Love's Change of Heart

Daniel watched her retreating back and imperceptibly raised his eyebrows. Then, he immediately

pulled out his phone from his pants pocket and glanced at the screen before he pressed the button to

close the elevator door and went back down again.

Elijah had just wrapped up his meeting and returned to his office at Constellation Tech, only to see

Daniel sitting on the couch, deep in thought with his gaze fixed into the distance.

He sauntered over in large strides, sat down opposite Daniel, and asked in concern, "Did something

happen?"

Daniel came back to his senses. "What?"

Elijah said, "Your expression is so grim. Isn't there something wrong?"

Daniel burst out laughing. "No." Then, he paused for a moment and continued, "Miss McKinney moved

into the Crossley Residence today. Did you know about that?"

Elijah's expression became considerably more solemn upon hearing those words. He nodded. "Mr.

Jackson went too."

"Did he go, too?"

He answered, "Meeting her under Lloyd's nose is currently the safest and most secure method."

After a while, Daniel finally responded. "If we had known that Miss McKinney is… We wouldn't have

needed to take so many detours along the way."

Elijah fell silent. "The problem lies with me. If I had paid more attention to Leanna, we would not be in

this situation."

"Stop blaming yourself. Who could have imagined this?" Daniel added, "Have you investigated the

matter regarding Louis? Unfortunately, I can't ask Miss McKinney directly, but if he is also…"

"He isn't."

"Have the investigation results come back?"

Elijah nodded and continued, "I checked his birth registration. He was born one year and three months

after the incident. The timing doesn't match up."

Daniel's long fingers clenched around his phone, and his eyebrows scrunched together as he thought

things over.

In other words, while they assumed that the other party was dead, the truth was that Leanna and her

mother had survived the explosion. Leanna's mother must have been scared that that person would

take the chance to eliminate them if they knew, so she changed her name and concealed her identity.

Finally, she took Leanna with her, married another man, and even gave birth to his child.

Daniel couldn't help feeling a headache pounding at his temples when he tried to make sense of this

tangled mess.

Elijah stated, "Leanna and Louis have depended on each other since they were young, so they have a

good relationship with each other."

"I know." That's what makes this even more complicated.

There was no need to ask around to know what Leanna had experienced all these years. Dying a

hundred times was not enough to compensate for what Jethro had done. Alas, he just had to be Louis'

biological father.

Even if Louis hates him to the core, it doesn't change the fact that… It's not as simple as it sounds.

Daniel massaged his temples with his fingers and rose to his. "I'll be taking my leave. I have something

going on."

Elijah queried, "Are you going to meet with Georgina?"

Daniel immediately halted in his tracks. "Why do you ask that?"

"Other than meeting up with her, what else could you have going on?"

He was rendered speechless.

He had previously approached Georgina with a clear goal in mind. Unfortunately, Georgina was

extremely intelligent and saw through his intentions almost immediately. Nevertheless, she had enjoyed

his attention while making a deal with him.

His current relationship with her was merely a sham. Furthermore, the relationship was no longer

necessary now that their plans had already progressed to this point.

He quirked his brow and retorted, "Can't I have my own things to do? Do you want to hit up a bar? It's

my treat."

"No, I still have work to do." Elijah continued, "It's not time to relax yet, so don't go too wild."

"I know. I'm just going to relax a little."

…

Meanwhile, Leanna parked her car by the side of the road as she stared at the Pearson Group's

building. Then, when she recalled that Aidan generally did not have time to eat once he focused on his

work, she went to the restaurant downstairs to buy some food to bring upstairs with her.

When she walked inside, it happened to be the time when the Pearson Group's employees finished

work.

Several people were gossiping among themselves. "How many has it been recently? Goodness,

President Pearson sure is blessed."

"Isn't that so? These wealthy ladies are not only beautiful, but their families are also rich and powerful. I

don't believe President Pearson isn't interested in any of them."

"What are you saying? What's so great about these wealthy ladies? Are they worthy of President

Pearson's attention? So what if their background is amazing? Can they compare to the Crossley

Family back then? Didn't he dissolve his engagement anyway?"

"Hey, speaking of this, I'm quite curious as to why President Pearson dissolved his engagement back

then. Could it be because of his ex-wife? There was such a scandal online not too long ago, after all.

She can only blame herself for coming forward to refute the rumors and even arguing with the

keyboard warriors. It was absolutely ridiculous."

"When you put it that way, I once attended Lux Jewelry's new product launch in the past. McK is

certainly very pretty, but I heard that she doesn't come from money. Moreover, she used various means

just to marry President Pearson back then."

"I've seen her too. She is beautiful indeed, but marriages between the wealthy have always been well-

matched, at least financially. Look at how many blind dates Old Mr. Pearson has arranged for President

Pearson recently. So it can be said that there's no hope for President Pearson's ex-wife."