Love's Change of Heart

After he said that, he deliberately dawdled outside the room for a few seconds and paid attention to any

movements coming from inside the room. Meanwhile, she stared at him coldly without saying anything.

She seemed to be waiting to see just how long he was planning to loiter. Finally, he withdrew his gaze

and met her eyes squarely. Then, he smiled apologetically as he knew he could not dawdle any longer

and took his leave.

Sienna glanced at the servant outside the instant Freddie disappeared around the corner. The servant

immediately understood and went inside with her.

Leanna sat on the couch inside the room, and Justin sat opposite her.

Ten minutes ago, Justin reappeared inside the room as soon as she threw the glass ornament out of

the window. Throughout the entire process, he had only said one sentence to her. "Leanna, please

trust me just this once. I will never hurt you."

That was why she had remained silent when Freddie came looking for her earlier.

She was well aware that Freddie could not rescue her with his strength alone. Besides, she was

curious to know the reason why they had gone to such lengths to bring her here. To that end, they even

managed to convince Justin to play along with their entire farce.

She had understood Freddie's words just now. They were going to come back for her. But, for the time

being, she was safe as long as she remained here.

Sienna walked in and glanced at Leanna with a derisive snort. "So, you do know your place."

Justin murmured, "It's getting late. Why don't you get some rest? I will bring Leanna back to her room."

"Just ask a servant to do it. Why are you tormenting yourself?"

"I simply want to do whatever I can, lest I become a cripple who is incapable of doing anything."

When Sienna heard the steel in his tone, she turned to the side without another word.

Leanna had recovered most of her strength by now, so she staggered as she followed Justin out of the

room.

When they arrived at the second floor, he opened the door to a room and warmly told her. "This is

Aidan's room. You can stay here for the time being."

Then, he maneuvered his wheelchair into the room and turned on the lights.

"Although he has not returned in a long time, the room has been cleaned every single day."

Leanna replied, "I've already done as you said. Can you tell me what you're trying to achieve?"

Justin turned around to look at her and sighed as a pained grimace appeared on his face. "Why don't

you take a seat first?"

…

Freddie received a phone call from Oscar as soon as Freddie stepped out of the Pearson Family

Estate.

Oscar said, "Leanna hasn't returned. She should still be inside the Pearson Family Estate."

"I know."

"You can't have left, right?"

"What else could I have done? I've already searched every single room in the Pearson Family Estate. If

my father learns about what I've done today, he will probably disown me on the spot."

Oscar didn't know what to say to that response.

Freddie asked, "What about Aidan? Have you gotten in touch with him?"

"No. But the information I just received indicates that he will be renegotiating the terms with the other

party tonight. I don't know how the discussion has gone so far. Moreover, there's a time difference

which makes it difficult to contact him. Therefore, I'm afraid the news we receive will be far slower than

real-time."

Freddie frowned in frustration. "It looks like we've been tricked."

"What?"

"On the surface, the Pearson Family is using Justin's injury to reveal his existence to the world.

However, that is nothing more than a piece of bait." His black eyes narrowed. "It's bait they deliberately

fed to us."

Oscar went silent as he considered this fact. "This entire farce will never succeed without the

cooperation of one person."

"Justin Pearson."

"Yes."

Freddie tapped his fingers against the steering wheel. "Judging by the attitude of the entire Pearson

Family, they no longer care about their pride and reputation. Instead, they simply want their deception

to be accepted as the truth."

"But I don't understand. Why would Justin help them?"

He sighed. "Leanna probably had the same questions as you, so she chose to remain behind today."

He had deliberately made a ruckus at the door earlier so Leanna could hear him. If she wanted to

leave, she could have done anything to make some noise. Yet, she did not. Not to mention, he had not

seen Justin anywhere, even though he had searched every single room in the house earlier. So, that

could only mean that Justin was also in the room at the time.

Oscar said, "Let's talk again once we've managed to contact Aidan. Since they orchestrated the

incident at Lachstein and even kidnapped Leanna, they definitely want something from him."

"In any case, we will have results tonight."

Oscar made a sound of agreement. "You should head back. I'll send somebody to watch the Pearson

Family Estate. We will have other ways to break her out of there as long as Leanna remains in the

Pearson Family Estate."

"But we can't just sit around waiting without doing anything either."

"What do you want to do?"

Freddie suggested, "We should spread the news that Leanna went missing after attending the Pearson

Family's reception tonight. That way, other people aside from us will also be approaching the Pearson

Family for an explanation. They will be enough to keep the Pearson Family busy for some time."