Love's Change of Heart

As he spoke, he looked at his surroundings. He stayed silent for a long time before saying,

"For me, it doesn't matter who I end up with if I don't marry the person I like."

At that moment, Leanna didn't know what to say to comfort him. "Zayn—"

If Zayn gets engaged to someone else, I will sincerely congratulate him as a friend.

However, I know Anna's character all too well. No matter what, I still hope Zayn considers

his decision.

Sensing Leanna's silence, Zayn quickly said, "Leanna, you don't have to blame yourself.

Last night, I learned that Anna isn't actually the one who wants to get engaged to me.

Instead, the Barnett Family is in dire need of this alliance marriage."

All of a sudden, Leanna became speechless as the realization hit her. That's right, how can

feelings come first in business cooperations that easily cost hundreds of millions?

The rich and powerful just look bright and beautiful on the surface, but they're actually

vicious and greedy on the inside.

"Leanna, I hope you'll find someone you like who's equally devoted to you in the future."

Weren't we like this before? We keep missing the chance to be together repeatedly.

Lately, Zayn had been thinking about him and Leanna. If there was no such thing as

breaking the Aeras agreement; if I had been less calm and rational; and if I confessed

what was in my heart earlier, we might not have ended up like this.

After a long time, Leanna smiled faintly. "There should never be such a person anymore."

Zayn was silent for a while before he said, "You and Aidan—"

"There‘s no possibility between me and him. There are just some debts that have not been

settled yet. After the settlement is clear, we will be completely indebted to each other,

and we won't be in touch anymore."

"That's good. The Pearson Family is far more complicated than I imagine. Plus, he's not a

good person either."

Since Zayn still had a lot of things to deal with tonight, he didn't stay around for too long.

Leanna didn't want to go back to the place that was suffocating her, so she stood by the

pool and enjoyed the breeze. As she stared at the sparkling swimming pool in a trance,

she was completely unaware that the person she had just mentioned was standing not far

away, looking at her with a cool and quiet look. His stern facial features were shrouded in

the night, showing the slightest emotion.

As he looked at Leanna while she stood by the pool, Aidan fell into deep thought as he had

overheard her conversation with Zayn. She sure has some daring thoughts. Does she think

that she'll be debt-free once she pays everything off?

After staring at Leanna for a really long time, Aidan retracted his gaze coldly. Then, he

turned around and strode away with his pair of long legs.

At the same time, Leanna received a call from Zoe.

Zoe had gone to Louis' college, but the administration department told her that no one by

the name Louis McKinney had reported to school today. Since Zoe knew the truth, she

didn't believe the administration department and went around asking other people.

Louis was the provincial champion and had the highest score among the college freshmen,

so it was not difficult to ask around. Things unexpectedly became suspicious when Zoe

found the college's high score list. She discovered that the first-place candidate scored the

same marks as Louis, but it wasn't his name.

The person in charge of the college rushed over after getting wind of this. When he heard

that Zoe was looking for Louis, he kept his mouth shut. The only thing he told her was that

there was no such person in the college. After that, he asked the security guard to escort

her out.

Leanna closed her eyes while holding her phone. At this juncture, she already had a rough

idea of what was going on.

Meanwhile, Zoe still hadn't figured out the situation on the other end of the phone. "Nana,

what's going on? I can't reach Louis, and it seems like the people I've talked to at the

college aren't that credible. In fact, I'm thinking if I've really made a mistake."

"I'll explain it to you when I come back." Leanna pursed her lips and continued, "Head over

to the convenience store where Louis previously worked and see if he's still there."

"Sure, I'll head over right now."

After hanging up the phone, Leanna suddenly felt a little powerless.

Never once did she think that Louis would actually sell his college admission letter. Does

he truly know what that admission letter means to him?!

At this moment, Leanna suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind her. For some

reason, the wind around her was inexplicably chilling for a few minutes. In an instant, her

heart tightened, and her blood ran cold. Just as she was about to turn back, she felt

someone hit her hard.

Due to the movement of the wind, waves were formed in the swimming pool.

With a thud, Leanna fell into the pool. At once, she felt water gushing into her ears and

nose from all directions, making her hard to breathe and see.

Out of reflex, she wanted to struggle. However, she couldn't grab hold of anything except

water.

As her body gradually sank, Leanna slowly lost all her strength. For some unknown reason,

she suddenly wanted to give up when she looked at the endless darkness in front of her.

At times, I feel that it's quite tiring to be alive.

…

As soon as Aidan arrived outside the front hall, he heard a servant behind him shout,

"Someone is drowning!"

After hearing that, he paused slightly and stopped in his tracks. When he turned around,

he realized that the person standing by the pool had disappeared.

At that very moment, the feeling of fear shrouded him, and Aidan's pupils shrank abruptly.

Very quickly, he turned back and walked toward the swimming pool.

By the time he came to the pool, the water had begun to calm down.

He jumped directly into the water with zero hesitation.

Amid the chaos, Leanna felt that someone was hugging her and keeping her alive by

giving her air to breathe.