Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 562

Meanwhile, Zoe had just walked out of the bathroom, where she saw a group of people gathering outside the operating room and having whispered discussions amongst themselves. The weariness she felt earlier was instantly dethroned by excitement, and she eagerly forced her way through to get a first glimpse at the hot gossip.

To her surprise, she found Daniel when she made it to the first row and froze on the spot.

It was Leanna who spotted her first, and she breathed a sigh of relief before rushing to her. "Zoe, where were you?"

"Huh?" she blurted as she blinked in confusion, taking her eyes off Daniel. "I went to the bathroom because I was too nervous earlier, and the nurse wants me to go in later—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Daniel dashed toward her and held her by her shoulders. His lips parted as he said in a hoarse voice, "Don't go in."

She instinctively raised her head to look at him and was a little shocked by the look in his eyes. So, she turned to Leanna for help because she didn't know what to say as she muttered absent-mindedly, "But… I've already paid for the procedure."

Just when Daniel wanted to say something, the voices from the crowd grew louder as their discussions intensified with the appearance of the story's main female character. The only thing they were missing now was a bucket of popcorn in their hands. Daniel was instantly snapped out of his reverie and noticed that this wasn't a good place for a private discussion, so he grabbed Zoe's hand and dragged her away.

Frankly, the last thing that she would imagine happening to herself was becoming the main female character of a melodramatic telenovela.

Meanwhile, Leanna watched as they left and chuckled silently at Zoe's surgical receipt before ripping it into pieces and tossing it into the bin. By the time she was out of the hospital, Zoe and Daniel were already long gone, and she checked the time. It's still not too late to make a trip back to Crossley Group.

But the building of Crossley Group was surrounded by people when she arrived, and there was even a police car nearby. After she parked her car, she entered the building from the side door and saw a lot of staff gathered in the lobby, whispering about something.

She stood behind them and inquired, "What's going on?"

One of them spun her head around and wanted to answer her question, but when she saw that it was Leanna, she hesitated and stopped herself. "Hello, Miss McKinney."

When the other employees heard that Leanna was here, they silenced themselves almost instantaneously.

Leanna acknowledged the greeting with a gentle hum of her own and repeated her question, "What happened?"

"Well, do you recall the news about the murder of a woman earlier today? The police are here due to that case. Apparently, the culprit is one of our colleagues," someone answered.

Leanna furrowed her brows in confusion, wondering, Is it Jimmy again?

someone called out, "Look! They're

walked out of the bathroom, where she saw a group of people gathering outside the operating room and having whispered discussions amongst themselves. The weariness she felt earlier was instantly dethroned by excitement, and she eagerly forced her way through to get a first glimpse at the hot

doors slid open slowly, and Leanna saw two policemen coming out

It was Raymond.

police didn't have any concrete proof yet, it was still a big blow to his dignity when he was taken away as a person of interest

though he wanted to say something, but nothing

crowd slowly dispersed. However, now that the authorities were gone, the discussions

that it would be Mr. Ford. He doesn't look like

times when I worked overtime alone, asking me if I needed a lift from him. Just the thought

kill that girl? There has to

his girlfriend or something. So, maybe

Ford a divorcee with two

in her early twenties, and I heard that

Pearson Group?

and frantically nudged the person to stop talking. Then, they booked it as they hightailed out of

stood rooted on the spot as her frown

inexplicable feeling abruptly surged within her, and with it came an all-consuming sense of unease. The discomfort within her even made her feel suffocated as her mind whirled with terrible

she composed herself before she spun around. "Have you heard about

"Let's go to the

"Okay."

McKinney, I found this on the desk when I went back to the office

the kraft paper bag, and saw that it was all the information on the wicked deeds Jimmy had done over the years. Besides corruption and

of the document, the look on her face turned

know," he admitted. "It was already on the desk

when she insisted on continuing her investigations on Jimmy. He even went so far as to tell her that it was better to stop while she still could. That was because he

as long as

the funds into his own