Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 226

He met her gaze, cocked his eyebrow, and smiled. “Did you regret it?”

She looked away nervously. “R-Regret what?” she stammered.

“Refusing me.”

“No. You’re reading too much into it.”

He looked ahead again. “The look in your eyes tells me otherwise,” he said calmly.

Huh. She coughed and stopped talking. Don’t wanna say anything wrong. But I’m confused. “Why? Why do you do this? I thought you ran out of patience with me.”

“And you believed that?”

Goddammit, what a pain. He’s more brazen than I thought. She pursed her lips and said, “I’m grateful for what you did. I have to admit that I’m surprised and…” I’m moved. She didn’t say that out loud. A pause later, she continued, “But it’s been six months since we got divorced, so—”

He interrupted, “Leanna, don’t you see it? I’m trying to woo you.”

I must be hearing things. “I beg your pardon?”

He turned around and leaned against the guardrail, his eyes on her. “I’ll make it up for the rest of the lost anniversaries too.”

Leanna froze. She had no idea what to say at first, but a moment later, she answered, “President Pearson, whatever you’re doing means nothing to me. You’re disturbing my quiet life.”

looks. Do you think he could have founded Constellation in

of my business. I don’t

“Do you know why

deep breath. “It’s his private affair. I don’t have any

so you won’t care no matter what

her

no quiet life if you be with someone you don’t

looked at him in silence. “My quiet life involves you

what you really want before

stuff. Somewhere, somehow, it was no longer hard for him to see through her. He could expose her lies

think. You say you were unhappy with the marriage, so I’m making it up to you. Once

you think

it’s not. He whispered, “I’ll settle

Anna and even Sienna, but so

would you know

argue with him. “Elijah is still waiting for me. I need to

turned around, and he held her wrist. “I’ll

Someone else

sent him on

“Still don’t want your help.” She flung his hand away and headed into the darkness, but Leanna regretted

on the way, and her flashlight was too weak to shine through the darkness. She could hear the rustle of leaves in the shadow. In normal times, it would have been

should never have come here. Me and my stupid plan to expose him. Look what that

beside her rustled, and something leaped into the air. She let out a gasp and took one step