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

Leanna nudged Zoe

he tries them one by

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

then followed after him

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

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

and the documents placed on the rows of shelves.

decades ago. We used to have retail stores all across the country, and because of that, we had a lot of customers."

flabbergasted. "There are so many documents here. If we look through them

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, he brought the ladies to the innermost row of shelves.

still have a lot to look

set of keys and said, "You 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 when you

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

smiled at that. "Don't worry about it. Just be sure to lock the gates when you leave. Someone will come and clear these documents when they're demolishing this

I really appreciate your help." Leanna

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

the elder away,

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

of factory

the two ladies flipped through document after document, and before

then, the sound of a phone vibrating broke

only to find Aidan calling.

you?" he

Unsure of how to tell him her exact location, she just said, "I'm