Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 603

Chapter 603 I Have a Condition Too

After some thought, Waylen said earnestly, “You have no other choice now other than to believe me since I’m the only one who can cure him.”

At that, Leanna pursed her lips lightly and her grip on the baby’s cot tightened.

“I know that you find it difficult to accept everything that has happened recently. However, you should be clear by now that there is someone behind the scenes pulling the strings, and this includes the incident involving the nutrient injections—it was all their doing. If we wanted to harm your child, why would we even bother to bring him to Jamesdon and not just let him be in Highside?” he continued again.

“Didn’t you all bring him here so that you can use him as a bargaining chip to threaten Aidan?” she asked.

Waylen pondered for a second before exclaiming, “Yes, you’re right!”

At once, Leanna was rendered speechless.

Seeing her expression, he chuckled and lifted his hand. “I was simply kidding. That was a joke, but you should give what I said some serious thought.”

“I can trust you, but I have a question here,” she said.

“Go ahead.”

“What do you all have to do with Aidan?”

Waylen was taken aback, looking a little surprised that she would ask such a question.

Leanna slowly spoke up as she continued, “As Lachlan said, someone did frame and blame everything on all of you. So, why you? Why is it Jamesdon, a place thousands of miles away from Highside?”

“Well…”

“I can trust you and leave the child here, provided that you can answer my question.”

After clearing his throat, he responded sincerely, “I’ve been wondering about this too. Perhaps it’s because I’m so outstanding that some people are jealous of me.”

Leanna averted her gaze upon hearing his reply. “I’m tired now. You can just leave.”

Seeing that she wanted to drive him away, Waylen hastily responded, “Come on… The situation is really getting out of hand. If you don’t agree, I’ll be blamed later. If I get blamed, I’ll be in a bad mood and won’t have the motivation to treat the child.”

However, she remained unmoved.

Just when he was at a loss, the door of the lounge was pushed open again. Following that, Lachlan walked in.

Waylen immediately stood up.

Casting a glance at Waylen, Lachlan complained, “How incompetent you are.”

“I’m not good at dealing with women, but you insisted on sending me here anyway,” Waylen replied.

After speaking, he immediately slipped out of the area.

“I can answer the question you asked just now, but I have a condition too,” Lachlan countered her words.

Looking at Lachlan, Leanna hesitated for a moment as though she was thinking about it.

However, he didn’t give her a chance to consider and continued, “Let’s make an oath on this child. You are not going to utter a single word about what I tell you tonight. Otherwise, his illness will never be cured.”

When she heard that, she frowned. “How dare—”

“This is just the consequence if you break the promise. If you keep this secret, nothing will ever happen,” he interjected.

“Why should I make such a silly promise to you? No matter what the secret is, I will not use my child as a bet or a bargaining chip,” she answered coldly.

Lachlan raised his eyebrows nonchalantly as he did not expect Leanna to say that.

After a while, he elaborated, “It’s about something that happened twenty years ago. I don’t care how much information Aidan has obtained. It’s none of my business.”

Leanna was stunned. “Twenty years ago? How—”

“I’ve said everything I need to say. It’s your call now.”

After he finished speaking, Lachlan didn’t stay any longer as he turned around and left.

Looking at the closed door, she let out a long sigh.

She had never anticipated that there would be a connection to the events that occurred twenty years ago in Jamesdon.

According to Aidan, other people were helping Leroy behind the scenes twenty years ago.

Perhaps these people had something to do with Justin’s car accident as well.

However, Lachlan was only about ten years old back then, and he couldn’t plan all of this.

Could it be the Woodleys?

Leanna initially came to Jamesdon to figure out the little guy’s illness and the connection between Jamesdon, the Pearsons, and Sienna. However, before she could even make sense of these things, the topic suddenly shifted to events from twenty years ago.

If the explosion and the car accident twenty years ago were caused by the Woodleys, then they would be enemies with the Pearsons, including Sienna. So why would the Woodleys help Sienna?

However, if everything was not their doing, what was their role in these incidents? Why did those people pin all the evidence on the Woodleys?

At once, Leanna felt that her head was going to explode.

She couldn’t reason clearly or comprehend anything at all.

As she rubbed her temples, she felt her thoughts coming to a halt.

However, what Waylen said made sense to her. If they really intended to harm the child, why would they bother to bring him from Highside to Jamesdon?

Looking at Lachlan, Leanna hesitated for a moment as though she was thinking about it.

Jamesdon was the territory of the Woodleys. Even if Aidan wanted to come over, there was a limit to what he could do here. At most, he could just stay here for a while. What was more, he couldn’t just neglect the affairs of Highside.

He would probably leave after a short while.

Therefore, the idea of using the child to threaten him was invalid.

More importantly, Lachlan seemed unwilling to engage in a direct conflict with him.

Otherwise, Lachlan wouldn’t keep avoiding Aidan.

Furthermore, if they really wanted to separate her from the child, it would be effortless to do so.

However, Waylen came to talk to her and reason with her instead.

Afterward, Lachlan came over as well. Although he didn’t have anything good to say, it was obvious that he had no intention of hurting her or the little guy.

Leanna rested her head on the baby’s cot and stared blankly.

After a while, she closed her eyes and got up while looking at the peacefully sleeping baby.

The rashes on his body had completely subsided, and he even had his usual amount of milk without throwing up tonight.

He was doing much better now as compared to when they were in Highside.

After a moment, she leaned down, lowered her head, and lightly kissed the little guy’s forehead. “Baby, I will come and pick you up soon.”

The sleeping baby’s mouth puckered as though he could sense her kiss.

Seeing that, she felt her nose tingle as her eyes began to well up with tears. She had never been a qualified mother, neither in the past nor in the present.

However, her wish was rather simple as she hoped that the little guy would survive and grow up healthy and safe.

She was prepared to do whatever it took, even if it meant giving everything she had.

…

As Leanna left the lounge, Waylen was waiting for her outside. At the sight of Leanna, Waylen was surprised as he exclaimed, “Hey, did you just cry?”

She turned her head away from him and sniffled. “No.”

“No? I can tell that your eyes are red… Hey, don’t worry. He will get better with me around,” he assured.

For a moment, she remained silent before asking, “When can I see him again?”

“Well, I can’t say for sure, and you should ask Lachlan. However, I will let you know once there is progress in his treatment,” he replied.

“Do you mean by writing me a letter?” she asked numbly.

Waylen patted his head upon realizing it as he said, “Oh, yeah. Let’s get your phone now. It’s in my car.”This content © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.