Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 618

Chapter 618 Said Nothing

Only Aidan, Leanna, and Lachlan were in the back room. Aidan was on the couch looking tense. The gaze he afforded Lachlan was devoid of any emotion. The air around him seemed to shiver with a chill. Lachlan was unfazed, staring back at Aidan with an undaunted spirit. The air itself was feeling tense.

Leanna was sitting beside Aidan with her hands on her knees, and she took a deep breath.

A long while later, Lachlan slowly said, "You should have gotten the answers you wanted. What else would you like to know?"

"What are you up to?"

"What happened in Highside wasn't my fault. If you're referring to Naomi's return, then what can I say? That was the choice she made."

"Perhaps I wasn't clear. What I mean is, what did you say to her?"

Naomi was a proud woman. Even though she had to be excluded from the family tree, she still left Jamesdon and lived on her own in Highside for many years. Despite all the obstacles she faced, she never returned to Jamesdon and wouldn't ask the Woodleys for help. Hence, she would never choose to come back to Jamesdon for no reason.

Easily, Lachlan answered, "You heard Aunt Naomi. She wants to stay with her father."

Aidan looked at him coolly. "You told Oscar to bring her back."

"No. All I offered was an option. She could have chosen not to return."

"What are you up to?" Aidan asked again.

Lachlan leaned back into his chair, crossed his legs, and tapped on the armrest lightly. He didn't say a word.

God, this is suffocating. Must they talk in riddles? I hate riddles. A moment of silence later, Leanna said, "Naomi wouldn't have returned. Not when she made the decision to leave." She looked at Lachlan. "So, either you blackmailed her, or she has a reason that prompts her to come back."

"Perhaps. Perhaps both are real."

"So, what happened in Highside twenty years ago was…"

"You are free to look into the case. What you find isn't up to me."

Leanna pursed her lips. Well, this just got complicated, but one thing's for sure: what happened in Highside recently wasn't his doing. However, I can't say the same for his whole family. I can't be sure who's the culprit. There are a ton of them.

Leanna was still confused, but Aidan got up, took her hand, and left. He was walking so fast, Leanna had to trot just to keep up. Before they left, she turned around and tried to ask something, but she said nothing in the end. No one came to stop them, and eventually, they reached the garden. Leanna stopped in her tracks and asked softly, "Thought you had something to ask him."

"I've asked all I can. He wouldn't answer much else."

Leanna noticed that. Lachlan hadn't been giving them straight answers today. The only thing she found out was that Naomi was part of the Woodleys. Everything else was still shrouded in mystery.

"Um…"

"I'll send you off now."

Leanna walked with him, and then she realized something. Wait. Send me off? What about him?

She looked at him. "What about you?"

Aidan looked calm. "I have something to settle here."

Oh yeah. Naomi is still in the hall. Leanna nodded. "Okay."

Aidan drove her to the entrance of the Woodley Family Estate, where Jonathan was waiting. Before Leanna got out of the car, she said, "Now stay calm, you hear? Don't yell at her."

A smile curled Aidan's lips, and he pushed her hair back. "I'm not a child. I know."

"And the Woodleys aren't as united as they seem. I don't think Lachlan can keep them in check. Be careful."

Aidan peered at her for a few moments, then he pushed her head forward and pressed his lips against hers, prying her teeth open rather harshly.

Noticing him venting his suppressed emotions, Leanna closed her eyes and responded to the kiss, trying to calm him down.

Oh, she's being receptive for the first time in a while. Aidan held the back of her head and deepened the kiss. Eventually, they parted lips, and Aidan said hoarsely, "I'll be going now."

"Go." Leanna got out of the car and saw Aidan off. She waited until his black car had disappeared from her sight, then she looked away.

Back in the ancestral hall, Waylen was indulging himself with some snacks and fruits. Just when he was about to finish, he heard sounds of footsteps coming in. Quickly, he wiped his lips and resumed kneeling, but when he saw that it was Lachlan, Waylen slumped once more. "Oh, it's just you."

Lachlan shot him a look. "Had your fill?"

"Ye—" Noticing the crumbs of snacks beside him, Waylen sighed. "Decent. Would've been great if I had meat."

"Clean this place up and get out."

If you say so. Waylen stood up and happily went looking for a broom. Lachlan looked at Naomi, then at the silent, brooding Charlotte. "Charlotte."

Charlotte tensed up, yet she refused to say anything. I'd rather die than marry him.

Coldly, Lachlan said, "You're already twenty. How much longer are you going to throw a tantrum? Your whole life?"

Finally, Charlotte raised her head. There were tear stains on her cheeks. She sobbed and said, "If it means never having to marry you."

"I never said I'd marry you."

"But…"

"They cannot call the shots for me."

Charlotte sobbed a few more times. "W-What if you suddenly want to marry me? T-That'd be bad."

The veins on Lachlan's temples popped, but he held his fury back. "Nothing of that sort would happen."

"Good." Charlotte stood up and wiped her tears away. "I'll hold you to that." Then, she looked at Naomi. "She heard that too. I have a witness with me. You can't take your words back now."