Love's Change of Heart

Leanna narrowed her eyes in irritation. She even had the urge to kill him right there and then for

inconveniencing her. Nevertheless, the laws of this land didn't allow such a thing, so she suppressed

the urge as she opened the door. She was planning to place the clothes on the sink when she saw

Aidan facing her sideways. He had unbuttoned the buttons of his shirt halfway, exposing his firm and

defined chest muscle. Below the chest muscle were his barely concealed abs.

Leanna instantly withdrew her gaze as she felt her cheeks burn, and she stammered, "H-Here are the

clothes. I-I-I'll..."

She was about to escape when he blocked her way by placing one hand on the wall next to her. He

looked at her and asked deeply, "Which of these are yours?"

Leanna hastily pointed to a few items and snapped, "Don't use my towel! There are disposable towels

there. You can use that to wipe—"

Aidan leaned closer and was only inches away from her. "Wipe… Where?"

"...Wherever you like!"

Leanna wanted to get out from under Aidan's arm, but she didn't expect him to turn sideways and plant

his hand downwards suddenly. Hence, her miscalculation cost her as she was stuck in his embrace.

His lips curled into a slight smirk, and he wrapped his arms around her waist. "What's the hurry? We

have plenty of time tonight."

Leanna could feel her entire face down to her neck crimson at his suggestive words. She was so

panicked that she stomped on his foot hard, which resulted in his pained groan.

"This is a bad habit. You really should stop doing this."

"No way!"

Then, Leanna scurried out of the bathroom while he wasn't paying attention and quickly slammed the

door shut. Oh, how she wished that she could lock him in there. Actually, now that she thought about it,

wasn't it an excellent idea for him to stay in the bathroom all night since he enjoyed coming over so

much?

Despite that train of thought running in her mind, she puttered over to the kitchen to do the dishes. She

figured that Aidan was genuinely hungry since he had finished the plate of pasta.

She did not know why he wanted to come to her house so spontaneously. Did he want to see people's

reactions when they were caught up in an awkward situation?

After the dishes were all cleaned and placed on the rack, she sat on the couch in the living room and

turned on the TV to cover up the sound of water coming from the bathroom.

After a while, her phone rang. When she checked her screen, she saw Elijah's caller ID flashing.

As soon as Leanna answered the call, she could hear Elijah's voice from the other end of the line, "I'm

sorry for leaving so abruptly just now without saying goodbye."

"It's okay." After a pause, Leanna asked, "You have something to tell me, don't you?"

At the other end of the line, Elijah was silent but swallowed all the words he wanted to say to her.

Finally, he chuckled. "Nothing. I have been busy the past few days, so when I was free, I went to meet

you, that's all."

Leanna pursed her lips lightly. She knew that something was up when she saw Elijah's solemn face

today, but since he didn't want to tell her, she wouldn't press on the matter.

"Leanna."

"Yeah?"

Elijah inhaled before saying, "Are you and Mr. Pearson—"

"Yes," Leanna said. "We are together."

Elijah had already guessed the answer, but he insisted on hearing the answer from her lips. Even

though he was sad, he was also relieved. It was time for him to let go. "I wish you guys happiness," he

said with a faint smile.

"Thank you."

Leanna didn't know what else to say apart from these two words.

Before she ended the call, he advised, "No matter what, you must be wary of Lloyd and Georgina."

Not long after the call ended, the bathroom door opened.

Aidan walked out with wet hair. "Where's the hairdryer? I didn't see it."

Leanna withdrew her thoughts, placed her phone down, went into the bathroom, and took the hairdryer

from the drawer under the sink. As she handed the hairdryer to him, she regarded him skeptically. "Did

you really search for it?"

"Of course."

Aidan took the hairdryer and plugged it in.

The water droplets on the tip of his hair slid down smoothly to his jaw, his protruding Adam's apple, and

finally down his chest behind the collar.

Leanna instinctively licked her lips and felt her throat dry at the scene before her.

The low roar of the hairdryer sounded before she could come up with an excuse to leave. Aidan

casually combed through his wet hair, and a few water droplets were splashed on Leanna's face.

She looked up and was about to complain when he smiled beguilingly. "You can't take your eyes off

me, can you?"

Aidan's voice was deep and enchanting, as always. He looked a few years younger now that he wore

Louis' clothes. Nevertheless, there was a hint of youthful purity in his usual cold black eyes, and even

his prominent and solemn facial features softened.

She was used to seeing him in a suit, so when he changed his fashion style, it seemed to have a more

significant impact. His body exuded a dashing yet captivating aura even when he was merely standing

there.