Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 68

After an unknown amount of time, she seemed to feel a ray of light in front of her, and she could breathe in the fresh air again.

Aidan patted her face while his beautiful brows furrowed, "Leanna, wake up."

The person lying on the ground did not respond at all.

He leaned over to listen to her breathing and started pumping her chest again. After Leanna coughed out a mouthful of water, Aidan was just about to press her abdomen and make her spit out all the water when Zayn, who heard the news and rushed over, suddenly grabbed his hand.

Aidan growled in a deep and cold voice, "Go away."

There were already many people who heard the news and gathered around to watch the scene, so Zayn pursed his lips without any explanation. "The doctor will be here soon."

Aidan shook off his hand and reemphasized, "I'm saying this again: go away."

At this moment, there was a tug at his other hand, following a soft muffle, "I… Mmm… I'm fine..."

When he looked down, Leanna was already awake. Her delicate little face was now pale and her brows were slightly wrinkled, but he could not tell which part of her was hurting.

After two seconds, Aidan withdrew his gaze, pulled his hand back, glanced at Zayn blankly again, and got up to leave.

After he left, Zayn stepped forward and held Leanna in his arms, saying, "Leanna, I'm taking you to the hospital."

As soon as he carried her up, Carly rushed over from the crowd to stop him. "Zayn, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to the hospital."

"Why are you going to the hospital?! Don't you know what occasion it is tonight?!" She glanced at the person in his arms and questioned, "Even Aidan doesn't care about her. Why do you care? Don't forget what you promised our parents before you came. If things go wrong tonight, the Barnett Family will be doomed!"

Carly added, "Since she's already awake, it shouldn't be a big deal. She just has to go to the hospital for a check-up. Hand her to me. I'll take good care of her. You can be rest assured."

While saying that, she instructed the bodyguard behind her to carry Leanna from Zayn's arms.

Just as they were about to take her away, Zayn's voice rang, "Carly, you are also a mother. You should be able to understand her."

Carly froze when she heard his words. "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, I can hand her to you, but if the child in her stomach disappears without a sound, I will not agree to this marriage even if we fall out with the Pearsons."

"She… Zayn..."

Zayn added, "The child is not mine. I just don't want anything to happen to her."

Soon, the ambulance arrived at the door.

After watching Leanna being placed into the car, Zayn slowly retracted his gaze.

In the car, Carly sat next to Leanna and could not help biting her lip.

Twenty minutes ago, Anna was looking around in the crowd but could not find Leanna. Carly saw her furious look and went up to ask her what happened.

Anna told Carly that Leanna married into the Pearson Family with a fake pregnancy, and after the divorce, she became entangled with Zayn. Now, she was trying to repeat the same trick, and she planned to use the child in her stomach as a token to destroy Anna's engagement with Zayn.

Carly was a few years older than Anna, and her personality was not as impetuous and impulsive as hers. She merely reassured Anna that tonight's engagement would be held as scheduled and that she would handle the rest.

After appeasing Anna, Carly called the bodyguard and asked if anyone saw Zayn. The bodyguard said that he saw him and a woman walking toward the swimming pool.

She immediately came up with a plan. She had already figured out what time to head over and save Leanna. She was not trying to kill Anna; she merely wanted to kill the child in Anna's stomach.

This was originally a temporary plan, so there was no careful planning at all. She never expected that Leanna would be noticed by a maid when she fell into the water, and Carly did not expect Aidan to show up so soon either.

Fortunately, Aidan seemed to hate his ex-wife, so he left after saving her.

Before Zayn said that, Carly thought that she would send Leanna to the hospital, secretly abort the child from her stomach, and lie that she lost her child because she fell into the water. It would be a seamless lie.

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When Aidan went back to his room, he removed his tie, took off his soaked shirt, and went into the bathroom.

After coming out with changed clothes, he saw Justin waiting in the corridor.

"Is something wrong?" Aidan questioned indifferently.

Justin looked at him and answered, "I heard that Leanna fell into the water. How is she now?"

"Survived. She didn't die."

Justin was a little helpless and said with a smile, "Aren't you going to see her?"

Aidan's tone was cold as he replied, "I'm not a doctor. What's the use of seeing her?"

"It's different." Justin sighed. "Aidan, don't act on impulse, and don't do things that you'll regret."

"Regret? The thing I regret most in my life is meeting her." Aidan did not seem to want to talk about her anymore, so he took his leave. "I'll be leaving now."

On such occasions, he would only have to show his face. Staying any longer would be hypocritical, which would only make both parties feel sick.

"Aidan." Justin's voice came from behind him. "Don't worry, even if Anna and Zayn are engaged, it won't affect your position in the Pearson family."

Aidan curled his lips disdainfully, "Of course."

He never cared about the Barnett Family. No matter what Gordon wanted to do with the Barnett Family, he did not care.

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When the black Rolls-Royce slowly drove out of the carved gate, Jonathan peeked at Aidan several times in the rearview mirror, but he was hesitant to say anything and did not dare to speak.

Aidan closed his eyes and wanted to take a snooze, but he raised his hand to rub his brows, urging impatiently, "Speak if you have something to say."

Jonathan sat down immediately and hesitated before saying, "I heard Lea... Someone saw you coming

out of the swimming pool and was all wet. The weather is quite chilly these days, and it's easy to catch a cold. Do you want me to send you to the hospital?"

Aidan answered in a deep cold voice, "No."

"Okay."

Jonathan held his breath and kept quiet throughout the journey.

When the car was about to arrive at Castor Villa, Aidan slowly opened his eyes and pressed his long fingers to his temple, ordering, "Turn around."

Jonathan did not catch him, so he asked, "What?"

"I have a headache. Send me to the hospital."

"Sure," came the reply after a momentary silence.

Sure enough, he was still a duplicitous man.

In the hospital, Carly left after sending Leanna.

When Aidan arrived, the doctor had just pushed her to the ward and was reminding the nurse of things to take note of.

Aidan stood at the door of the ward but did not go in. He merely looked at her from a distance, and there was no emotion on his face.

Leanna lay on the hospital bed, breathing evenly. Her face seemed haggard like she had lost a lot of weight.

She said that she had gained a few pounds, but Aidan could not tell where the extra weight went.