Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 374

In Castor Villa, Aidan obviously did not let Louis sleep on the floor. Instead, he instructed Alice to clean up the extra room downstairs for Louis.

Louis, on the other hand, sat quietly on the couch, the dry blood stains on his shirt still visible.

Aidan went downstairs and threw the shirt he was holding to Louis. "Change your clothes."

However, Louis merely grunted and remained motionless. Nobody knew what he was thinking about.

Seeing that, Aidan took the seat across from Louis. Crossing his slender legs, he asked, "Are you reflecting on what you did, or are you figuring how to make the situation more difficult for Leanna?

Louis reflexively furrowed his brows when he heard that. "That's not my intention," he said after a few seconds of hesitation.

"But that's exactly what you did."

He fell into silence with pursed lips.

Aidan then continued, "I understand your desire to exact revenge for her by killing Jethro. If you manage to kill him today, you'll think you've removed a true scumbag for society on behalf of justice, but that's not the law. After you kill him, you'll be known as the person who murdered his own father. This is exactly what they want. They would then target Leanna and reveal everything that happened in the past. She would gain nothing but malicious speculations and reproaches."

When Louis heard that, he furrowed his brows even more. "I assumed everything would end as long as Jethro was dead."

"That's just your wishful thinking." Aidan went on calmly, "Things are not as simple as you believe. Lloyd was simply making use of you to cause everything that happened today. As for his real motive…"

Halfway through his sentence, Aidan narrowed his eyes.

If he had guessed correctly, Jethro was most likely in Lloyd's hands right now.

That crafty fox was indeed capable enough to be able to locate Jethro.

"But isn't Lloyd…" Louis wanted to say something more, but Aidan snapped out of his reverie and interrupted Louis. "He isn't."

A tinge of surprise and confusion flashed across Louis' face.

"Your sister did not want to tell you these as she doesn't want you to worry, but this gave Lloyd an opportunity to come in between instead," Aidan explained. "Your sister is right. All you have to remember is that your sister's blood kin is only you…"

Aidan then paused for a moment before continuing, "And the other two."

"What?" Aidan's words were lost on Louis.

Aidan, however, simply stood up and spared Louis a glance before he said in disgust, "Go clean yourself up."

Shortly, Alice came out from the room after tidying it and handed Louis some necessities.

"Thank you," he said in a low tone.

"Don't worry. You are Ms. McKinney's brother. This is what we should do."

He nodded his head to express his gratitude and entered the room.

After his bath, he leaned against the bed frame on the bed, sweeping his gaze across the unfamiliar room with his fingers pressing against his brows, and fell into deep silence.

He then put down his hands after a while, and took out his phone to call Leanna.

The call was answered after a few rings.

"I'm sorry." This was the first thing Louis said.

Leanna went silent for a few seconds after hearing that before saying, "There is nothing to be sorry about, Louis. I should have told you everything earlier."

"I'm aware of everything now."

She was taken aback for a moment. "Was Aidan the one who told you?"

Louis responded with a light hum.

Sighing, she continued, "This is a complicated situation, and I don't want you to get involved. But I should have known that it was only a matter of time before Lloyd got his hands on you."

Louis said nothing in response.

Leanna then asked, "How did you know where Jethro was?"

"He told me."

Leanna froze for a moment before realizing Louis was actually referring to Lloyd.

Lloyd has clearly planned for this, she realized.

"Louis, don't get involved in this anymore, and don't listen to anything Lloyd says from now on. Go back to school after your injury has healed; he won't dare to do anything to you."

"Okay."

This was the only thing Louis could do at this point.

The irony was that the most helpful assistance he could provide to her now was to do nothing.

He remained a burden to her no matter how much time had passed.

Before they ended the call, Leanna asked, "By the way, when Daphne looked for you today, did you say anything to irritate her?"

When she mentioned it, his brows furrowed, as if to indicate his admission.

"She is concerned about you. Whatever happens, you should give her a call and apologize," Leanna said.

Louis' Adam's apple bobbed. After a long while, he mumbled, "Okay."

He scrolled his phone to Daphne's contact after the call ended, but he couldn't bring himself to dial it.

Just as he was about to put down his phone, he accidentally clicked on the number.

As he stared at the screen, he instinctively wanted to end the call, but after a few seconds of hesitation, he brought the phone closer to his ear.

Shortly, a man's voice could be heard on the other end of the line. "Who are you?"

Louis pursed his lips and remained silent.

Daphne's voice echoed a few seconds later. "Who's that?"

"I've no idea. There's no sound," the man answered.

"Perhaps it's a scam call. Just hang up," she continued.

"Have you taken your bath?" the man asked.

Louis quickly ended the call before the other side did.

Then, he stared at the ceiling, seemingly in deep thought.

After a while, he took his phone again and dialed a number.

"Look at the time now. Don't you need to sleep?" said the person who answered the phone, yawning.

Before he could finish his sentence, Louis cut him off.

"I agree," he said nonchalantly.

This immediately alerted the person at the other end of the call. "What did you say? Can you repeat yourself? Forget it; I'm pretty sure I'm not dreaming. That's a deal, then! We'll sign the contract tomorrow. Send me your address now and I'll come pick you up!"

"That's not necessary. Send me your address. I'll send you whatever that's necessary then."

"What if you back out at the very last minute?"

"I won't."

He could only protect those he cared about if he grew stronger, Louis reasoned.

The person on the other end of the phone then went on to say, "Okay. I'll prepare the contract and meet you at the company at 10.00AM. I'll send you the address right away."

"Sure," Louis responded.

Shortly after the call ended, he received a message containing an address.

He then took a glance at the address before putting his phone down and closing his eyes.

It was a sleepless night for him.

Aidan went downstairs early the next morning and saw Alice serving breakfast. "Is he still sleeping?" he inquired casually.

"No. Louis woke up around 7.30AM and went out, claiming to have some other matters to attend to."

"Did he say where he is going?" Aidan asked coldly.

Alice shook her head in response. "He didn't, but he did say that he knows what he should do and that he will never be used by anyone again. He wants both Miss McKinney and you to stop worrying about him."

Aidan let out a light hum when he heard that. That's good, then.

Just as he pulled the chair and was about to take his seat, Alice opened her mouth and said, worriedly, "Master, I seem to have inadvertently blurted out something…"