Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 294

After Leanna was done sorting the work at hand in the afternoon, she grabbed her belongings and headed out of her office. “Zoe, I’m going out for a bit. I probably won’t be coming back but head straight home instead.”

Zoe nodded in acknowledgment but still asked, “Where are you heading?”

“There’s finally a lead for the pocket watch I’m looking into. I have a rendezvous with the person in charge of the factory.”

“Is it legit?” Zoe asked.

“It should be. I asked a friend to help me look into it.”

“Okay. I’ll go with you. The studio isn’t busy anyway, and I don’t like the idea of you going alone. If something does happen, at least we have each other.”

“Sure.”

After leaving the studio to their staff, the young ladies headed to the rendezvous point, only to end up in an abandoned factory area. “Is this the place? This place looks deserted,” Zoe doubted as she drove.

To that, Leanna checked the address again. “This should be it… We should arrive after making a right turn at that junction.”

With that, Zoe turned the car in that direction and found a hoary old man standing in front of a locked factory after driving a few more yards ahead.

“This is it,” Leanna announced.

“Hi, are you Mr. Muston?” she asked after getting out of the car.

The elder nodded with a smile. “You must be Miss McKinney.”

“I am,” Leanna answered, then introduced Zoe. “This is my friend. She’s here to keep me company.”

out with trembling hands from his

provide you with useful leads? He

face, Leanna nudged Zoe with her elbow and muttered, “Don’t say

he tries them one by one, we’ll probably still

second, the elder’s voice rang out.

elder, then followed

stale air and dust came at

while revealing, “It’s been ages since anyone was here. You girls can consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will be demolished in two weeks, and these documents will be sent for disposal. By then,

and the documents placed on the

watch factory has gone down in its later years, we used to be one of the top manufacturers a couple of decades ago. We used to have retail stores all across the country, and because of that, we had a lot of customers.” At that, the elder sighed. “To me,

“There are so many documents here. If we look through them one by one, it’ll be

the elder reassured. “I remember the model of the pocket watch you sent over. That model’s final product and craftsmanship were considered top-tiered at the time. Hence, there were only a few who could afford it. Even if it was sold in all

toward them in

“You guys can come over whenever you want if you don’t manage to find what you’re looking for today. Just remember to lock the gates when

you,” Leanna thanked the elder

at that. “Don’t worry about it. Just be sure to lock the gates when you leave. Someone will

your help.” Leanna

to see this pocket watch model again after two decades. I guess you can

away, Zoe had already started flipping through

said this pocket watch model’s purchase information would be sent to the headquarters, they

records, there

ladies flipped they knew

the sound of a phone vibrating broke

her nose, Leanna pulled her phone out of her pocket in her hand down and

are you?”