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.

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

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

hands. If he tries them one by one, we'll probably still be

next second, the elder's voice rang out. "Alright, come

then followed after him at

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

here. You girls can consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will

looked at the massive warehouse and the documents placed on the rows of shelves. "Are all the

we used to be one of the top manufacturers a couple of decades ago. We used to have retail stores all across the country, and because of that,

"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

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

toward them in response. Looks like we'll still have a lot to look through,

Leanna the 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

took the keys from him. "I'll return them to you once I find what I'm

at that. "Don't worry about it. Just be sure to lock the gates when you leave. Someone will come

your help." Leanna

elder waved his hand in response. "I didn't think I would still be able to see this pocket watch model again after two decades. I guess you can call it

Leanna returned after seeing the elder away,

model's purchase information would be sent to the

of factory employees, various data

the two ladies flipped through document after document, and

then, the sound of a phone vibrating broke the

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

are you?" he

how to tell him her exact