Love's Change of Heart

Ever since he leorned from Aidon thot Mr. Jockson hod oppointed Leonno os his gronddoughter, he

hod been looking for Violet, wonting to remind her not to offend Leonno ogoin, but unexpectedly, it

olreody hoppened.

Turning oround, Owen forced o smile. "President Peorson, Miss McKinney, I'm terribly sorry. Violet con

be quite ignoront sometimes, so I hope you two don't toke her words to heort."

Leonno smiled in response. "No, Choirmon Kromer. Miss Kromer isn't just knowledgeoble, but she is

olso well-ocquointed with celebrities ond seniors in the design industry. I should be the one leorning

from her." Both Violet ond her fother could heor the hidden meoning behind her words.

Under Aidon's goze, Owen felt his foreheod dripping with sweot. He wonted to exploin, but he couldn't

soy onything.

At this time, two figures oppeored ot the bonquet holl entronce ond wolked stroight toword them. "Good

evening, Choirmon Kromer. Hello, Miss Kromer."

When she sow them, Violet's expression foltered. Almost subconsciously, she blurted, "Who invited you

two?!"

The two exchonged glonces ond osked, "Aren't you the one who invited us to your birthdoy porty?"

"I didn't do thot!"

Leonno's voice sounded, "I wos the one who invited them."

The moment she said that, everyone looked at her in unison.

Leanna smirked. "This is my gift to you, Miss Kramer. Not bad, huh?"

Violet was already holding back her anger, but she couldn't throw a fit since Aidan was here. Instead,

she snapped at Leanna, "What do you mean by this?!"

"These two are well-known seniors in the fashion industry. I coincidentally learned that they are

collaborating with your family in business, and I also heard that you didn't invite them to your birthday

party, so I thought you might have forgotten to extend your invitations to them since you already have

too many people on your invitation list. I decided to invite them over for you. Why do you look upset,

though?"

Clenching her teeth, Violet glared at her.

Leanna then added, "Oops! I just remembered your guests are all celebrities, daughters from rich

families, and prominent businessmen. Even though these two are seniors in the fashion industry, and

are highly respected by most of us, I assume they are not important at all to you, Miss Kramer. Perhaps

I was being impulsive and didn't understand the reason why you held your birthday party. I sincerely

hope you won't blame me for this."

Before Violet could say anything, the two judges started looking displeased. One of them pulled a long

face and questioned, "Is it like what she said, Miss Kramer? Is the reason why we didn't get invited

because you look down on us?"

Violet was usually spoiled, pampered, and was given everything she asked for. She didn't even have

respect for people like them, so when she heard him talking to her in a questioning tone, she was

instantly displeased. "That's right. I look down on you. Do I still owe you an explanation? Do you think

you're so great just because she calls you two seniors?"

"Violet!" Owen interrupted her with a scolding. His expression twisted even more than before.

The other judge was pissed off too. "Well, then! Since you're a snob who looks down on us, we

consider you way out of our league. We'll leave now!" After saying that, the duo left in big strides.

Violet had never been so humiliated in front of so many people and immediately wanted to rush toward

Leanna, but she was stopped by her father before she could do anything. Owen's face had turned red

due to anger. "Stop it, Violet! Come here!" With that, she was dragged away by her father.

Once they left, Aidan scanned the room coldly, causing the crowd to disperse sensibly. Leanna

breathed a sigh of relief and turned to him. "Why are you here?"

She didn't tell Aidan she was coming as it wasn't a huge issue and she could handle it, so she didn't

expect to meet him here.

"I came to watch the show," he replied.

Leanna's brow arched at that. "How was it?"

"Not bad."

After tonight, although the two judges would not directly reveal that they had received bribes from the

Kramer Group, they couldn't possibly let Violet go after being disrespected. Leanna would expect to

watch the two sides in a lose-lose situation when the time came. The truth would also gradually

emerge.

Twisting her neck, she remarked, "This necklace is really heavy. I shouldn't have worn it." After she

returned the necklace and everything else to Aidan, the latter made Jonathan send it back, so she left it

in her workshop all this while. Before she left for the party, Zoe told her that her neck was too bare,

which made her lack a dominant aura. Hence, she wore the necklace.

Leaning down, Aidan whispered in her ear, "Pretty."

Leanna was stunned as she didn't expect him to lean in and whisper in her ear.

He smirked and intentionally let his thin lips brush over her ear when he retreated.

The crowd gathered around and silently observed them, making Leanna's ears and face scarlet. She

couldn't help but scolded him in a soft voice, "W-What are you doing? Did you have to whisper to tell

me that my necklace is pretty?"

"I meant you," corrected Aidan. Leanna was speechless at that.

After coughing awkwardly, she shoved him away, but as soon as she turned around, she spotted

William, who was standing afar. When the latter met her eyes, he nodded slightly. Leanna mirrored his

actions and asked Aidan, "Why is Mr. Morris here?"

Aidan rested his arm on her shoulder and replied, "I don't know. Maybe he's here to put up an act."

Leanna did not understand, so she asked out of puzzlement, "Huh?"