Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 425

The color drained from Queenie's face. Her lips were quivering as she tried to explain herself. "T-That's not what happened. I didn't do that… I just wanted to—"

"Wanted to do what?" Gordon narrowed his eyes. "It seems to me that you were too afraid to offend Aidan, so you decided to make me do the dirty work for you!"

Queenie was so terror-stricken by Gordon's shouting that she nearly stopped breathing. Her body was shaking violently, and she didn't know what to say.

Just then, Justin appeared behind her and addressed her calmly. "Don't be scared. Come on. You can stand up and take your time to explain."

Queenie was startled. She turned around and her pupils widened, but she still didn't dare to move.

Justin smiled and held his hand out to her.

Queenie stared at his hand and hesitated for quite some time before gingerly holding his hand and getting back to her feet.

At the same time, Gordon called out in dissatisfaction, "Justin, not everyone deserves your kindness."

"There might be some kind of misunderstanding," Justin said. "Didn't we find out that a man got the reporter to sneak into the house?"

"He's probably her accomplice!"

Justin turned to Queenie. "There's still time. Go ahead and tell us what happened. Don't worry. We won't make things difficult for you if you're not the one behind this."

Queenie stood beside Justin and bit her lip. At last, she said, "I'm not the one who did it… I don't know what happened, I swear…"

Gordon banged his walking stick on the floor and roared, "You're still trying to weasel your way out of it even when the evidence is staring you in the face!"

Queenie jumped in fright and instinctively cowered behind Justin as she hurriedly defended herself. "It has nothing to do with me, but… I know that guy who contacted the reporter. He… he has…"

"He has what?"

"He has been working for Leanna McKinney all along." Queenie became a lot more composed when she made her mind up to lie about everything. "Also, he was the one who took Leanna away from here last time. I don't know why you think he's my accomplice. I think it's because I offended Leanna during the Designer Competition, so she's trying to take revenge on me by making these claims…"

Gordon narrowed his eyes. He remained silent for a moment.

There had been a man in the car with Leanna when she left that day.

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"Wonted to do whot?" Gordon norrowed his eyes. "It seems to me thot you were too ofroid to offend Aidon, so you decided to moke me do the dirty work for you!"

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oddressed her colmly. "Don't be scored. Come on. You con

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time before gingerly holding his hond ond

the some time, Gordon colled out in dissotisfoction, "Justin, not everyone deserves your

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"He's probobly her occomplice!"

whot hoppened. Don't worry. We won't moke things difficult for you if you're not the one

At lost, she soid, "I'm not the one who did it… I

ond roored, "You're still trying to weosel your woy out of it even when the evidence is storing you in the

hurriedly defended herself. "It hos nothing to do with me, but… I know thot guy who contocted the

"He hos whot?"

who took Leonno owoy from here

He remoined

mon in the cor with Leonno when she left thot

investigation, that man

then Leanna's the one who arranged for the reporter

thought that even I would be

in silence, Gordon asked, "How do you explain the

was a lot calmer

to go all in. "It was… Miss

frowned. "Miss Crossley? Which

Crossley of

get

balled her fists and explained, "I was a designer at Lux Jewelry, just like Leanna. At the time, Miss Crossley wasn't engaged to President Pearson yet, but she already knew that Leanna was his

the bribing of judges at the

was

Why is she

she bribed the judges and asked me to help her with this, but she threw me under the bus and didn't care about the consequences I'd have to face, so I took the recording to Miss Crossley. She's the one who told me that the only one who'd dare to offend President Pearson now is you, Old Mr. Pearson. She told me

no way out of this now after both Violet and Georgina threw her aside after using her, she decided to take

they

hadn't been for the engagement," Justin commented slowly. "From Georgina's perspective, she

at a time like this? Don't you know what's become of us thanks to

be so ruthless if you had stopped before you went too far," Justin

before going too far? Don't forget how Leanna lost her child! Do you think Aidan would've let bygones be bygones and

quiet after

walked toward the stairs. "Deal with it," he instructed his subordinate while