Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 294

After Leanna was done sorting the work at hand in the afternoon, she grabbed her belongings and headed out of her office. "Zoe, I'm going out for a bit. I probably won't be coming back but head straight home instead."

Zoe nodded in acknowledgment but still asked, "Where are you heading?"

"There's finally a lead for the pocket watch I'm looking into. I have a rendezvous with the person in charge of the factory."

"Is it legit?" Zoe asked.

"It should be. I asked a friend to help me look into it."

"Okay. I'll go with you. The studio isn't busy anyway, and I don't like the idea of you going alone. If something does happen, at least we have each other."

"Sure."

After leaving the studio to their staff, the young ladies headed to the rendezvous point, only to end up in an abandoned factory area. "Is this the place? This place looks deserted," Zoe doubted as she drove.

To that, Leanna checked the address again. "This should be it… We should arrive after making a right turn at that junction."

With that, Zoe turned the car in that direction and found a hoary old man standing in front of a locked factory after driving a few more yards ahead.

"This is it," Leanna announced.

"Hi, are you Mr. Muston?" she asked after getting out of the car.

The elder nodded with a smile. "You must be Miss McKinney."

"I am," Leanna answered, then introduced Zoe. "This is my friend. She's here to keep me company."

After a quick exchange of pleasantries, the elder went to the gates and pulled a large set of keys out with trembling hands from his pocket. He took a long while before he was able to unlock the gates.

sure he can provide you with useful leads? He can't even put the key into the

a smile on her face, Leanna nudged Zoe with her elbow

look at the set of keys in his hands. If he tries them one by one, we'll probably

elder's voice rang out. "Alright, come with

elder, then

the metal doors were pushed open, a whiff of stale air and dust came at them, and Leanna

girls can consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will be demolished in two weeks, and these documents will be

looked at the massive warehouse and the documents placed on the

top manufacturers a couple of decades ago. We used to have retail stores all across the country, and because of that, we had a lot of customers." At that, the elder sighed. "To me, they're a

flabbergasted. "There are so many documents here. If we look through them one by one, it'll be next year by the time we find what we're looking

remember the model of the pocket watch you sent over. That model's final product and craftsmanship were considered top-tiered at the time. Hence, there were only a few who could afford it. Even if it was sold in all of our retail stores, the information would still be sent to the headquarters, so you'll surely be able to find the purchase information of the watch if you look through the headquarter archives." While speaking,

still have a lot to look through, even when it has

over whenever you want if you don't manage to find what you're looking for today.

she took the keys from him. "I'll return them to you once

it. Just be sure to lock the gates when you leave.

really appreciate your help." Leanna nodded

think I would still be able to see

Leanna returned after seeing the elder away, Zoe had already

the elder said this pocket watch model's purchase information would be

there were records of factory employees, various data

document, and before they knew it, it was already getting

of a

nose, Leanna pulled her phone out of her pocket only to find Aidan calling. With that, she put the report in

are you?" he

Unsure of how to tell him her exact location,