Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 385

Zoe sat on the couch, utterly immersed in her thoughts. Her eyes were half-lidded, and she was as still as a statue.

Daniel stood opposite her, shifting on his foot when she left him hanging. After a while, he started wondering whether she might have fallen asleep and asked tentatively, "Why don't you… put away the thing in your hands first? It's kinda scary."

When she heard that, her grip on the bat tightened, and he cleared his throat in discomfort before taking a step back.

After a few seconds, Zoe finally said, "The common enemy you mentioned. Do you mean Lloyd?"

Daniel nodded, and she pressed, "So, you and Georgina…"

"That was all for show. I approached her with my own motives, and despite knowing this, she still made use of me."

A few seconds passed, and she remarked sarcastically, "Just a show, eh? Just like what you're doing now?"

"Well… not really," he fumbled for a logical reason. "We're doing this for justice. The nature behind our actions is entirely different."

"Mhm," Zoe hummed, unconvinced.

After he waited for a few minutes, he slowly broached the question, "So, have you considered it?"

"Are you sure that they won't harm Nana if I agree to put on this act with you?" she gazed at him sharply as she inquired.

"At least they won't be able to blackmail her by trying to catch a hold of me, and if they tried from other aspects, I'd try to think of a way to stop them."

Zoe furrowed her brows as she finally asked the one thing that had been bothering her the entire time, "Who the hell… are you? No, maybe I should be asking, what's your motive?"

He smiled mysteriously and promised, "Once this act is over, I'll tell you."

…

Residence, she noticed that the entire house was engulfed in an air of oppression. All the servants

servant came over and said, "Miss McKinney, the master is asking for you in

left in a flurry of skirts without bothering to

seconds before her feet carried her in the direction

she knocked on the door and said dispassionately, "To what do I owe the pleasure,

raised his head behind a pile of documents. "Take

front of him. The instant she was seated, he pushed a document before her.

her lips into a smirk and deliberately asked, "Oh my. What's

conflict because of Aidan, but no matter what, your squabbles should stay within the Crossley Family. There's

don't understand what you mean, Mr. Crossley," Leanna said as she inspected her nails. "I'm not the plaintiff stated here.

conflict. When the time comes, as long as you come forward and clarify that these

understood what he was getting at. In fact, Lloyd could easily handle a person like Karen with a twitch of his fingers. He only had to manipulate some

that many eyes were watching him and Leanna, he didn't want to take the risk. Hence,

would be obvious that Karen was lying. Plus, with a little bit of manipulation behind the scenes, he could easily present Karen as the

say you could dream faster than you could make a

to the public eye, and I've always thought of myself as the victim in this incident the whole time. I've never received the apology I deserve, so why should I come forward for others, my… Bully no less?" she enunciated slowly. She was playing with fire, but with such a golden opportunity presented before her, there was no

a member of the Crossley Family, you have a duty

Crossleys, I've never enjoyed any benefits of actually being one. So, what are these duties

he saw that she wasn't going to let the

said, "State

at that. "You're a daring man indeed, Mr.

she always brought with her and placed them before

his gaze on the file, he said, "This is what I've promised you before. If this is what you want in exchange, I

out for a moment. "I would like to let you know that rather

heart as he furrowed his brows. "What