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.”

and pulled a large set of keys out with trembling hands from his pocket. He took a long while before

sure he can provide you with useful leads? He can’t even

smile on her face, Leanna nudged Zoe with her elbow

at the set of keys in his hands. If he tries them one by one, we’ll probably still

next second, the elder’s voice rang

answered the elder, then followed after him at

whiff of stale air and dust came at them, and Leanna couldn’t help

girls can consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will be demolished in two weeks, and

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

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.”

are so many documents here. If we look through them one by one, it’ll be next year by the time we find what

“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 look through the headquarter archives.” While speaking, he brought

toward them in

elder handed Leanna the set of keys and said, “You guys can come over whenever you want if you don’t manage to find

thanked the

gates when you leave. Someone will come and clear these documents when

appreciate your help.” Leanna nodded

his hand in response. “I didn’t think I would still be able to see this pocket watch model again after two decades. I

the elder away, Zoe had already started flipping

purchase information would be sent to the headquarters, they evidently didn’t just

purchase records, there

passed while the two ladies flipped they knew it,

the sound of a phone vibrating

pulled her phone out of her pocket in her

are you?” he