Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 221

Most of the employees from Constellation Tech were already downstairs by the time Leanna got to the hotel lobby, except for Elijah.

Minutes later, there was still no sign of him.

The employees from Constellation Tech started craning their necks and peering around as though expecting him to pop out of thin air, then whispered in a frenzy among themselves.

Just as the assistant was about to go upstairs to look for him, Elijah emerged from the hotel building. He chuckled apologetically, "Sorry to keep you all waiting. Shall we go?"

The restaurant was only a ten-minute walk away. As the employees began to make their way down the sidewalk, Elijah fell in step next to Leanna and said, "Come along now."

She nodded, but that was when she noticed the trace of blood crusted over the corner of his mouth. She gaped at him with wide eyes. "What happened to you?"

When he realized she was referring to the cut on his lip, he quickly turned to wipe off the dried blood. "Nothing. I bumped into something, I guess."

Leanna clutched his arm. "Don't move." With that, she hurriedly pulled out some alcohol wipes from her purse and handed them to him. "You'll infect the wound if you touch it with your bare hands. Here, sterilize the area."

Elijah didn't take the wipes. "I can't see where the wound is. Can you help me, Leanna?"

She hesitated for a moment, then nodded as she carefully cleaned his wound. Her gaze was focused, and her touch was gentle but firm.

While this was happening, Aidan stood not too far away, observing their exchange. A grim look passed over his face as the air around him dropped to freezing temperatures.

Even Jonathan had to take a wary step back in case the man combusted on the spot.

On the other hand, Leanna was oblivious to the hostility projected in her direction as she cleaned Elijah's wound. Still, when she caught Aidan's smoldering dark gaze, she paused in her ministrations. She stiffly drew her hand back and stammered, "I-I think we're done..."

Elijah flashed her a smile. "Thank you."

the back of her neck self-consciously and

restaurant by now. Come on. Let's catch up with them," Elijah suddenly

"Alright."

the restaurant. Neither of them broke the silence, and Elijah, uncharacteristically, did not try to make any

that the others had already taken their

The executives of Constellation Tech were all young-ish men in their mid-twenties to early-thirties, and they were close to Elijah. When they took their seats, one of the executives immediately teased, "Had I known we were allowed to bring our

heads up so that we wouldn't feel so left out. This

a rest, boys. I told you guys beforehand that

once, the executives started heckling him. One piped up, "Come on, prez, make the

"Stop it, guys. She

politely and nodded as she introduced herself, "Hello, everyone. I'm Leanna

girl. These men were at the top of their game in the industry. Fortunately, they were emotionally intelligent enough to stop fooling around. They

"Miss McKinney, have we met before this? You look awfully

"Come off it. You're always using the same line when you meet a

serious this time. I must have seen

it was at a launch event for

one of the executives chimed in, "That makes sense. No wonder she looks

deep in thought was the executive who claimed to have seen Leanna. He was frowning as he searched his memories. I seem to have met her before she was a

itinerary for the day. Some of them had decided to dip into

and it understandably had enough room to accommodate a myriad of activities. It became the top choice for a young

longer chalk her random run-in with Aidan up to a coincidence. She had to admit that the b*stard was well-accomplished if the many enterprises under the Pearson Group umbrella were

strolled around the resort while having a lighthearted conversation. When they arrived at the golf turf, however, a young lady ran up to them and accosted Elijah. "President Parker! I'm so glad I bumped into you. I can't seem to make sense of golf, and

her forward approach, Elijah stammered,