Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 250

After Elijah said that, blood rushed through Maya's face in utter embarrassment, and Raymond cast her a thoughtful look for a couple of seconds before saying to Elijah, "Then, I'll visit you personally after this and not bother you today, President Parker." Giving a nod to Leanna, he added, "See you again, Miss McKinney."

When he was gone, Maya glared at Leanna in anger. "Did the both of you conspire to embarrass me?"

Laughing, Leanna asked, "Did I invite you over?"

"You—" Maya bit her lip. "Just you wait!" She scoffed and stomped her feet before leaving in brisk steps.

Elijah looked away and turned to Leanna. "That's just how she is, Leanna. Ignore her."

A soft smile spread across her face. "I know."

Since Maya was here to provoke her on purpose, she would have let Maya be satisfied over it if she got mad because of this. After a short pause, she asked, "So, what's up?"

Pursing his lips, Elijah then said, "Leanna, tomorrow is Mr. Jackson's birthday party, and he wants me to bring you along."

This caught her by surprise. "Me?"

"Yes," he answered. "It's fine if you don't want to attend. I'll just find an excuse to tell him that I'm not going."

"I don't think that's a good idea…" She gave it a thought and asked, "What time tomorrow?"

The last time she had dinner at Mr. Jackson's place, she still hadn't thanked him for it yet, and now he had specially invited her to his birthday party—there was no way she could possibly turn him down. Furthermore, it would be very awkward if Elijah didn't show up because of her.

Almost unnoticeably, Elijah breathed a sigh of relief. "Tomorrow at 7.00PM. I'll pick you up at 6.00PM."

She nodded her head softly. "Okay."

As Elijah had something else to attend to, he didn't stay long and left soon afterward.

After standing in the same spot for a while, Leanna sighed and picked up the necklace Maya had thrown on the floor.

A few minutes later, Zoe returned. Wearing a nosy expression, she said, "I just saw Elijah's car leaving. What did he say to you?"

"I'm attending a birthday party tomorrow," Leanna answered.

"Birthday party? Whose?"

This matter was somewhat complicated because it had to begin with Anna, so Leanna briefly told Zoe about it.

Seeing the whole picture, Zoe said directly, "In other words, the last time you went, that b*stard was there as well, which means he knows Mr. Jackson too. Ergo, he will definitely be there at the birthday party tomorrow."

Speechless, Leanna wondered why she hadn't thought of this before, and Zoe fired another question. "Nana, have you come to a decision yet?"

For a while, Leanna didn't understand what she meant. "About what?"

"About you and Elijah. Oh, and Aidan as well. Who are you going to choose?"

Leanna's mouth opened and closed, not knowing what to say.

Resting her arm on the cashier counter, Zoe placed her cheek on her palm and said, "It would be a tough choice if I were in your shoes. One is an ex-husband who's chasing you persistently after coming to his senses, while another is a young, outstanding rookie in the business world who has been carrying a torch for you for seven years."

"What nonsense are you speaking about?" Leanna said in annoyance, but after a while, she added, "Previously, I did consider giving it a shot with Elijah, but…"

"But you feel that the person you really like in your heart is still that b*stard. In addition, you also feel that you can't just let go, pretend as if nothing happened, and patch things up with him after all that happened between you."

A few seconds later, Leanna gave her a nod. Zoe then sighed. "I don't have much experience in such things, nor can I give you any constructive advice. What I can say is don't rush into such matters. Who knows, there might be someone better who shows up later, right? We have to spread our nets and not let any high-quality big fish slip away."

"Yes, you're right," Leanna replied, giggling.

Zoe gave her a pat on the shoulder. "See, that's how it should be. A heartless b*tch should do what a heartless b*tch does. How can you give up an entire forest over one tree?"

In the evening, after Leanna got home, she came out of the shower and started searching for something next to her desk with her waist bent over until she accidentally knocked over a gift box and something fell out of it.

Twirling her head around, she saw the photo frame with the wedding blessings written over it lying silently on the carpet. Her temples twitched, and she crouched down to pick it up.

In the photo, Aidan was leaning over slightly as he spoke with her with his head tilted, a rarely seen gentle expression on his face.

Of course, she couldn't remember anymore what he had whispered into her ear at that time.

After staring at it for a couple of minutes, she returned it to the box and placed the box in the lowest drawer of the closet.

When all that was done, she was about to make herself some warm milk when her cell phone on the desk started ringing. Walking over, she took a glance and thought, I really shouldn't think about him. The moment I do, he shows up.

She waited a few minutes before picking up the call. "Is there anything I can do for you so late at night, President Pearson?"

"I missed you."

Leanna was slightly surprised at his words, but she kept her cool and said, "I'm hanging up if there's nothing important."

"Leanna, out of courtesy, you should answer that you missed me, too, and not give me other excuses," Aidan said.

Unyielding, she answered, "I think, out of courtesy, you shouldn't have made this call, President Pearson."

A few seconds of silence washed over them before Aidan continued, "That's just an opening line. I have something else to tell you."

Leanna chuckled dryly. "Next time, you can get straight to the point, President Pearson. There's no need for such a terrible opening at all."

Pressing his lips together, he then said, "Come with me somewhere tomorrow evening."

"I'm sorry. I already have plans for tomorrow."

"Cancel it."

"No."

"Are you so unwilling to see me?" he asked, disgruntled.

Cracking a small gap in the window, she took in the fresh air. "Are you going to stop showing up in front of me if I said yes?"

"Do you think that's possible?"

Speechless, Leanna really took her hat off to this b*stard's sense of self-righteousness. "I'm going to bed. Bye, President Pearson," she said and hung up.

In the president's office of Pearson Group, Aidan listened to the dead dial tone from the phone with a knot between his handsome brows. "When did Mr. Jackson's invitation arrive?"

"About two hours ago…" Jonathan answered.

"When did Elijah go to look for her, then?"

"About four or five hours ago, maybe."

Without saying another word, Aidan pursed his lips together slightly. That means Elijah knew about Mr. Jackson's birthday party before me, and he even beat me to it and looked for Leanna.

"President Pearson, it's true that President Parker is closer to Mr. Jackson, so… it's expected that he will find out before us," Jonathan added.

Aidan's fingers tapped on the desk softly. "Will Lloyd be there as well tomorrow evening?"

"Yes, he will."