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.”

keys out with trembling hands from his pocket. He took

you with useful leads? He can’t even

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

in his hands. If he tries them

rang

then followed after him at

doors were pushed open, a whiff of stale air and dust came at them, and Leanna couldn’t help coughing while fanning the dust in front

consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will be demolished in two weeks, and these documents will be sent for disposal. By then, it’ll be nearly impossible for you to find

warehouse and the documents placed on the rows of shelves. “Are all

believe me, but even though this pocket 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, they’re a

many documents here. If we look through them one by one, it’ll be next year by

need that long,” 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 of our retail stores, the information would still be sent to the headquarters, so you’ll surely be able to find the purchase information of the watch if you

them in response. Looks like we’ll

can come over whenever you want if you don’t manage to find what you’re looking

Leanna thanked the

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

you. I really appreciate your help.” Leanna nodded

hand in response. “I didn’t think I would still be able to

away, Zoe had already started flipping through

pocket watch model’s purchase information would be

from purchase records, there were

passed while the two ladies flipped they knew it,

then, the sound of a phone vibrating broke

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

are you?”