Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 475

Chapter 475

Zoe's words hit as soon as a knock sounded on the door. Leanna lifted her head and glanced in that direction.

It was Daniel; he entered the room and put down the bouquet in his hands. "Miss McKinney, are you feeling better?"

She replied, "Thanks. I'm feeling much better."

Zoe felt uneasy as soon as she saw him and deduced that he had something important to discuss with Leanna, so she came up with an excuse and left the room.

Once the door was shut, he mentioned, "That's great, Miss McKinney. You shouldn't worry too much about everything else too. President Pearson and I… will sort things out."

Leanna pursed her lips slightly and replied after a few seconds, "How do you plan on handling things?"

"That would be dependent on the result of the autopsy."

Previously, she had allowed Jethro to live because she wanted to find out from him about the past and the location of her mother's grave. However, it almost seemed insignificant at this point.

Leanna replied, "No matter what it is, these are all done solely by Jethro."

Daniel nodded in response. "I know."

She felt that he did not get what she meant, so she remained silent for a moment before adding, "It has nothing to do with Louis."

In response, he affirmed, "That's for sure, but… why did you suddenly bring this up?"

She mentioned, "It's nothing, really. You've seen yesterday's situation and Jethro's just like a maniac. He goes after anyone he can pounce on. He just wants to drag Louis down with him."

Daniel agreed with her statement as Jethro had been full of abusive words yesterday, using extremely vulgar and ugly words to abuse her. Although he knew that Jethro was indeed a piece of trash, it was inevitable for one to feel upset having a father like Jethro.

He sat on the couch and spoke up slowly, "Louis is twenty years old and has his independent thoughts and views. I trust that he would not take this to heart. As for this incident, President Pearson has already assigned some men to deal with it, so word won't get out and it won't affect Louis untowardly in any way at all."

She hummed softly in response. "Besides, right now, I have a suspicion that Jethro might not be Louis' biological father."

As soon as Daniel heard that, he was surprised. "Miss McKinney, do you mean…"

"You must not know Jethro that well, but I do. He's full of lies and he relishes in the thought of seeing others miserable. He keeps claiming that Louis is his son and that he wouldn't be able to escape from his influence in this lifetime. In other words, he just wanted to see Louis in pain. Under such circumstances, it'd be hard for me to believe that he's Louis' biological father."

Daniel revealed a frown. "But we've investigated the situation thoroughly. The birth records—"

"Anything can be forged." Leanna glanced at him and uttered softly, "Including a person's past encounters and looks, isn't that so?"

Under her gaze, Daniel felt her question hit too close to home and somehow felt sheepish to the point he could not help but avert his eyes.

However, before he could say a word, her voice rang out subsequently. "Leroy managed to keep up his pretense for so long without anyone realizing, so it should be a piece of cake for Jethro to amend a birth record."

As soon as Daniel heard Leanna mention Leroy, he heaved a sigh of relief and reckoned that she was on point. "That makes sense. Jethro appears to be an imbecile and rather useless. He's just a piece of trash who could resort to hiding a dead body in his wardrobe for years, so he is very gutsy compared to most ordinary people."

She continued, "That's why I reckon that this matter isn't as simple as it seems."

After some slight consideration, he replied, "Still, back when Louis was born, how could Jethro have predicted all of these incidents to happen right now? How could he have known that he should amend Louis' birth record?"

Leanna explained, "He wasn't good enough to be able to predict all this. When Jethro 'died' in prison, Louis and I went to collect his belongings and discovered a diary. From the stuff he wrote in there, he must've been in love with my mother for some time and could even be considered obsessed. After the Crossley Family encountered trouble, for some unknown reason, my mother moved into his house with me after staying at several locations. Then, she ended up marrying him. What if before any of that happened, my mom was already pregnant with Louis? Then, she would be considered Jethro's legal wife from her pregnancy until she gave birth. Whatever it is, it could be because of his ego or that he was so unconditionally in love with my mom that he was okay with seeing Louis as his son. This would all make sense, then."

"I get what you mean. I'll investigate the matter further."

She smiled slightly. "Thanks, but that's not necessary. Aidan is onto it."

By then, Daniel did not continue the topic anymore after hearing that. He was worried about arousing her suspicions if he did.

She paused for a moment before adding again, "Louis used to stay with you for some time. He must've been a pain for you, but I reckon that your relationship is fairly good. So, could you do me a favor?"

"Miss McKinney, that's too courteous of you. Just be frank and say what's on your mind."

"I'd like for you to take care of him."

Perhaps he was taken aback by that request, so he appeared perplexed right then. Although he adored Louis, they did not generally get the chance to meet up.

Daniel replied, "Louis is mostly at school most of the time, so I hardly get to see him. However, if there is anything that he needs help with, he can feel free to come to me." Even though he reckoned that Louis would never seek help from him at all.

Leanna smiled and halted the topic at that point. "Thanks for your help."

Following that, he did not remain in the ward any longer and left after a brief exchange of pleasantries. He had just gone down the stairs when he saw Zoe sitting on a bench not too far from him with her head up toward the sky, seemingly lost in thoughts. As such, he paused in his tracks and stood there for at least two minutes before walking over to her.

Since she had slept late last night and woken up too early this morning, she felt drowsy as the sunray hit her. Her head lolled sideways, and a magnetic male voice suddenly rang out from her side. "Have you found a suitable place?"

Zoe was suddenly jolted awake and no longer felt drowsy. She turned around and saw that Daniel had been sitting by her side for who knew how long. After a pause, she finally came up with a response. "N-Not yet. I've been too preoccupied lately, so I didn't have the time to do so."

She stealthily shifted to the other side as she spoke and maintained a distance from him.

Daniel appeared to be unaware of that as he spoke, "I've asked the landlord next door and he said that you can move back anytime you want to."

She bared her teeth and smiled perfunctorily. "I think that's unnecessary. I tend to get bored easily and prefer to have a change in environment after remaining at a place for some time."

He glanced at her. "Let me know once you've found a place to stay. I'll help you with the move."

At that point, Zoe was rendered speechless. Thanks, but no thanks.

She kept her palms pressed against the bench and her fingers curled to the side. After some hesitation, she voiced out, "I heard you're leaving Highside. When will that be?"