Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 283
He sat across from her and crossed his slender, long legs. "Why the sudden visit?"
Georgina held the wine glass and scanned the surroundings before responding calmly, "I haven't visited you here before. Since I was in the area, I thought I'd come and pay a visit."
Daniel smiled and lifted his wine glass to propose a toast to her in the air.
Georgina added, "I bumped into Leanna when I came up."
"Is that so?"
She revealed a derisive smile. "Aidan Pearson's an illegitimate child, so even if he does end up inheriting the Pearson Family's wealth, it won't be proper in the eyes of the law. I don't know what's there for her to be proud of anyway."
As soon as Daniel heard that, he curled his lips into a smile but remained silent.
After some time, Georgina finally brought up the main topic. "I came here today to get you to investigate an incident from twenty years ago."
Without saying a word, he lifted his eyebrows slightly and indicated for her to continue.
Georgina retrieved a photo from her bag; it looked like she had taken a snapshot of the photo from her phone before printing it out.
She placed the photo in front of Daniel and pointed to the man next to Lloyd. "Could you investigate this man here and find out what he did twenty years ago?"
Daniel took the photo into his hand and took a closer look at it. "Who's this man?"
"This man is my father's younger brother, my uncle."
"Why do you want him investigated?"
Georgina smiled and remained silent before saying, "You don't have to know, but I need all the exact details of everything that he's done in the past."
Daniel looked at her. "Since he's your uncle, you'd be able to get your answer much faster if you ask your father."
"I couldn't find any clues at all from my father and he was reluctant to share much with me," she continued, "I have a feeling that the crisis our family is currently facing might be related to the incident twenty years ago. As long as I can uncover some clues and figure out what exactly happened back then, I should be able to find a way to turn the tides."
Even if the incidents were not linked, Georgina would create some relevant information to link the series of unfortunate events that befell the Crossley Group to the incident twenty years ago. By then, Leanna would naturally become the perfect scapegoat for all this and even Aidan would be unable to protect her.
Georgina continued, "You're close to Mr. Jackson, so you should be able to get a recount from him about the incident twenty years ago."
Daniel shot her a complicated look before putting down the photo. "I'd definitely have no issues investigating the matter, but I'm worried that you might be shocked by the truth."
Georgina frowned. "What does that mean?"
Daniel smiled in response. "Nothing much. It's just a passing remark."
Georgina rose to her feet and said, "I'll be on my way, then."
"Should I walk you to the door?"
Georgina shot a look at him and replied indifferently, "No. You should just focus on sorting this out for me. Once everything is sorted, I'll give you what you're after."
Daniel beamed at her. "Thanks in advance, then."
Once Georgina left, Daniel took a look at the photo in his hand and dialed a number. "Georgina just brought a photo to show me and she wanted me to investigate the truth from twenty years ago."
The person on the other end paused for a moment before saying, "What truth is she after?"
"I don't know. It looks like she seems to have figured out that the incidents recently are linked to the incident twenty years ago. So, she desperately wants to find something relevant to link everything together clearly." Daniel remained rather confused, "But then, from the way she was behaving, she seemed to have everything planned."
"How did she put it?"
"She said that as long as she figured out what happened twenty years ago, she would have a way to turn the tides."
Soon enough, the person on the other end mentioned, "Georgina is smart. Be on your guard to not get caught."
Daniel responded, "I definitely haven't exposed myself, but…"
Judging by Georgina's confident look, she must have a piece of important evidence or clue in her hands.
"Let's observe and see what she intends to do, then we'll find a suitable opportunity to reveal the truth to her."
"All of it?"
"Everything that she wishes to know."
After Daniel hung up the phone, he glanced at the photo and became lost in thoughts. He had a feeling that things were much more complicated and Georgina was not merely after the truth.
Presently, even though Crossley Group forced several of their upper management level executives to step forward and take the rap, which managed to stem the speculations temporarily, there had also been many other issues related that were exposed. Not only that, there were many people whose eyes were fixated on the company, including Aidan.
If Lloyd failed to handle things well—or perhaps a tiny mishap in his ways—then Crossley Group was potentially going down. Meanwhile, as the largest shareholder and president of the company, he would face imprisonment too. If Lloyd ended up in trouble, then Georgina would face a tough life too.
In the meantime, she was intent on uncovering the truth from twenty years ago at this moment. Daniel snorted at that. What a filial daughter! I wonder what Lloyd would think about that?
…
That night, Leanna was seated in front of her work desk and she seemed to be lost in thoughts as she held a pocket watch in her hand.
It had been way too long since the incident, so she had not been able to discover any useful information at all.
Leanna heaved a sigh and put down the watch before reaching out for her sketchbook once again. However, her gaze froze for a moment upon flipping to the page where she had designed the previous pocket watch necklace.
Since Queenie's outburst at the charity ball, the necklace had disappeared without a trace.
Come to think of it, Leanna had started to get closer to Queenie from then on, but right now, perhaps Queenie was the only one who knew the location of the necklace.
Leanna closed her sketchbook and went to bed after which she shut her eyes and got ready for bed.
However, she had barely fallen asleep when she found herself in the same dream once again. The raging flames and ear-shatteringly loud explosion noises, the hysterical and terrifying cries for help became exceptionally clear during this long night.
She jolted awake as she took large gasps for breath; she could feel that her back was drenched in sweat.
At that moment, Leanna turned around and discovered that her phone, placed on her bedside table, was currently vibrating. She took a look at it and noticed that it was Aidan on the line.
She answered the phone after calming herself down. "President Pearson, it's late at night right now. Do you need something?"
"Nothing. I just miss you, that's all."
At that moment, Leanna was speechless beyond words. She realized that her heart thudded frantically once again after taking so much time to regain her senses earlier.
Aidan asked, "When do you plan to move out?"
"I have no such plans for the time being."
On the other end of the line, the man stopped talking.
Leanna was just about to say something when she heard a distinct wail of a baby on his end. She paused before asking, "President Pearson, where are you right now?"
"I'm home."
"Then—"
"It's just sounds from the TV."
After the brief commotion, the wail of the baby had now dissipated.
Leanna affirmed and took a look at the time. "President Pearson, aren't you going to go to bed?"
He replied, "I have difficulty sleeping."
She replied solemnly, "I need to sleep, though."
"Go ahead, then. I'll keep you company."
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