Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 67

Georgina asked thoughtfully, "Doesn't Aidan hate her?"

"Yes, but I don't know what's happened recently. Aidan warned me not to provoke her again."

After picking up the wine glass, Georgina said casually, "Perhaps it's because she's pregnant."

When she heard that, Anna suddenly widened her eyes in shock. "What?! She—"

Georgina added softly, "I saw her going for a maternity check in the hospital before. My instincts say that she's pregnant, but I can't prove it. I've tested my theory several times, and I can conclude that there's at least an eighty percent chance that she's pregnant. However, don't announce anything yet, Anna. I know she and Aidan have divorced, so it's still unclear as to who the child might belong to."

Although Georgina euphemistically said those words, she had successfully conveyed a hidden meaning. In an instant, hatred rose on Anna's face.

That shameless woman has been pestering Zayn recently, and she suddenly showed up again today! She must be planning to threaten us using the child in her stomach! I bet she'll force Zayn to marry her in front of everyone! No! I shall never let this happen!"

Enraged with her thoughts, Anna turned around and went to find Leanna.

Meanwhile, Georgina stared at her silhouette and slowly drank the wine from the glass.

Meanwhile, Leanna was still waiting to receive news from Zoe. As time passed, her panic and unease gradually grew stronger.

At this moment, someone shouted to her, "Hey, you there! Come over and clean up this place."

At that, Leanna looked over. When she saw the wine stains on the floor, she thought, Someone's child must've accidentally knocked over the wine glass while playing, and the red wine stains are all over the floor now.

The person noticed that she hadn't moved, so they said again, "What are you doing? Don't you know how important all the guests are today? Are you going to take responsibility if anyone slips?"

"Leanna." Suddenly, Zayn's voice came from the side.

When the person who was behaving arrogant earlier saw Zayn, their attitude changed drastically. Then, the person stepped forward to greet him, saying, "Mr. Barnett, I have long heard about you. I'm—"

Zayn side-eyed him, and the gentleness between his eyebrows had long since disappeared. After walking up to Leanna, he then dragged her out of the front hall.

When they got to the pool, Zayn said, "Why are you here, Leanna?"

Leanna replied, "I have some matters to attend to."

She contemplated if she should ask him the next question, and she paused for a while. Eventually, she asked, "Are you preparing to get engaged to Anna?"

Zayn laughed upon hearing that. "Was Aidan the one who told you?"

As he spoke, he looked at his surroundings. He stayed silent for a long time before saying, "For me, it doesn't matter who I end up with if I don't marry the person I like."

At that moment, Leanna didn't know what to say to comfort him. "Zayn—"

If Zayn gets engaged to someone else, I will sincerely congratulate him as a friend. However, I know Anna's character all too well. No matter what, I still hope Zayn considers his decision.

Sensing Leanna's silence, Zayn quickly said, "Leanna, you don't have to blame yourself. Last night, I learned that Anna isn't actually the one who wants to get engaged to me. Instead, the Barnett Family is in dire need of this alliance marriage."

All of a sudden, Leanna became speechless as the realization hit her. That's right, how can feelings come first in business cooperations that easily cost hundreds of millions?

The rich and powerful just look bright and beautiful on the surface, but they're actually vicious and greedy on the inside.

"Leanna, I hope you'll find someone you like who's equally devoted to you in the future."

Weren't we like this before? We keep missing the chance to be together repeatedly.

Lately, Zayn had been thinking about him and Leanna. If there was no such thing as breaking the Aeras agreement; if I had been less calm and rational; and if I confessed what was in my heart earlier, we might not have ended up like this.

After a long time, Leanna smiled faintly. "There should never be such a person anymore."

Zayn was silent for a while before he said, "You and Aidan—"

"There‘s no possibility between me and him. There are just some debts that have not been settled yet. After the settlement is clear, we will be completely indebted to each other, and we won't be in touch anymore."

"That's good. The Pearson Family is far more complicated than I imagine. Plus, he's not a good person either."

Since Zayn still had a lot of things to deal with tonight, he didn't stay around for too long.

Leanna didn't want to go back to the place that was suffocating her, so she stood by the pool and enjoyed the breeze. As she stared at the sparkling swimming pool in a trance, she was completely unaware that the person she had just mentioned was standing not far away, looking at her with a cool and quiet look. His stern facial features were shrouded in the night, showing the slightest emotion.

As he looked at Leanna while she stood by the pool, Aidan fell into deep thought as he had overheard her conversation with Zayn. She sure has some daring thoughts. Does she think that she'll be debt-free once she pays everything off?

After staring at Leanna for a really long time, Aidan retracted his gaze coldly. Then, he turned around and strode away with his pair of long legs.

At the same time, Leanna received a call from Zoe.

Zoe had gone to Louis' college, but the administration department told her that no one by the name Louis McKinney had reported to school today. Since Zoe knew the truth, she didn't believe the administration department and went around asking other people.

Louis was the provincial champion and had the highest score among the college freshmen, so it was not difficult to ask around. Things unexpectedly became suspicious when Zoe found the college's high score list. She discovered that the first-place candidate scored the same marks as Louis, but it wasn't his name.

The person in charge of the college rushed over after getting wind of this. When he heard that Zoe was looking for Louis, he kept his mouth shut. The only thing he told her was that there was no such person in the college. After that, he asked the security guard to escort her out.

Leanna closed her eyes while holding her phone. At this juncture, she already had a rough idea of what was going on.

Meanwhile, Zoe still hadn't figured out the situation on the other end of the phone. "Nana, what's going on? I can't reach Louis, and it seems like the people I've talked to at the college aren't that credible. In fact, I'm thinking if I've really made a mistake."

"I'll explain it to you when I come back." Leanna pursed her lips and continued, "Head over to the convenience store where Louis previously worked and see if he's still there."

"Sure, I'll head over right now."

After hanging up the phone, Leanna suddenly felt a little powerless.

Never once did she think that Louis would actually sell his college admission letter. Does he truly know what that admission letter means to him?!

At this moment, Leanna suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind her. For some reason, the wind around her was inexplicably chilling for a few minutes. In an instant, her heart tightened, and her blood ran cold. Just as she was about to turn back, she felt someone hit her hard.

Due to the movement of the wind, waves were formed in the swimming pool.

With a thud, Leanna fell into the pool. At once, she felt water gushing into her ears and nose from all directions, making her hard to breathe and see.

Out of reflex, she wanted to struggle. However, she couldn't grab hold of anything except water.

As her body gradually sank, Leanna slowly lost all her strength. For some unknown reason, she suddenly wanted to give up when she looked at the endless darkness in front of her.

At times, I feel that it's quite tiring to be alive.

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As soon as Aidan arrived outside the front hall, he heard a servant behind him shout, "Someone is drowning!" This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.

After hearing that, he paused slightly and stopped in his tracks. When he turned around, he realized that the person standing by the pool had disappeared.

At that very moment, the feeling of fear shrouded him, and Aidan's pupils shrank abruptly. Very quickly, he turned back and walked toward the swimming pool.

By the time he came to the pool, the water had begun to calm down.

He jumped directly into the water with zero hesitation.

Amid the chaos, Leanna felt that someone was hugging her and keeping her alive by giving her air to breathe.