Love's Change of Heart

Just by standing next to her, Harry could feel anger emanating all over her body and he

hesitated for a while before asking, "Leanna, do you and President Pearson know each

other?"

Leanna was taken aback and didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

He continued, "Both of you are from Highside. Did you two have any kind of

misunderstanding in the past?"

As a matter of fact, it wasn't a tough guess either. The reason for their animosity toward

each other had to be that they had a grudge or they just didn't get along, but an

extremely powerful and busy man like Aidan wouldn't constantly be finding fault with a girl

he had met for the first time and causing trouble for her.

On the other hand, during the two weeks since Leanna moved to Underwood Lane, she

was always sweet, good-tempered, and full of smiles toward everyone, and Harry had

never seen her talking to anyone in this tone.

Leanna didn't know how to explain things to him either. Then, a cab arrived and she said,

"Let's continue this tomorrow. I'll be leaving first."

Harry nodded. "Then, send me a text when you get home."

"All right."

After watching the cab drive away, Harry slowly retracted his gaze. When he returned to

the private room, the leader asked unhappily, "Harry, where have you been?"

"I…"

"It's fine, you don't have to explain. President Pearson has left, so let's end things here

today."

…

When Leanna got home, Naomi was already asleep, and her surroundings were quiet, with

only the occasional chirps of insects ringing in her ears. She sat in the yard, holding her

head and looking above her. In the distant sky, the moon slowly showed itself before it

was quickly covered by the clouds.

Falling into deep thought, she sighed silently. When she retracted her hand, she found that

her left ear was empty, and her earring had fallen off without her realizing. She had really

brought her misfortune home. Every time she bumped into Aidan, no good came out of it.

Just as she was about to return to her room with a tired expression, there was a knock on

the door, causing her to pause and look over subconsciously. It was already late, and her

neighbors were all asleep, so it couldn't be them.

Leanna asked softly, "Who is it?"

However, the person outside the door did not answer. She was about to ignore them, but

as soon as she took two steps into the house, a knock sounded again.

Soon after, she heard Jonathan's voice. "Miss McKinney, it's me."

Speechless, she opened the door and was met with Jonathan's polite smile. Next to him, a

slender and tall figure with his hands in his pockets faced her sideways, looking at the

night scenery in the distance.

Leanna suppressed her temper. "It's late. Do you need anything?"

Jonathan coughed. "Miss McKinney, didn't you have something to speak to President

Pearson about in the morning? He has time now."

"Oh, it's nothing now."

With that, she took a step back and was about to close the door when Aidan looked back

at her with an unhappy expression. "Leanna, don't push your luck."

Leanna answered calmly, "President Pearson, what are you talking about? I always know

my place. Pushing my luck is something that doesn't exist to me."

Seeing that the two seemed to be in a stalemate again, Jonathan could only try to

smoothen things out between them. "Miss McKinney, you must've been looking for

President Pearson about the resort hotel, weren't you? However, you seem to have

misunderstood. This project was settled last year, but we didn't expect that you'd

coincidentally move here."

At his words, Aidan grumbled impatiently, "Why are you telling her that?"

Jonathan backed away and stopped talking, thinking to himself, If you don't want me to

tell her, why didn't you interrupt at the beginning? Why did you wait for me to finish

talking instead?

However, Leanna didn't react much to his words. Judging from the situation, she knew that

Aidan was not here for her, and she had nearly assumed things again. Fortunately, she

didn't have time to see him in the morning or she would inevitably be met with more of his

mockery.

She replied, "I understand. Thank you for coming all this way to explain it to me, President

Pearson."

Aidan looked even unhappier. "Who said I'm here to explain to you? Leanna, I don't think

that the word shameless is sufficient to describe you anymore."

She paused at his words. "In that case, President Pearson…"

Aidan took out the hand that had been inside his pocket and flung it lightly, causing

something to fly toward Leanna. She caught it subconsciously, and when she took a closer

look at the thing in her palm under the light, she was slightly taken aback. He found it?

In the few seconds that she spent spacing out, Aidan had already crossed the threshold

and walked past her into the yard.

He measured his surroundings indifferently. "What is so good about this place? What

makes you like living here that much?"

Leanna gritted her teeth, resisting the urge to drag him out. "Of course, it's not as good as

your luxurious villas, President Pearson."

Aidan glanced at her. "Can't you speak nicely?"

"President Pearson, you broke into my house in the middle of the night without my

permission, and you're lucky that I didn't call the police. Besides, I've always spoken like

this. If you don't want to hear it, you can leave."

Aidan stared at her intensely, before he suddenly sneered. "Leanna, I should really take a

video camera to record what you look like when you need something from me, and what

you look like when you pretend not to know me."

Leanna fell silent. Was it that obvious? She took a deep breath and said in a low voice,

"President Pearson, I don't live here alone. You're disturbing others by doing this. If you

need…"

Before she could finish, the lights in the house were turned on, and Naomi's voice sounded

soon after. "Leanna, who are you talking to?"