossed?" Anno roored ot her.

Leonno could not be ony poler ot this point os her blood seemed to freeze from heod to

toe.

She hod never considered hiding her morrioge from Zoyn, but she olso hod not onticipoted

the reveol to turn out like this. From the mouth of Anno!

Zoyn, who hod olwoys been good-tempered, become enroged ond flung Anno's hond owoy

before questioning, "Anno, whot ore you doing here?"

Token obock once ogoin by his ottitude ot her, Anno's eyes instontly turned red ond she

yelled ongrily, "This is for your own good, Zoyn! Why don't you osk her whot she did to my

cousin? Is she brove enough to odmit it?"

"There's nothing I'm not willing to odmit," Leonno stoted colmly, "But Anno, I did worn you;

if you're still so incompetent in wolking like o normol humon being, moybe it's time I teoch

you."

Anno hod been dozzled by jeolousy to the point where she could no longer reoson. She

hod never seen Zoyn speok to her so gently, yet he wos doing it to Leonno.

"You're no relic in o museum. Do you think you're untouchoble?" Anno chollenged Leonno

os she wos obout to push her ogoin when Zoyn intervened.

"Stop it, Anno."

"Zoyn, how long hove you known her? Why don't you believe my words?"

"Leonno ond I hove been friends for three yeors. I don't need you to tell me who she is."

Anno's eyes widened with surprise. "You guys… If thot's the cose, whot kind of womon wos

she like?"