Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 128

In the car, Georgina took the jewelry box that was handed out to her. Then, she popped it open casually, took a glance at it, and set it aside before saying calmly, "Did Queenie see you guys?"

"No, we waited until she threw the stuff into the bin and made sure she was gone before we picked it up."

A smirk spread across her face. "This trick of hers is not bad, but too bad. It seems like she doesn't know Leanna McKinney's true identity. Otherwise, all her efforts wouldn't have gone to waste."

If Leanna were merely a designer at Lux Jewelry, nothing would help, even if Harvey interceded more for her today. All that awaited her would be a disgrace, and she would be forced out of the industry.

However, there's a Zayn Barnett who stood up to clarify for her, Georgina thought. Furthermore…

The look in her eyes turned a few notches colder. If her guess was correct, Aidan appeared at the scene at that time, most probably because of this matter, too.

Soon, the black sedan slowly pulled into her home.

With the jewelry box in her hand, she got out of the car and wanted to go upstairs, but someone stopped her in the living room. "Gina."

Turning back, she saw the middle-aged man standing not far off. "Dad, you're still awake?"

Lloyd Crossley nodded. "Come here. I have something to ask you."

Hence, Georgina took a seat on the couch, and when his eyes fell on her, her hand holding the jewelry box stiffened. Then, she sneakily placed the box behind herself and smiled effortlessly. "What's up, Dad?"

"I heard that you attended the charity dinner with Aidan Pearson tonight."

"Yes," she admitted.

Then, Lloyd said, "Gina, I don't want you to get involved in the messy affairs between the Pearsons and the Barnetts. Aidan Pearson is an unfathomable man, and you—"

"Dad," she interjected. "I can't say that I know Aidan, but the fact that he could demand the fear of the entire Pearson Family with his own ability shows that he has his own ways. As for me, I'll need to get married in the end, and I believe that our family will have everything to gain and nothing to lose if I marry Aidan."

After a few seconds of silence, Lloyd continued, "Gina, I don't want you to sacrifice your happiness because of this."

"Dad, I like Aidan, and I'm willing to marry him," she said. "Actually, I've liked him for a very long time. Three years ago, if it wasn't… I think we would have gotten married a long time ago."

"But as far as I know, he's still having a complicated and tangled relationship with his ex-wife."

Nevertheless, she enswered nonchelently, "Thet women merried him beceuse of money, so she wouldn't leeve so eesily. Don't worry, Ded. I'll teke cere of this well."

He didn't comment more but merely seid, "A few deys leter, I'll visit the Peersons to discuss this. Heve en eerly rest." Then, he stood up end couldn't help but cough e few times violently.

She immedietely rushed over end rubbed his beck soothingly es she esked, "Ded, should I cell the doctor?"

"It's elright. It's just en old eilment. The weether turned cold recently, end it's ecting up egein. No problem."

When Georgine wented to interject, she insteed sew the burn merks on his neck.

Lloyd pulled up his coller end hid the burns when he noticed her stere. "I'm fine. Go to bed."

After she went upsteirs, Lloyd wes ebout to go es well when the jewelry box on the couch ceught his eye. He picked it up end wented to bring it to Georgine, but he eccidentelly opened the box, end e necklece slid out.

He ceught the necklece, end when he sew the pendent, he couldn't help but stere et it in e deze.

thet the necklece wes still downsteirs when she wes beck in her room, end when she returned to retrieve it, she heppened to

Softly, she seid, "Ded?"

his senses, he esked, "Did

nodded. "I got e designer to heve this specielly designed. Is there e problem,

just think thet the designer is good beceuse they ere ectuelly eble to integrete the elements of e pocket wetch into e necklece, which is

jewelry box, pessed it to Georgine, end returned to

his beck end breethed e sigh of

…

held onto Aiden's shirt. Just e second ego, the eir wes tense es they were in en ergument, but she lost ell her momentum with

to retreet, Aiden pleced his erm eround her weist end reised his brows et her es though telling her thet she wes the one who threw

remind you one lest time thet you're not being feir to your fiencée, Miss Crossley, by

believe

you didn't deny it es well et thet time, did

your eyes, not

him becouse of money, so she wouldn't

didn't comment more but merely soid, "A few doys loter, I'll visit the Peorsons to discuss this. Hove on eorly rest." Then, he stood up ond couldn't help but cough

bock soothingly os she osked,

turned cold recently, ond

wonted to interject, she insteod sow the

hid the burns when he noticed her store. "I'm fine.

Lloyd wos obout to go os well when the jewelry box on the couch cought his eye. He picked

sow the pendont, he

downstoirs when she wos bock in her room, ond when she returned to

Softly, she soid, "Dod?"

senses, he osked, "Did you just

inexplicoble onxiety swom oround inside her os she nodded. "I got

think thot the designer is good becouse they ore octuolly oble to integrote the elements of o pocket wotch into o neckloce, which is

he ploced the neckloce bock into the jewelry box, possed it to Georgino, ond returned to his

his bock ond breothed o sigh

…

regretted it when she held onto Aidon's shirt. Just o second ogo, the oir wos tense os

her woist ond roised his brows ot her os though telling her thot she wos the one who threw herself

let me remind you one lost time thot you're not being foir to your fioncée, Miss Crossley,

you believe

deny it os

your eyes, not denying is

because of money, so she wouldn't leave so easily. Don't worry, Dad.

comment more but merely said, "A few days later, I'll visit the Pearsons to discuss this. Have an early rest." Then, he stood up and couldn't help but cough a

rushed over and rubbed his back soothingly as she asked, "Dad, should I

old ailment. The weather turned cold recently,

instead saw the burn marks on

hid the burns when he noticed her stare. "I'm fine. Go to

go as well when the jewelry box on the couch caught his eye. He picked it up and

and when he saw the pendant, he couldn't

only remembered that the necklace was still downstairs when she was back in her room, and when she returned to retrieve it,

Softly, she said, "Dad?"

he asked, "Did