Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 473

Chapter 473

As she had fallen asleep since afternoon, Leanna was awake before the sun rose to the sky. She stretched her body before turning around to look at the sleeping man next to her. Hushing her breath, she did not want to wake him up.

Anyone would fall in love with the sight of Aidan deep in slumber. Quietly, she watched him for a while and lifted the blanket. Just as she was going to get off the bed, someone grabbed her wrist.

The man's husky yet sleepy voice resounded. "Where are you going?"

"T-To the toilet," replied Leanna in an undertone. "You're up? It's still early. You should get some more sleep."

He hummed with closed eyes, but his grasp remained. So, she hovered over him. "Aidan?"

Receiving zero response, she continued, "I need to use the washroom. I won't run away."

Only then did the grasp around her hand slowly loosen. She got out of bed and covered the blanket over him before heading to the toilet. Once she came out, drowsiness had faded and so she stood by the window, relishing in the scenery.

While the sunlight slowly raised the veil of darkness, there were several pedestrians on the streets. Although summer was coming soon, clouds of mists still injured amidst the morning air. It seemed chilly.

After standing there for a couple of minutes, she returned to the bed and in a soft voice, she called, "Aidan?" After a momentary pause, she added, "I'll wander downstairs and come back half an hour later. Sweet dreams."

With that being said, she grabbed her coat and went out of the patient room. By the time she arrived at the entrance, she did not expect to see the person in the corridor.

Leanna was dazed for a second. "Louis, why are you here?"

"How are you feeling?" Louis rose to his feet. Judging from his haggard face, he spent the night without a wink of sleep.

"I'm fine. I feel much better already." She stared at him with knitted brows. "You spent the whole night here?"

Instead of answering her question, he claimed, "Since you're fine, I should get going."

However, she thwarted him the moment he turned around. "Wait."

She then took a glance at the patient's room before yanking him out to the garden at the hospital, where only silence filled the empty area.

Leanna withdrew her hand. "I know what you're thinking, but I'm telling you, just snap out of it. You are my brother. You have nothing to do with someone else. Do you hear me?"

Louis stretched a smile, a self-mocking one.

She pursed her lips and added, "Louis, Jethro's the one who did everything. It has nothing to do with you. You are just you. Got it?"

The atmosphere went quiet for a while until his voice cut the air. "Impossible."

"What?" She did not catch his word clearly.

"It's impossible." He watched her with hollow eyes. "I'm his son; his blood is running in me. I can never escape from his shadow."

"Louis—"

"You don't have to say anything. I understand."

Leanna continued, "And what do you understand? If you really do, you won't be standing here right now. Louis, we cannot choose our parents, but the future is in our hands. You are not Jethro, and you will never turn into someone like him. You're my brother and I'm always proud to have someone like you. We're each other's family. This is what you should keep in mind."

Leaving him no time to speak, she added, "I don't care what Jethro told you last night. Just get back to school and study. Have you forgotten about your promise to look after me? Be a man of your word. I'm still waiting here."

While he hung his head low without uttering a word, she patted him on the shoulder. "Alright. It's school time."

Louis hummed in response. "Okay."

After watching him leave, she withdrew her gaze and intended to moon around the garden when she saw the man standing not far away from her. She approached him. "How long have you been down here?"

Aidan's deep eyes stared right into hers as his voice was husky. "Not long ago."

She was not buying it. If her guess was correct, he followed her all the way down here because he could not sleep when she left the room. It's not like I'll run away.

"Let's head upstairs," suggested Leanna.

"Didn't you say you want to wander around?" he reconfirmed.

"Don't feel like it anymore."

"Do women change their minds as fast as you do?"

Going speechless momentarily, she shot glares at him. "Are you coming or not? Or should I go alone?"

The corner of Aidan's lips curled upward as he trailed behind her, heading to the patient room. Tucking in bed, she checked on the time. It was only about 6.00AM, but drowsiness did not come to her.

She gazed at the man who was kneading his brows on the couch and asked softly, "Not gonna sleep anymore?"

He hummed. "You should sleep now."

Chewing it over again, she decided to bring that topic up. "About Ron, have you settled it? I—"

Before she could finish her words, his gaze landed on her coldly.

She reminded him, "You promised me."

"And I've told you not to meet him alone."

"Then—"

"And you didn't plan on telling me about the huge incident that happened yesterday."

Leanna elucidated, "It's not like I wasn't planning to tell you, but Ron just wanted me and Louis to drop by. I didn't know what was actually happening. It's only after the wall was demolished—I haven't gathered my thoughts yet, so how am I supposed to tell you?"

"Well, you've got a bunch of excuses." Aidan's voice spoke of indifference.

She corrected, "It's not an excuse but the truth."

He reclined into the back of the couch and crossed his legs. "What else?"

She licked her lips. "You could tell?"

"It's written all over your face. How can I not?"

"It's… about Louis."

He reciprocated slowly, "So, you want me to check if he's Jethro's son?"

She nodded.

"They looked into it, though."

She pursed her lips. Indeed, Daniel did feel her out to get the answer to the matter. Aside from them, no one would probably care about it. She went silent for a moment. "I'm not sure how they dig into it, but I reckon they haven't run a DNA test."

"So, you want to run one?" concluded Aidan.

Leanna said, "You know how Jethro runs his mouth with only lies. The more he insists that Louis is his son, the more reason for me to not believe it. Plus, he's taking pleasure in mocking Louis with his name. Not to mention that he was in Leroy's hands before this; they couldn't run a DNA test."

"What if the result is different from your assumption?"

"I'll admit it, then."

"Fine. I'll ask someone to get on it."

Leanna broke into a smile. "Thanks."

He stood up. "I prefer actions to words."

Words failed her when she heard that.