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?

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.

and Leanna saw two policemen coming out with a

It was Raymond.

was painted across his face. Although the police didn't have any concrete proof yet, it was still a

as though he wanted to say something,

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

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

and friendly guy, and I've run into him quite a few times when I worked overtime alone, asking me if I needed a

why did he kill that girl? There has to be a

So, maybe they got into a fight, and he did

Mr. Ford a divorcee with two kids?

the girl. She's only in her early twenties, and I heard that she was previously

Group? Then,

noticed that Leanna was still around and frantically nudged the person to stop talking. Then, they booked it as

rooted on the spot as her frown deepened. A Pearson Group employee? Raymond's

it came an all-consuming sense of unease. The discomfort within her even made her feel suffocated as her mind whirled

suddenly rang out, snapping her out of her terror. Still, she composed herself before she spun around. "Have you heard about what

nodded. "Let's go to

"Okay."

her. "Miss McKinney, I found this on

was all the information on the wicked deeds Jimmy had done over the years. Besides corruption and

document, the look on her face turned even more solemn

"It was already on the

returned the document to the paper bag and finally understood why Aidan's reluctant behavior 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 was the lowest of the low, so far down the morality scale he might as well just dip it in

business as long as he could make a killing out of

he finally moved the funds into his own account via proper channels.