Love's Change of Heart

"Well then, tell me how I blamed you unjustly."

Leanna fell silent; she was at a loss for a retort. She had forced him into marrying her after

getting pregnant. Not only that, but she had repeatedly asked him for money or used her

pregnancy to dare him to divorce her. Even though she might not be as scheming as he

thought, all of this had indeed happened.

Aidan let out a noncommittal sneer.

Leanna said, "It's getting late. Do you still wanna hang around, President Pearson? If not, I

gotta go back."

"As you wish."

Leanna couldn't wait for him to say that. "Well then, I gotta go. Goodbye, President

Pearson."

Seeing how she left without looking back, Aidan had displeasure written all over his face.

What a heartless woman.

It wasn't until Leanna disappeared from his sight that Aidan finally withdrew his gaze.

However, just as he was about to leave, a figure emerged not far from him. "Aidan."

…

When Leanna went back and saw that Naomi wasn't around, she figured that the latter

might have gone to meet Aidan, so she went upstairs and returned to her room. She had

just finished taking a shower and was about to go to sleep when her cell phone vibrated

with a text message from Harry. It read, 'Leanna, could you come out for a minute? I'd like

to have a word with you for one last time.'

She took a deep breath before going downstairs with her cell phone.

Harry was standing by the river with his head down when she came out. Upon hearing her

footsteps, he looked up, saying, "Leanna, I'm really sorry for making you come out at such

a late hour."

"It's okay. What's the matter?"

Harry said bitterly, "I've caused you a lot of trouble lately, so I'd like to apologize to you…

I've been looking for a house to live in, so I'll be moving away very soon." In reality, there

were a few reasons why he wanted to move away. The first reason was that the

neighborhood was going to be demolished. Above all else, however, he didn't have the

cheek to stay after Leanna rejected him in front of so many people. He'd be leaving sooner

or later, anyway; if he were to leave now, he could at least save some pride.

Leanna pursed her lips, saying, "I'm sorry. I—"

"You don't have to apologize to me. It's all my fault for thinking that you also have feelings

for me." Harry smiled. "If there's such a chance, I really want to meet your ex-husband

and see what kind of a great man he is that can make you unable to get over him."

"Huh? Uh…" Leanna replied. "You got the wrong idea. My ex-husband isn't that great

either. He's arrogant and self-important. Not only is he bad-tempered, but he says really

awful things and likes to think about people in a bad way."

Harry was dumbstruck by her description. "Then you—"

Leanna replied softly, "Everyone has their own flaws, and I'm not perfect either. And

besides… I just want to live alone, which has nothing to do with him."

Harry fell silent for a moment. "I got it."

"If there's nothing else… I'll head back in."

"Leanna," Harry called out to her. "In that case, what about you and President Pearson…"

The question had been lingering in his mind since the night before, but he hadn't had the

chance to ask it aloud. Furthermore, no matter how he thought of it, he felt that they

weren't simple acquaintances. However, he couldn't figure out what the nature of their

relationship was.

Before Leanna could answer him, a cold male voice rang from behind. "Didn't she tell you

that I'm the arrogant, self-important, and bad-tempered ex-husband she just talked about

who says awful things and likes to think of people in a bad way?"

Leanna was rendered speechless. Did he put me under surveillance or something? Why

the hell is he able to catch me bad-mouthing him every single time?

Harry looked like he had been struck by lightning. "P-President Pearson?"

Aidan stood next to Leanna with an inscrutable face. "Mr. Mills, I wonder how I should

express my gratitude to you for wanting to help me raise my son."

Harry was rendered speechless. In the end, he moved away overnight without even having

the time to look for a new place to live in.

…

Aidan looked sideways at Leanna, who averted her gaze guiltily, saying, "The moon is full,

President Pearson. Don't you see that?"

"The moon isn't visible today."

Leanna rubbed her nose. It went without saying that she felt deeply embarrassed.

Aidan didn't bother to talk to her anymore, though. He turned around and stepped into the

house.

Leanna caught up to him. "President Pearson?"

"Hangover cure."

"Okay." Knowing that she was in the wrong, Leanna didn't refuse him, so she silently

entered the kitchen.

It seemed that while Aidan was here, Naomi had yet to return. Wendy, their next-door

neighbor, wasn't in the house either. They were probably made to stay at someone's home

to say goodbye to the neighbors.

The kitchen had all kinds of food ingredients, so it didn't take long before Leanna made

the hangover cure. When she came out with a tray in both hands, Aidan was sitting at the

stone table. No one knew what he was thinking as he was holding the half-finished little

socks in Naomi's basket.

Leanna said, "Here's the hangover cure, President Pearson."

Aidan put down the stuff in his hand and took the bowl she handed to him. Seeing that he

had finished drinking from it, she whispered, "President Pearson, if there's nothing else,

I'm gonna go to sleep."

Aidan gave her a look before replying in a low voice, "Mm-hm."

Leanna let out a quiet sigh of relief before quickly sneaking upstairs. At last, the bad day is

coming to an end, she thought. Luckily, now that the acquisition process was almost done,

Aidan probably couldn't stay any longer, so he'd leave very soon. She didn't know when

Naomi and Wendy were going to finish chatting, plus she had used up a great deal of

energy today, so she fell asleep soon after lying in bed.