Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 666

The situation became quite tense at that moment. While Heather considered in her mind how to broach the subject with Leon, he was also trying to figure out what to do next. Both of them looked at each other while looking lost.

“Heather, as far as I’m aware, you recently seem to be overly close with a particular hotshot detective,” he asked tentatively. He was considering whether he should mention it since it was something private.

Meanwhile, she was slightly taken aback before she gave him a strange look. “Looks like you’ve been following my tracks,” she said this with a hint of annoyance.

Leon never expected Heather to say those words. I really need to be careful with my words around women. He felt like he had fallen into a trap once again. At that moment, he responded by looking at her with a dumbfounded expression “I swear I didn’t secretly trail you! Heather, someone took a photo of you with the detective.”

Upon hearing that, her expression slightly changed. She persisted and asked him, “When did this happen? Where’s the photo?” Zayne and I are usually careful, so how did that person manage to get a photo of us?

He raised both hands and replied in fear, “Heather, please remain calm for the time being. I only took a look at it, but I didn’t retain the photo.”

Heather was slightly doubtful as she didn’t trust Leon’s words. It was hard to trust someone once they’d broken that trust. He gave an awkward smile as he noticed her distrust and he acted as if a smile could conceal everything.

“Heather, can you please trust me? There’s no need for me to lie about this.” He felt quite dejected at being doubted by her because it was quite an uncomfortable feeling.

She reluctantly nodded her head because she was much more concerned about the photo. “Where did you see that photo?”

Leon looked at her with a torn expression and it seemed like he had qualms about mentioning it. However, Heather’s eyes bore into him and he had no choice but to speak the truth. “It was from a reporter. I don’t know how he obtained that,” he replied gingerly as it was something that happened a few days ago.

“Reporter? What’s his name?” She continued with her interrogation and was insistent on getting a conclusive answer.

Leon looked at Heather with a slightly ugly expression. “I don’t remember his name. All I can distinctly remember is his features.”

After all, his answer fitted with his personality; he was the type of person who rarely remembered a person and he could at most recall the person’s looks.

“Sketch it out for me. I want to seek him out.” Heather felt that she should resolve this issue before the family dinner. She didn’t want to encounter any blunders then.

“Heather,” Leon suddenly called out her name. “That issue isn’t the priority right now. We should focus on tomorrow night’s family dinner,” He tried to gently express his thoughts.

“You can’t provide any useful information for tomorrow’s dinner, so it’s a waste of time to continue our discussion on that.” She gave her justification since she was speaking the truth.

“Then, are we going to spend the rest of the time tracing this unknown little reporter?” A displeased Leon voiced out his thoughts since he felt that Heather had her priorities mixed up.

Meanwhile, she responded quite matter-of-factly, “This is quite important to me and it could have an adverse effect on tomorrow’s dinner.”

He looked her in the eyes. Since he was convinced by her words, he knew that he couldn’t seem to ever reject her request.

“Okay, I’ll show you where to find him.” Leon didn’t have anything urgent to do, so he decided to head with her to see the reporter since she was so mindful of that.

“Do you know where to find him?!” Heather suddenly felt slightly awkward as this hadn’t crossed her mind.

“Yes, I know his workplace. We should be able to catch him there at this hour,” he replied while he looked at the time. Tabloid reporters like that man usually worked overtime.

“Let’s go now!” Heather was suddenly full of energy. She didn’t know whether anyone else had seen the photo so she was worried about Matthias finding out. Actually, come to think of it, it doesn’t matter even if he realizes this. She wasn’t sure of the reason for her worries, but she maintained an apprehensive feeling.

“There’s no rush for that.” Leon wasn’t sure why she was so frantic. She’s normally the most level-headed one.

Heather then glared at him. Obviously, he wasn’t anxious about it, but it was a different story for her. She considered it for a moment before she decided to inform Zayne about this.

Based on Zayne’s professional acuity, he should have in fact realized this. By then, the list of suspects in Heather’s mind grew and Zayne’s name was included in it. She suspected him of hiding something from her.

After all, if Leon had lied to her easily, it would be quite plausible for others to lie to her as well. Right now, the general trust she had in people had greatly decreased.

“Leon, do you have something that you’re purposely hiding from me?” Heather was annoyed by Leon’s apparent calmness. She sensed that he was hiding something from her.

“Heather, I honestly haven’t hidden anything from you. I’ve told you everything that you need to know.” His brows were furrowed into a single line. How can I explain myself?!