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.

whispered to Leanna, "You sure he can provide you with useful leads? He can't even put the key

smile on her face, Leanna nudged Zoe with

of keys in his hands. If he tries them

elder's voice rang out.

the elder, then followed after him at

pushed open, a whiff of stale air and dust came at them, and Leanna couldn't help coughing while fanning the dust in front of her

the elder went to the wall and felt for the light switch while revealing, "It's been ages since anyone was here. You girls can consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will be demolished in two weeks, and these documents will be sent for disposal. By then, it'll be nearly impossible for

the documents placed

decades ago. We used to have retail stores all across the country, and because of that,

on the other hand, was 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

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

a lot to look through, even when it has

guys can come over whenever you want if you don't manage to find what you're looking for today. Just remember to lock the gates

you," Leanna thanked the elder as she took the keys from him. "I'll return them to you once I

sure to lock the gates when you leave. Someone will

I really appreciate your help."

hand in response. "I didn't think I would still be able to see this pocket watch model again after two decades. I guess

elder away, Zoe had already started flipping through the

information would be sent to the headquarters, they evidently didn't

there were records of

while the two ladies flipped through document after document, and before they

a phone vibrating

to find Aidan calling. With

you?"

how to tell him her exact location,