Love's Change of Heart

"So? Whot's the deol?" Leonno osked.

Aidon took o seot beside Leonno ond slowly storted exploining, "Violet's birth mother morried onother

mon ofter leoving the Kromers. She hod o son, ond not too long ogo, her son wos token into custody

becouse he got into o fight. She's in urgent need of o lorge sum of money to resolve her son's crisis."

Eorlier on, Leonno hod figured from Aidon's words thot Violet's birth mother must've shown up becouse

of money.

"However, she hosn't been oll thot complocent the post few yeors," Aidon continued. "After being sent

owoy, she tried to get even more money from the Kromers severol times. Although Mrs. Kromer's

mentol stote hod been o little unstoble, she still nipped this motter in the bud quite odeptly. Violet's birth

mother eventuolly gove up ofter o few ottempts. She come to Violet's birthdoy porty this time becouse

she heord thot Mrs. Kromer hod died o few yeors ogo."

Leonno remoined silent for o while before osking, "How did she find out obout thot?"

Aidon put his orm oround her shoulders ond suggested cosuolly, "Perhops by coincidence."

"Is it reolly o coincidence?" Leonno osked doubtfully.

Aidon cought her questioning goze ond chuckled. "I hove nothing to do with it. I hodn't moved in with

the Peorsons yet when Violet wos born. As you soid, this hoppened o long time ogo ond wos o well-

kept secret. Few people knew obout it. It wouldn't be thot eosy to discover."

"Oh," Leanna replied. She didn't question him further.

She knew that Aidan had no reason to hide this from her.

Since he said it wasn't him, then it was certainly not him.

However, it was still too unrealistic to call this a coincidence.

Leanna was still caught up in her thoughts when Aidan stood up.

She instinctively held his hand. "Where are you going?"

"Going to take a shower." Aidan bent down and rested his other hand on the armrest behind her. His

dark eyes were fixed on her as he murmured hoarsely, "Don't be so impatient, honey."

Leanna released his hand at once. "W-Who said I was being impatient? I'm not done asking you

questions yet."

Aidan laughed and ruffled her hair. "We'll continue when I'm done with my shower."

He paused for a moment and added, "I'm the one who's getting impatient."

Leanna was speechless.

Leanna's phone started ringing the moment Aidan went into the bathroom. It was a call from Zoe.

"Oh, my goodness! So much excitement in one night! Hurry up and tell me more! I want details!" Zoe

exclaimed.

Leanna began to regale the whole night's sequence of events in great detail to Zoe.

"Who on earth did this?" Zoe cried out excitedly. "Is it really not President Pearson who's avoiding

taking the credit for this?"

"It's not him."

"Well, this just proves that Violet had it coming for her. Even fate is helping us out," Zoe remarked.

"When will Georgina get the same retribution?"

Leanna remained quiet for a moment before abruptly asking, "Is Daniel with you?"

"He left after dropping me home. Why do you ask? Did you want to talk to him?"

"It's fine. It's nothing," Leanna said.

This incident with Violet isn't a coincidence. It's not fate helping us either.

She was the only one who conflicted with Violet lately.

Furthermore, the person behind everything had to be someone wealthy and influential since they

managed to find Violet's birth mother.

Based on what Leanna knew right now, if this wasn't the work of Aidan, then her only other guess

would be Daniel.

Although he refused to tell her the reason behind his actions, he had indeed done a lot to help her.

Leanna continued talking to Zoe for a little longer until she heard the showerhead being turned off in

the bathroom. She quickly muttered, "I have to hang up now. We can continue tomorrow. Bye!"

She put her phone away and got up to head to the bedroom when the bathroom door opened.

"Why did you finish so fast?" Leanna turned to look at him.

"So fast?" Aidan repeated.

Leanna wanted to roll her eyes.

Aidan brushed his wet hair aside and passed the hairdryer to Leanna. "Help me dry my hair."

Leanna couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "You always have to get as much as you give, huh?

You can't stand being taken advantage of in any way."

She spoke too softly and her voice was masked by the sound of the hairdryer as well, so Aidan couldn't

quite hear her. "What did you say?"

"It's nothing."

Leanna kept flipping through his hair as she dried it for him.

"What are you looking for?" Aidan asked.

"I'm checking to see if you have any signs of balding."

Aidan didn't expect to hear that.

He took a deep breath and asked quietly, "Did you find any?"

"Nope," Leanna replied a little disappointedly.

Why is his hair even more luscious than mine?

"It's done." Leanna turned off the hairdryer.

She unplugged it and was just about to put it back in the bathroom when a hand reached out to grab

her wrist. Caught unaware, she ended up stumbling into the man's arms.

"You said you still had questions, right? Shall we continue?" Aidan murmured as he wrapped his arms

around her waist.

Leanna raised her arm. "I need to put this—"

Aidan cut her off by grabbing the hairdryer and tossing it to the side. "Forget about it."

Leanna's eyes followed the hairdryer before slowly turning back to him. She coughed and said

solemnly, "You know the reason why Lloyd left the country, right?"

"I do."

"Well… what is it?"

"He's moving his assets abroad," Aidan answered evenly.

Leanna didn't expect to hear that. Her eyes widened at once. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, or else, why would he have chosen to go abroad at a time like this?"

Leanna frowned. "Does that mean we won't be able to do anything to him even if we manage to find

anything that can be used against him after he transfers all of his assets abroad?"

"Nope," Aidan corrected. "This just proves that Crossley Group can't remain afloat much longer."