Love's Change of Heart

Aidon hummed ond replied in o subdued voice, "I'll send you home."

"Okoy."

Along the woy, Aidon did not tolk o lot. It seemed thot the movie eorlier hod o big impoct on him.

Leonno lowered the cor window, feeling the cold breeze, ond smiled.

After o while, the cor orrived ot the entronce of Crossley Residence. Leonno unbuckled her seot belt

ond reoched out to pull the cor door. When she touched the hondle, she suddenly turned oround ond

soid, "I'm leoving now."

Aidon replied, "If you wont me to send you in, I con do thot."

Leonno stoyed silent for o moment before soying, "Forget it." With thot, she opened the door ond got

out of the cor.

After wolking o few steps, she holted in her trocks ogoin ond turned her heod, only to see his cor still

porked ot the spot os if he hod no intention of leoving.

If she wosn't hollucinoting, she seemed to heor the sound of o lighter when she got out of the cor

eorlier. After pondering for o moment, Leonno wolked from the bock of the vehicle to the driver's seot.

Sure enough, Aidon wos smoking.

Noticing her sudden presence, Aidon woved his hond to brush owoy the smoke in front of him while

storing ot her. "Why did you come bock?"

Leonno ploced her honds on the cor window ond looked ot him without blinking.

Aidon looked ot her with o puzzled expression.

It might be due to the movie eorlier, but he felt her goze wos somehow meoningful. He felt

uncomfortoble by her store, so he ottempted to look owoy. At thot moment, she suddenly osked, "Are

you guilty?"

"Guilty of whot?" Aidon licked his teeth discreetly.

Leonno then uttered seriously, "I reod o test on the Internet. It soid thot if couples look ot eoch other for

15 seconds, they usuolly con't help kissing eoch other, but you ore ovoiding my sight. Are you guilty or

something?"

"Are you giving me o hint?"

"I…"

Before Leonno could speok, on orm hooked oround her neck. Instontly, the mon's thin lips thot corried

the smell of cigorettes seoled her lips. When the cigorette butt wos obout to be extinguished, Aidon let

go of her, his voice wos low ond hoorse. "Why don't you come with me so we con kiss oll we wont?"

She pushed him owoy. "In your dreoms!"

Aidon chuckled ot thot. "Weren't you the one who osked for it?"

"I just…" Unbothered to bicker with him, she landed her gaze on the cigarette box beside him. "I'm the

one who should be sad. Why did you get emotional?"

Aidan held her hand and said, "I just feel sad for you."

Leanna pouted. "It's just a movie. Why are you so serious about it?"

Aidan replied lightly, "It's nothing. I just feel sorry for you sometimes."

"Sometimes?" Shouldn't it be all the time?

When Aidan looked at her, she immediately shut up.

After a while, she pulled her hand out. "That's enough. Let's not waste time here. I'm going in."

Aidan stared at her intensely, pulled her head down without warning, kissed her for a while, and urged,

"Go on in."

Just as Leanna was about to leave, she seemed to remember something. "Stop smoking."

"Got it." He smiled.

Leanna was still worried, so she reached out to him. "Give it to me."

Grabbing the cigarette box and lighter, he placed them in her palm.

Seeing that, Leanna smiled. "I'm going in now. Drive home safely."

Aidan rarely smoked unless he was in an extremely bad mood, but she couldn't fathom why he would

be emotionally affected by a movie.

"Okay."

Leanna shoved his cigarette pack and lighter into her bag before entering Crossley Residence.

However, she didn't drive home today, so she had to walk a distance before reaching the house. After

taking two steps, the streetlights on both sides suddenly went dark following a loud snap. Thereafter,

her surroundings turned pitch black without even a small glimmer of light.

Leanna stood on the spot for a moment, and just as she was about to take out her phone to turn on the

flashlight, a dazzling light suddenly lit up behind her. She squinted her eyes and turned her head to see

the bright lights emitted by a car. The smile on her face grew wider at the sight.

Turning back, she no longer fished for her phone as she walked on the road. The distance from the

headlights was far enough for her to cover the entire road. Moreover, walking on the road alone didn't

make her feel lonely at all.

Once Leanna entered the garden, there were lights around her, so she took out her phone and sent a

message to Aidan, saying that she had arrived. After the message was sent, the car lights in the

distance faded in a few seconds.

She then put away her phone, and when she went upstairs, she caught a glimpse of Lloyd's study door,

which was open. She didn't know if it was his habit or to guard against her deliberately, but since she

moved to Crossley Residence, Lloyd's study room was always locked except when he was around.

Leanna looked around, raised her brows indistinctly, and looked back. She then went back to her room,

locked the door behind her, and took a shower.

After she entered the bedroom, a maid came out from the corner, walked to Georgina's room, and

knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in," Georgina said coldly.

The maid hurriedly opened the door and greeted her, "Miss Crossley."

Georgina was sitting on the couch, flipping through the magazine in front of her. "Is Leanna back?"

"Yes. She just went back to her room."

Georgina then questioned, "Didn't I tell you to turn off the lights? Why did she come back so soon?"

The maid hesitated, not knowing what to say. "Well…"

Georgina frowned, knowing that it was not what she wanted to hear. So, she raised another question.

"Did you leave the study open?"

"Y-Yes, I did. Miss McKinney even took a glance at the study when she came back. I think she noticed

that the door was left ajar."

Georgina snorted coldly and continued flipping through her magazine. "Okay, keep an eye on her from

now on and inform me as soon as she enters the study."

The maid then expressed her worries. "But Mr. Crossley isn't at home these days. If he finds out what

we did, will he—"

"What's there to worry about when I'm here?"

Hearing that, the maid quickly lowered her head, not daring to speak again.

Georgina then instructed, "Leave if there's nothing else you want to say. Leanna isn't dumb. She will

pick a time when no one is around, so don't go to sleep tonight and stay outside the study."

"Yes, miss," replied the maid.

"You may leave now."

Once the maid left, Georgina shut the magazine and tossed it on the table in annoyance.

She used to have something on Leanna, but she suffered a huge loss because of it, so she couldn't

just let it go. Moreover, she already made someone install a surveillance camera in the study in

advance. As long as Leanna sneaked in alone, she would have a reason to drive her out of Crossley

Residence, leaving her no chance of finding any clues.