Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 430

One good thing about staying with Aidan was the lack of Lloyd and Georgina. Leanna could relax without them around, though Aidan could be annoying sometimes.

Once Leanna found out Lloyd was home, she returned to the Crossley Residence.

The moment she entered, Georgina hissed, "You think this is a hotel where you can come and go as you please?"

Leanna smiled. "Oh no, Miss Crossley. I wouldn't dare, but not everyone has all the time in the world like you. You can have high tea with your friends and gossip with them, but not me. I have to go around for work. Your father would understand."

Lloyd had just descended from the second floor. He heard that, and he asked, "So, you were out of town?"

"No, but I have to work a lot of overtime. Didn't want to disturb Miss Crossley, so I stayed someplace else."

Lloyd said nothing. He shot his daughter a look, telling her to return to her room.

Georgina refused. Just when she was about to say something, Leanna said, "Ah, Mr. Crossley, I've upheld my end of the bargain. When will you uphold yours?"

"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked.

I knew they wouldn't comply so easily. Leanna grinned. "You must have forgotten about it, but it's normal. Let me jog your memory. You promised if I told the public that Miss Crossley isn't involved in this whole mess, you would have her apologize to my brother." After a short pause, she asked, "Does that ring a bell?"

Before Lloyd could say anything, Georgina growled, "I will never do that."

Leanna's eyes were still on Lloyd, her smile unwavering. "Is that what you think as well, Mr. Crossley?"

Panicked, Georgina said, "Dad—"

"Georgina," Lloyd interjected. He asked Leanna, "How would you like her to apologize?"

Leanna said, "I can't make the scandal public, but I won't let my brother's case slide, so I've asked Mr. Jackson to witness the apology. If it's fine with you, we can do it tomorrow. It's the weekend, and my brother has enough time to spare."

A frown creased Lloyd's forehead. He didn't like that she asked Mr. Jackson to bear witness, so he kept quiet.

Georgina said, "Quit while you're ahead, Leanna. That's going too far."

"That's rich coming from you. I'm not the one who has gone too far." Leanna's face fell. A hint of icy fury laced her voice. "If you have beef with me, come after me. My brother did nothing wrong, and yet you tried to ruin his reputation. You think that's honorable? Should I give you a Nobel prize for trickery?"

Georgina was red with fury. She kept trying to say something, but her voice failed her.

Just then, Lloyd said, "That's enough. You make the arrangements, Leanna."

"Why, thank you, Mr. Crossley." She smiled at Georgina before heading upstairs.

Georgina stared at her father in disbelief. "Dad, you want me to apologize to her brother? I—"

Lloyd raised his hand to stop her. "An apology is nothing."

"It's everything to me! I won't do it!"

Lloyd looked at her. "Come with me." He entered the study, and Georgina followed. Before she could say anything, Lloyd said, "I thought you told me you didn't sabotage the competition."

The question made Georgina freeze. A while later, she stammered, "Y-Yeah. I didn't."

Lloyd sat behind his desk, the look on his face icy. "Aidan might be the de facto leader of Pearson Group, but do you think Gordon has no cards of his own? There's a reason the Pearsons managed to last this long in our circle."

That was the first time Lloyd ever took that tone with Georgina. The color drained from her face. "I… I…" She couldn't even form a coherent sentence.

Lloyd was going to come back a few days later but the Pearsons had been attacking him lately, so he had no choice but to return to the country in a hurry and leave his business abroad unfinished.

Unlike his relationship with Aidan, Lloyd had known Gordon for many years. Gordon knew a lot of things that most people were not privy to.

Even if he didn't have the power to destroy Crossley Group, one little mistake could cost Lloyd everything. He had to be careful.

Exhausted, Lloyd said, "Just don't cause more problems for me and apologize to him."

Georgina bit her lip, but she didn't argue. The moment she returned to her room, Georgina whipped her phone out and called Queenie. "You ratted me out?" she hissed icily.

Queenie was quiet for a moment. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Georgina sneered. "Stop lying, Queenie. There's no point in lying at this juncture."

"I don't know what you're talking about. You know how bad my situation is. There's no need to even keep secrets."

"You'd better not be lying. If I find out you stabbed me in the back, I will kill you."

She was just about to hang up, but Queenie said, "Miss Crossley, I'm not the one doing the backstabbing. That's you. I shouldered a lot of your blame. You're jealous of Leanna, but you wouldn't come clean. Instead, you stoked my jealousy and made me do your dirty work. You should have seen this coming from a mile away."

"I knew it was you."

"Doesn't matter even if it's me. I lost everything because of you. Look at me now. I'm hideous. But I can still drag all of you down to hell with me." Queenie hung up right after that.

Only a beeping sound was left, and Georgina clenched her jaw.

Queenie put her phone down and kept packing her stuff. She had sold off her house in favor to reboot her life somewhere else. Someone rang the doorbell right after she was done packing. Must be the movers. She quickly opened the door, but to her horror, a drunken Elliot was standing right outside. She tried to close the door, but it was too late.

A burp escaped Elliot's lips. He forced himself into the house, and when he saw the suitcases lying around, he laughed. "Oh, are you moving? Why don't I give you a ride?"