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.”

…

in an air of oppression. All the servants were shying away from her, just

moment she entered the living room, a servant came over and said,

in a flurry of skirts without bothering to

for a few seconds before her feet carried her in the direction of Lloyd’s

door and said dispassionately, “To what do I

head behind a

was seated, he pushed a document before her. When she swept

curled her lips into a smirk and deliberately

and merely said, “I know that you and Georgina have always been in a conflict because of Aidan, but no matter what, your squabbles should stay within the

as she inspected her nails. “I’m not

you’re the cause of this conflict. When the time comes, as long as you come forward and clarify that these

could easily handle a person like Karen with a twitch of his fingers. He only had to manipulate some facts to

watching him and Leanna, he didn’t want to take the risk. Hence, he wanted her to come forward and deny

she denied 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

you

thought of myself as the 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 less?” she enunciated slowly. She was playing with fire, but with

you’re a member of the Crossley Family,

deal, Mr. Crossley. Even though I’m living with the Crossleys, I’ve never enjoyed any benefits of actually being one. So, what are these

saw that she wasn’t going to let the matter go so

said, “State your

a daring

brought with her and placed them before him in a

he said, “This is what I’ve promised you before. If this is what you want

you know that rather than asking for the shares of Crossley Group, I would prefer

bubble up in his heart as