Love's Change of Heart

"Oh, wait for a while then. Let me gather everything and we'll head to the hospital

together."

When Leanna peeked outside, she noticed that the driver was already waiting for her.

There was no way of running from the inevitable.

"Okay." She could only nod.

While they were on their way to the hospital, she remained silent as she had her gaze

focused outside the car window.

From Aidan's point, he did not do anything wrong because there was a difference between

casually sleeping with someone and truly loving someone.

Leanna ran a temperature last night and for the weirdest reason, she felt that she still

could mediate the sitaution. She originally intended to have a discussion with Aidan about

this, but who would have expected him to not recognize her after wearing his pants?

Moreover, in his effort to prevent her from regretting, he even split town not long after he

woke up.

The servant was only aware that Aidan instructed her to accompany Leanna for a checkup

without knowing how or where Leanna was uncomfortable. The moment they arrived at

the hospital, she broke the silence. "Which department are we going to do, Madam?"

Leanna was already surveying her surroundings to plot an escape. Hearing the question,

she responded, "Any department is fine."

As the servant realized that Leanna had complained of a headache, she wondered

whether it was the symptom of a cold and decided to head for the outpatient clinic.

After heading there and walking to the consultation room, Leanna suddenly stopped in her

tracks and calmly explained, "I need to head to the toilet, so please wait for me here."

The servant nodded. "Alright."

The moment Leanna entered the toilet, she poked her head out the door to double check

that she had not been followed. Once she was sure, she hurriedly left in another direction.

Leaving through the hospital's back route, she hailed a cab and informed that she wanted

to head to a specific apartment.

As she sat in the cab, she opened the window and breathed a sigh of relief.

She never expected that Aidan would be so unsuspecting as to not take precautions,

which allowed her to escape with such ease. To him, I really don't have any reason to keep

the child.

But it's also for the best. At least it gave me an opportunity to escape.

Now that she was back at her apartment, she packed her luggage and decided to skip

town.

As a result, Leanna did not inform anyone of her next move. Then, she located a bus

station that did not require any form of identity verification before she boarded a bus

which had seen better days and hazily headed to another city.

Meanwhile, after waiting for thirty minutes, the servant finally realized that something was

fishy. By the time she wanted to search for Leanna, Leanna was no longer in the hospital.

Aren't we here to see a doctor? Is it such a taboo to seek treatment?

...

It was 9.00PM at Lachstein.

Aidan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows when he received a call from Highside.

"Master, Madam is missing…"

The servant related the entire incident from the time she accompanied Leanna for her

pregnancy checkup, Leanna's excuse of wanting to use the toilet, up until the moment

when she discovered that Leanna was missing.

He wasn't surprised at the turn of events and merely responded, "I'm aware of it."

After he hung up, he shoved the cell phone in his pocket and observed the quiet scenery

through the window. No one knew what he was thinking.

Half an hour later, his phone vibrated. It was a text from Leanna on WhatsApp.

'President Pearson, you mentioned that I don't have a reason to keep this child, right? I

admit, I don't have a reason, but as a mother, I don't have a valid reason to abort it either.

I promise that I'll take this child with me and disappear from your sight. I'll also ensure

that you would not be bothered by his presence.'

Aidan gazed at the message before replying, 'Suit yourself.'

Not long after that, he received a notification.

'Your account has not been verified by the other party. Please send a friend request. Once

it has been approved by the other party, you may send a message.'

Aidan was speechless. The veins on his temple were throbbing as he closed his eyes to

take a breath, after which he threw his phone onto the couch next to him. It was obvious

that he had lost his temper.

A while later, his phone vibrated again. It was a text from Oscar.

'The matter has been dealt with. Victor didn't say anything because of your reputation, but

it's evident that he is not happy.'

'Arrange for his son to head abroad. When I'm back, I will try to discuss our collaboration

with him again.'

Oscar clicked his tongue as he forced the words that he wanted to say down his throat.

Aidan was the type who would let things slide if nothing was mentioned. However, the

more something was being commented on, the more extreme he would. Aidan had no

choice because only such a method would prove that he did not have the hots for Leanna.

After a pause, he added, 'Investigate Leanna's current location. Send someone to protect

her in secret and don't let her find out.'

'Okay, understood.'

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, after which Jonathan entered. "President

Pearson."

"What's the matter?" Aidan asked as he kept his phone away.

Jonathan replied, "Old Master Pearson has asked for a directors' meeting as he wants to

have members of the Barnett Family on the board."

Now was the period of seizing power and Aidan's timely departure merely provided them

with an excellent opportunity to overthrow him.

An indifferent Aidan probed, "Has anyone agreed?"

"At the moment, three directors are supporting Old Master Pearson while the rest are

observing the situation. Do we have to head back, President Pearson?"