Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 461
Back then, it was only an excuse she came up with, so she was taken aback when Aidan agreed to it. Initially, she planned to go along with his ideas with the room decorations. She never had thought that Aidan's plan was the renovation of the entire Castor Villa itself with the garden included.
Since this was, without a doubt, a huge project for Leanna, each and every detail needed to be scrutinized to be exactly how she wanted.
Each day, the designer would be waiting outside the studio early in the morning and would not leave throughout the day. However, upon noticing Leanna had some free time from her work, the designer would immediately go to her with a tablet in hand and would hound her until Aidan came to pick her up from work. It was to the point that Leanna suspected that this was Aidan's deliberate plan.
No, I'm certain that man was being intentional with this.
After Leanna hid in the office several times, Zoe followed suit as well. "Nana, I wanted to ask you two days ago, but what are your thoughts on renovating the house?"
"Please, don't bring that up. I finally understand what it feels like to shoot myself in the foot," Leanna replied with a wry laugh.
Zoe took a seat across from Leanna. "But it looks like that b*stard has his heart set on the matter, seeing that he's willing to go with your ideas here."
"This feels more like torture to me." Leanna was too preoccupied with the renovation to do anything else.
"If only I can experience such wonderful torture. All you have to do is spend his money," Zoe said with a sigh.
Hearing this, Leanna thought briefly before she asked, "Did Daniel look for you recently?"
"Nope. Why would he be looking for me?" Zoe lay across the table. "If he's looking for me to buy me dinner, then it's better if he stays away. At least he'll save some food costs that way."
Leanna fell silent and said nothing further.
Since Anthony stopped coming over the past few days, the studio was quite peaceful and calm. Now, it would be perfect if Aidan's designer wasn't here as well, thought Leanna.
Zoe said, "We're having dinner together tonight. Don't forget to let President Pearson know not to pick you up today."
It was the time for the studio's monthly gathering.
"Alright." Leanna nodded. She couldn't wait to be rid of Aidan, even if for a little while.
Just as Leanna left her office to get a cup of coffee that afternoon, the designer, who had been waiting for some time, immediately came over to her. "Miss McKinney, I have some new ideas about our discussion this morning, so I want to run it by you…"
"We'll go with your idea. I'm fine with anything," said Leanna.
"That won't do. President Pearson instructed that every house crevice must be done the way you like it."
Leanna's eyebrow twitched. "Fine, let's hear it."
The designer then hurriedly went over their discussion this morning and added a few fresh ideas to it.
Throughout the designer's explanation, Leanna allowed her mind to wander. It was only when the designer finished explaining did she nod seriously. "I think that's fine. Let's do just that."
Relieved, the designer added, "Then, as for the others…"
Coming back to her senses, Leanna said, "Oh, there will be a team dinner tonight. I'm sure you've noticed that the employees here are all young ladies, so I won't be extending an invitation to you. You can leave work early today."
"That's…"
"I'll call President Pearson later to let him know." Then, Leanna continued slowly, "I won't be going anywhere and will only be staying in the studio today, so you don't have to keep an eye on me."
The designer smiled and gave a burst of dry laughter as he said, "Miss McKinney, what are you saying? I'm not here to keep an eye on you. Now then, since you have other matters to attend to, I won't take up more of your time. I'll see you tomorrow, Miss McKinney." Then, he left the office posthaste with his tablet in hand.
After the designer left the studio, he quickly gave Aidan a call and reported the situation, to which Aidan only responded with an indifferent "Okay."
A few minutes later, Leanna called him. "Are you busy?" she asked quietly.
Aidan answered, "No. What is it?"
"I'll be having a team dinner tonight, so you don't have to come and pick me up today."
"It just so happens I have to work late today as well. Send me a message when you're done with your dinner."
Leanna was stunned into silence. The only thought she had then was to escape this situation. Even so, she replied, "Fine, I will." Can't this b*stard give me some breathing room? Why must he keep such a tight leash on me?
Listening to the disconnected tone coming from the other end of the line, Aidan broke into a smile. Just then, there was a knock on the door to his office. "Come in," he said while putting away his phone.
"President Pearson, we have news about Georgina," Jonathan said as he entered the office.
"Where?" Aidan directed his attention to the man.
"It seems she was located near the Kramer Residence. I have already gotten someone to verify the information."
"Kramer Residence." Aidan frowned slightly.
Jonathan nodded. "Yes. I've also heard that Chairman Kramer hasn't returned to the family for a long time now. Moreover, Violet Kramer had left for abroad a few days ago while auctioning off the Kramer Residence at a dirt-cheap price. I guess that she was in a rush to dispose of it."
After hearing Jonathan's report, Aidan scoffed and took a seat at his desk. "Georgina Crossley is a smart and conceited woman. Who would've thought she would fall for Violet's trick?"
Jonathan was perplexed. "Do you mean it was Violet who leaked Georgina's whereabouts, President Pearson?"
"Who else but her?" Gently tapping his long, slender fingers on the desk, Aidan continued, "Not only were there seemingly no interactions between the two of them, but there was also the incident with the Kramer Family a while ago. Because of all these, no one would think to investigate the Kramer Family."
"Since Violet had already taken Georgina under her wing, why would she sell off the house?"
"It's just lip service. Violet is no saint. Given how egoistic Georgina is, I doubt she would ever think highly of Violet. As for Violet, rather than extending her hand to Georgina, I'm sure she's just waiting for Georgina to make a fool of herself."
Listening to his president's explanation, Jonathan couldn't help but sigh. "Women are truly frightening."
Raising his eyebrows, Aidan thought back on the woman who had been nothing but a pain back home recently and, very rarely, agreed with Jonathan. "They are, indeed." After a while, he continued, "Any news on Lloyd Crossley?"
"No, but I did hear that William left town this morning."
"What of his destination?"
"We are unclear about that, but he came back in the afternoon as though he was looking for something, but to no avail."
"It seems like he was played by Jethro," Aidan said deliberately. "Are there no clues yet about Leanna's mother's grave?"
Jonathan shook his head. "Madam said that her mother had faced difficulties when giving birth to Louis. After I went through all the information at the time, I only managed to find her mother's death certificate."
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