Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 385

Zoe sat on the couch, utterly immersed in her thoughts. Her eyes were half-lidded, and she was as still as a statue.

Daniel stood opposite her, shifting on his foot when she left him hanging. After a while, he started wondering whether she might have fallen asleep and asked tentatively, “Why don’t you… put away the thing in your hands first? It’s kinda scary.”

When she heard that, her grip on the bat tightened, and he cleared his throat in discomfort before taking a step back.

After a few seconds, Zoe finally said, “The common enemy you mentioned. Do you mean Lloyd?”

Daniel nodded, and she pressed, “So, you and Georgina…”

“That was all for show. I approached her with my own motives, and despite knowing this, she still made use of me.”

A few seconds passed, and she remarked sarcastically, “Just a show, eh? Just like what you’re doing now?”

“Well… not really,” he fumbled for a logical reason. “We’re doing this for justice. The nature behind our actions is entirely different.”

“Mhm,” Zoe hummed, unconvinced.

After he waited for a few minutes, he slowly broached the question, “So, have you considered it?”

“Are you sure that they won’t harm Nana if I agree to put on this act with you?” she gazed at him sharply as she inquired.

“At least they won’t be able to blackmail her by trying to catch a hold of me, and if they tried from other aspects, I’d try to think of a way to stop them.”

Zoe furrowed her brows as she finally asked the one thing that had been bothering her the entire time, “Who the hell… are you? No, maybe I should be asking, what’s your motive?”

He smiled mysteriously and promised, “Once this act is over, I’ll tell you.”

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air of oppression. All the servants were shying

servant came over and said, “Miss McKinney, the master is asking for you in

left in a flurry of skirts without bothering to

few seconds before her feet carried her

and said dispassionately, “To what do

his head behind a pile of documents. “Take

confidently, and took a seat in front of him. The instant she was seated, he pushed a document before her. When she swept her

into a smirk and

didn’t pander to her games and merely said, “I know that you and Georgina have always been in a conflict because of

understand what you mean, Mr. Crossley,” Leanna said as she inspected her nails. “I’m not the plaintiff stated here. How is this related to

of this conflict. When the time comes, as long as you come forward and clarify that these accusations are false, the indictment will be

person like Karen with a twitch of his fingers. He only had to manipulate some facts to get the deed done, but

were watching him and Leanna, he didn’t want to take the risk. Hence, he wanted

it, then the chips would be in his favor since it would be obvious that Karen was lying. Plus, with a little bit of manipulation behind the scenes, he could easily present Karen as the true mastermind of it all. He could paint her as the person staging the whole

you could dream faster than you could make a wish, Leanna

victim in this incident the whole time. I’ve never received the apology I deserve, so why should I come forward for others, my… Bully no

Lloyd answered. “Since you’re a member of the Crossley Family, you

with the Crossleys, I’ve never enjoyed any benefits of actually being one. So, what are

his expression gradually sank when he saw

he said, “State

that. “You’re a daring man indeed, Mr.

always brought with her and placed them

I’ve promised you before. If

to let you know that

premonition started to bubble up in his heart