Love's Change of Heart

"I…" Leanna hesitated for the longest time about what to say. The moment she heard

Aidan's icy voice, she regretted making the call.

Aidan got impatient. "Why don't I say it for you?"

Leanna was startled. "Huh? I—"

"How much do you want? 150 thousand? 300 thousand?"

"That's not what I meant. I just wanted—"

He cut her off. "Leanna McKinney, did I do something today to let you assume that you

can come to me and ask for money?"

She fell silent. She did not know what to say.

"You're not an eighteen-year-old girl who's innocent and gullible. You don't think that a kiss

proves that I like you, right?" Aidan questioned coolly. "We've slept together so many

times now. If I was ever going to like you, I would've by now, don't you think?"

"I didn't think that," Leanna said tersely.

"Good. There's no point even if you had such thoughts." Aidan ended the call at once.

Less than two minutes later, Jonathan was put out of his misery when he received a text

from Aidan telling him that he did not need a female companion anymore. This… Did they

get into a fight again?

…

Leanna clutched her phone and sat by the window for the longest time. She had only

meant to ask if she could delay this month's repayment to next month instead.

Who would have known that he was in such a foul mood? She had not even said anything

to set him off, but he exploded at her and assumed the worst of her.

She would have to become insane before she would even think that he liked her.

After a while, Leanna called Jethro, but sure enough, the call did not go through. She sent

him a text before tossing her phone aside and closing her eyes to rest.

After waiting for three days, she finally received a call from him and he seemed to be

using some sort of landline. He sounded frantic but fairly pleased as he asked, "My

beloved daughter, do you mean it? Are you going to give me some money?"

"Yeah. Come and take it tomorrow."

"Let's not wait until tomorrow. Where are you staying? I'll come to you now."

"I haven't gathered it yet. Come tomorrow, or else, don't come at all."

"Sure, sure. Tomorrow it is," Jethro agreed at once.

Leanna gave him an address and hung up at once without wasting any more of her breath.

The next day, as soon as she walked out of her door, she saw Louis standing in front of

her.

"I'm coming with you," Louis declared.

"Don't do anything reckless, okay? No matter what, don't get into a fight with them."

"Got it."

Once they arrived at the agreed-upon location, Ron and his men were already waiting for

them.

When he spotted Leanna, he got up and asked, "Did you bring the money?"

She took a card out. "It's in here."

Ron stuck his hand out to take it from her, but she said, "Hang on. We need to wait for one

more person."

He frowned. "Are you trying to pull some kind of trick on me?"

"There's just the two of us. What tricks can we pull?"

"Fine. I'll give you ten minutes."

Leanna stood there in silence with a cold expression.

Ron could not help himself from scrutinizing her. Three years ago, when he went to collect

Jethro's debt, she left a deep impression on him.

She was beautiful, intelligent, and quick on her feet. She would have had a bright future

ahead of her had she not ended up with such a father. It was a pity.

A few minutes later, the door opened and Jethro called out cheerfully, "Leanna, the

money…" He paused when he spotted the men, after which his expression changed and

he immediately turned to run.

Ron reacted at once. "Get him!"

Jethro had not gone very far before he was pushed to the ground and given a kick in the

abdomen.

Once he lost all the fight in him, he was carted off into the private room.

As soon as he was ushered in, he began to yell, "Leanna McKinney, you rotten b*tch! I'm

the one who raised you, but you worked with these guys to set a trap for me?! I'm…"

He received a punch to the stomach before he could finish his sentence.

Ron looked over at Leanna. "Ready to hand over the money now?"

She passed the card over to him with a straight face.

He was about to get one of his men to check the amount inside the card when she said,

"Don't bother checking. There's only 7,500 in there."

Ron's expression darkened at once. "Are you toying with me?"

"That's all the money I could gather." Leanna glanced at Jethro. "He's the one who owes

you money. I lured him out for you now, so shouldn't you be asking him for money?"

Ron and Jethro did not expect that this was her plan as Jethro began to curse at once. His

mouth was so foul that even Ron became annoyed.

Jethro settled down after taking a few more punches.

Leanna said coolly, "If you don't want the 7,500, fine. Just beat him up and get it over

with. I'll finally get some peace back in my life."

"Little girl, that's not how it works." Ron narrowed his eyes and stepped closer to her.

Louis stepped in front of Leanna and glared at Ron. He was half a head taller than Ron,

which made Ron seem a lot less intimidating in comparison.

Without even turning to look, he called out to his men, "Beat him up."

At once, the room was filled with Jethro's agonized cries.

Leanna forced herself to not see what was happening, but she heard all his screams

nonetheless. She felt a surge of nausea, but she clenched his fists and bit her lip, forcing

herself to stay quiet.