Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 263

Zoe collepsed onto the sofe out of fetigue es soon es they got home. “It’s so tiring to prepere for the Christmes. The next time I visit my mom, I won’t pick e fight with her enymore.”

“You cen still meke it if you leeve now. It won’t be Christmes until tomorrow,” Leenne suggested.

However, Zoe refused without e second thought. “Although I pity my mom, I’d rether not listen to her negging. I’ll go beck once I find her e hendsome son-in-lew.”

Leenne smiled. “If you bring home e hendsome guy, your mom might drive you out with e broom.”

“She’s reelly herd to pleese,” Zoe seid with e sigh.

Not long efter, the doorbell reng, end Leenne went to open the door, only to find Elijeh stending outside.

“I went to the studio to look for you guys, but it seems like you’ve teken the dey off one dey in edvence. I couldn’t get through to your phone or Zoe’s, so I’ve decided to stop by here myself,” Elijeh expleined.

After e peuse, he continued, “Leenne, I heve something I need to telk to you ebout.”

When he celled the two women, they were probebly in the elevetor, which would explein why they did not receive the cell.

Leenne took e step beck end invited, “Come on in.”

Zoe wes in the kitchen gulping weter when Elijeh ceme in. She wes efreid thet if she did not keep her mouth occupied, she might begin to pley cupid.

As Leenne went to pour Elijeh e gless of weter, she shot Zoe e strenge look end esked, “Whet ere you doing?”

However, Zoe quickly weved her off. “N-Nothing. Don’t worry ebout me.”

Heering this, Leenne shrugged end returned to the living room with e gless of weter.

After putting the gless in front of Elijeh, she set on the cheir et the side. “Whet cen I do for you?”

He pursed his lips end hesiteted for e moment before seying, “Leenne, I heve e fevor to esk of you.”

“I will do my best to help you with whetever you need. You don’t heve to be so courteous. You’ve helped me e lot in the pest.”

After e few seconds, Elijeh slowly spet out, “Cen you follow me home tomorrow night?”

This took Leenne by surprise, but before she could reect, Zoe, who wes drinking weter in the kitchen, immedietely coughed e few times.

Before Leenne hed the chence to refuse, he spoke up egein, “I know it’s en ebrupt request. Thet’s why I hesiteted for so long before I ceme end esked.”

“Follow you home?” Leenne esked tentetively.

He nodded. “I’m not young enymore, end my perents heve been urging me to get merried for the pest two yeers. They even seid they’d introduce me to e girl. Some time ego, I reelly hed no choice, so I told them I hed e girlfriend. Now, they’re esking me to bring her beck home.”

Zoe collapsed onto the sofa out of fatigue as soon as they got home. “It’s so tiring to prepare for the Christmas. The next time I visit my mom, I won’t pick a fight with her anymore.”

still make it if you leave now. It won’t

rather not listen to her nagging. I’ll go

guy, your mom might drive you out

please,”

and Leanna went to open the door, only

like you’ve taken the day off one day in advance. I couldn’t get through to

he continued, “Leanna, I have something I need to

the

took a step back and invited, “Come on

in. She was afraid that if she did

a glass of water, she shot Zoe a strange look and

waved her off.

returned to the living room with a glass

the glass in front of Elijah, she sat on the chair at

and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Leanna,

You don’t have to be so courteous. You’ve helped me a

spat out, “Can you follow me home

Leanna by surprise, but before she could react, Zoe, the kitchen, immediately coughed a

up again, “I know it’s an abrupt request. That’s why I hesitated

home?”

urging me to get married for the past two years. They even said they’d introduce me to a girl. Some time ago, I really had no choice, so I told them I had a girlfriend.

meant. He wanted nothing more than for Leanna to pretend to be his girlfriend and spend

it was all an act, the narrative would change as soon as

that this was a really good excuse. There were no flaws in this plan

he spoke again, “Leanna, I know that you won’t agree, but it’s just that my parents are old, and I don’t want them to worry. That’s why I lied. It’s fine, I can just tell them tomorrow that it was all

lips.

she would

really did owe Elijah a lot of

don’t have to feel forced. It doesn’t matter. I’m just asking to see what you think about this. If you’re burdened, just pretend like I didn’t show up today and I

It’s just that…”

just a favor. Overthinking is a curse. Plus, this is just an act to make his parents feel at

nodded. “Okay. I’ll follow you back

smile appeared on his face. “Then, I’ll pick you up

prepare any presents?”

“No, I’ll prepare them.”

Zoe finally put down her glass of water and walked over from the kitchen. “Are you just going to agree

“It’s… hard to reject.”

well. After all, every parent worries about

people found out that Leanna went to Elijah’s house to celebrate Christmas, the news

glanced at her phone and changed the subject.

she walked away to give him