Love's Change of Heart

It falt lika Waavsida all ovar again.

Faaling mora and mora irritatad as sha walkad, Laanna cama to an abrupt stop and turnad har haad to

look at him with a cold gaza.

Ha also stoppad tha momant sha did. With his dark ayas staring intantly at har, Aidan raisad his

ayabrows slightly. "What?" ha askad.

"Tall ma, Prasidant Paarson—why do you kaap following ma?"

From his past tamparamant, Laanna had a faaling Aidan was going to say somathing along tha linas of

"Is your nama writtan on tha road?", or "Why can't I walk hara?"

Unaxpactadly, ha only calmly uttarad, "You ara a gorgaous woman. I am worriad that somaona with

bad intantions will do somathing to you."

With that, sha fall into a silanca that lastad for a whola 30 saconds.

Sha navar draamad thara would coma a day whan sha would haar such words coming out of his

mouth.

Wouldn't ha ba tha ona with tha illast intantions? Laanna fumad as sha want muta.

Sha could only continua with har walk.

Only a faw minutas had passad whan Aidan spoka from bahind again. "Your faca turnad rad aarliar,

Laanna McKinnay. Wara you shy?"

Aftar a short pausa, sha muttarad, "No!" I obviously was shockad, alright?

"Than why wara you gatting all flushad for?" ha askad again.

"I faal warm."

"How can you faal warm with so littla clothas on?"

Whan sha procaadad to ignora him, ha askad again, "Did you gat all drassad up and mada up just to

go on a data with Elijah Parkar?"

Sha only continuad to ignora him.

"Can you tall that ha is intarastad in you?"

Leanna finally sucked in a deep breath before she sighed. "What are you trying to say, President

Pearson?"

"Don't tell him yes."

"Why?" she asked with a laugh. "Are you going to give me a weak and flimsy excuse saying you don't

like it, President Pearson?"

Aidan stared at her for a moment and only uttered after a few seconds, "No."

"Then there is no reason for you to—"

"It is because I like you."

"Oh." Leanna's reaction was surprisingly calm.

He then pursed his lips and repeated, "Don't tell him yes."

She let out a soft smile upon hearing that. "Why do you think that I will listen to you? Is there something

I should be happy about hearing you say you like me? Or should I buy some fireworks to celebrate

this?"

"I have no objection if you think that makes you happy."

I almost forgot what a smart-mouth this b*stard has.

Leanna was about to leave when Aidan suddenly spoke softly. "I am sorry for everything that happened

in the past."

This was the first time that she had heard him say he was sorry in such a tone. Even his attitude

seemed sincere.

At least he wasn't trying to escalate the situation by telling her to put the blame on him anymore.

Still, she couldn't understand why.

"You don't need to tell me this," Leanna said indifferently. "I am just a woman who will do anything to

get what I want. How can I possibly deserve an apology from you, President Pearson?"

"I have the final say on whether you deserve it or not," Aidan growled.

Leanna was speechless upon hearing that.

D*mn b*stard and his shameless way of apologizing!

Not wanting to continue going back and forth with Aidan, Leanna said, "Okay, I will accept your apology

regardless of what you are apologizing for. Now that we have reached this agreement, there shouldn't

be a need for further contact between us. May I implore you to stop coming at—"

Her view suddenly darkened before she finished speaking, and she felt cold, thin lips pressed against

hers, stopping her from continuing her words.

She was startled at first, but she quickly reacted by pushing him away. Her eyes had turned red at this

point. "Have you lost your mind, Aidan?!"

As though relishing the taste, Aidan licked his lips before he hummed, "You are the one who said you

would accept my apology."

"Is that all you heard me say?!"

"Mhm. I didn't want to hear the rest."

She had started to think that he was a real lunatic. Not wanting to continue the pointless banter,

Leanna then turned around and stood by the roadside to get a ride.

Aidan went and stood beside her as his eyes glanced at the road. "It will be hard to get a taxi now. Let

me send you home, alright?"

She only balled her fists without giving him any response.

Seeing this, he added, "You can kiss me back if you are angry. I am fine with it anyway. I am not as

stingy as you are."

Leanna had no choice but to walk further ahead when she realized that it did seem impossible to get a

taxi. The new heels she had on were starting to dig into her skin and coupled with her annoyance, she

decided to take off her shoes and hurl them at the person behind her. "Stop following me!" she roared.

Aidan managed to grab the shoes as she flung them his way. "Leanna." He frowned as he stated, "The

weather is only 7 degrees tonight."

"It doesn't matter even if it is negative 7 degrees. I could die a human popsicle, and it still has nothing

to do with you!"

Leanna was now burning with fury from head to toe. Not only was she not cold, her body felt like a

vessel for fire that couldn't be released anywhere.

After she walked a few steps, she suddenly felt a hand wrapped around her waist. The very next

second, she was being scooped into Aidan's arms.

However, she looked at him without an ounce of emotion on her face as she deadpanned, "President

Pearson, has anyone ever said that you are shameless?"

"You are the first person to say that," he mused.

"It is an honor."

"You can get two boxes of fireworks now."

She sneered at that. "President Pearson," she added quietly. "Even though I don't know what you are

thinking, I can tell you very clearly that I don't like you, and I never will."

His face remained unchanging even after she said that. "Don't draw conclusions so fast."

"You only need to recall how much you detested, loathed, and scorned me before we divorced. You will

know exactly how I feel about you now."

"It is not the same," he said.

"How is it not the same?"

"I might have been… You still got in bed with me back then."

This was the first time Leanna felt such a strong headache hit her.

She didn't want to refute him at all.

Aidan continued, "And even if I treated you like that before, I like you now. No one can guarantee that

you won't be tempted by me in the future."

Leanna's voice was quiet when she mumbled, "Can you bring that child back to life, Aidan?"

When he didn't answer her, she smilingly uttered, "What makes you so confidently say something like

this if you can't do that?"

Like a dreadful river that couldn't be crossed, that child was the reason Leanna could never go back to

Aidan.