Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 434

Leanna got out of bed at 7.00AM.

She didn't keep much here at Crossley Residence. All her important documents were kept at her studio. Thus, when she left that morning, her bag wasn't any much bigger than it usually was.

The rain was still pouring outside the window. The weather had only started getting warmer, but it seemed to be cooling down again, thanks to the rain.

As the car pulled out of Crossley Residence, she turned back to look at the house.

This was supposed to be her home, but it was now the home of her enemies.

Just a little longer. I'll come back again once everything is over.

She was going to come back once she exposed the truth, and hopefully, her parents would be able to rest in peace.

Soon, she got a call from Aidan.

"I already left Crossley Residence," Leanna reported as soon as she answered.

Aidan's mood seemed to improve upon hearing that. "I'll pick you up tonight."

"I got it."

What a clingy b*stard.

She put her phone down with a smile tugging on her lips. All of a sudden, someone shot out onto the road in front of her, and she immediately slammed on the brakes.

Once the car stopped, she wanted to go down and take a look, but the door to the passenger seat opened and a low voice instructed her, "Drive, now."

She turned around to look at the person. Although the man had a cap on and was using his jacket to cover most of his face, she still recognized him at once.

She pursed her lips and sped off.

Less than a minute later, a few men rushed over to the same spot but couldn't find anything.

"I'll head back to report this to Mr. Crossley. The rest of you will carry on with the search," one of the men said.

Ten minutes later, Lloyd stormed into his study with a baleful expression. "Say that again."

His subordinate hung his head low and repeated, "Not too long ago, we found out that the man who ran off a while back had been following us the past few days. We were careless, and he managed to discover where Jethro McKinney was being kept. Also…"

"What else?!" Lloyd barked.

"When we were chasing after him, w-we found that he might've gotten into Miss McKinney's car."

He frowned. "Leanna McKinney? Are you sure?"

"I checked the security footage before I came here. At the time, the only car that left the area belonged to Miss McKinney. We searched the whole area. That man seemed to have disappeared into thin air, so I suspect that he had left in Miss McKinney's car," his subordinate explained.

Lloyd paused in thought for a moment before instructing grimly, "Get our men to keep an eye on Leanna. See if she does anything out of the ordinary today."

"So… Do we need to move Jethro McKinney elsewhere?"

"How are we supposed to do that? Aidan's men are keeping a close watch on us, and other than him, there's also…" He narrowed his eyes and didn't complete his sentence. "Keep an eye on Leanna for now. We'll hold off on the rest for now."

His subordinate acknowledged the command and left.

…

Once Leanna had driven off for quite some distance, she pulled up by the side of the road and glanced at Ron's bleeding abdomen. "What—"

"I found out where Jethro is," Ron interrupted.

She froze for a few seconds before she said, "I spoke to Queenie. She said she met you a while back."

He nodded. "They've been after me all this while, so I didn't look for you. Once I escaped, they moved Jethro to a different place. I tailed them for some time before I managed to find where they're hiding him now."

Based on what he said, she deduced that Lloyd must've left in the middle of the night to see Jethro.

Still, there was no way of finding out what they discussed.

Leanna snapped out of her thoughts and glanced at Ron's wound again. "Alright. I'll take you to the hospital first."

He was a little taken aback. "Are you not going to look for Jethro?"

"That can wait. It'll be too sudden if I do that now. They found out about you, so Lloyd would be on his guard right now. He won't be handing Jethro over so easily."

She started the car up again, but Ron said, "I can't go to the hospital."

He didn't have to elaborate further as she knew the reason as well.

Before she could say anything, he handed her a phone. "I'll get down here. Once you've decided when you want to find Jethro, call me up using the number here."

Just as he was about to get out of the car, Leanna asked, "Have you looked for Queenie lately?"

"No. I won't be looking for her anymore," he replied.

After a pause, he added, "Thank you for helping me handle Mr. Wojzicki's burial."

She smiled. "You're helping me too, aren't you?"

Ron didn't respond. He adjusted his cap and got out of the car. Soon, he disappeared into the crowd.

Leanna withdrew her gaze and drove off.

It was still early when she arrived at the studio. The piano academy beside her studio wasn't open yet, but she noticed that a black car was already parked on the opposite side of the road. It had been there for quite some time now, as the occupants kept an eye on Daniel.

If she recalled correctly, in the past, the car would only stop outside once Daniel got to the piano academy.

Are they keeping an eye on me now?

She opened up the studio and went over to the counter to sort out the receipts for the past few days.

Soon, Zoe and the other young ladies all started arriving at the studio. "Good morning, Miss McKinney," the young ladies greeted her.

Leanna looked up and smiled. "Good morning."

Zoe yawned as she came over. "Why are you so early today, Nana?"

"I couldn't fall asleep," Leanna replied. "Did Daniel not give you a ride to work today?"

"Yeah, but I don't know why. He called me up this morning to say that he had something to do, so I came over by myself."

"He didn't say what it was?"

"Nope." Zoe shook her head.

At the same time, Leanna saw the staff at the piano academy arriving, which meant that the academy was operating as usual today.

"I'll be in my office, Zoe," she informed. "If Daniel comes later, tell him to come over. There's something I want to ask him."

"Sure."

Leanna went into her office and closed the door. She took out her watch from the bottom drawer and compared it to the picture she had taken last night. It was indeed the same model.

After staring at it for a while, she took out the necklace that Georgina had returned to her last night and put it together with the watch. It was hard to tell what was going through her mind.

At noon, Zoe rushed into Leanna's office. "Oh, my goodness! Did you see the news, Nana?"

Leanna looked up from her design draft. "Nope. Is there an update on Violet's scandal over the bribing of the judges?"

"No, not that." Zoe shoved her phone under Leanna's nose. "Look! The police hauled up a man's body from the river this morning, and it seems to be Elliot Watts!"

Leanna's eyes widened. She grabbed the phone and checked for herself.

The news article didn't come with photos attached. It merely described the process of how the body was found.

Elliot was somewhat known to the public. Thus, once the report came out, people soon managed to uncover the man's identity.