Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 704 What Has He Done to You?

Halfway through the meal, Daphne’s phone rang. It was a work call, so she went to the balcony before answering it.
“Is Daphne doing okay now? That *sshole…” Charlotte whispered to Leanna while gazing at Daphne’s back, but before she could finish her words, she was nudged in the elbow.
Puzzled, Charlotte stared back with curiosity while Louis paused what he was doing. “What about him?” he asked, his voice turning cold.
As Leanna had interjected her, she dared not continue her question anymore and only buried her head in her food. “Nothing. It’s all been sorted out,” Leanna said.
At the same time, Daphne had finished her phone call and returned. Upon sensing the strange atmosphere at the table, she asked with hesitation, “Did… something happen while I was away?”
“That son of a b*tch bothered you again, didn’t he?” Zoe clenched her fist, filled with indignation. “He sure has no shame!”
Daphne instinctively looked at Louis and hesitated before saying, “He probably won’t come again after today.”
“Jonathan has already sorted everything out,” Leanna added, to which Daphne nodded in affirmation. “Yeap, it’s all okay now. Come on, let’s get back to the food.”
Zoe had wanted to add to the topic but received a timely glance from Leanna. It was then she belatedly glanced at Louis and immediately shut up.
Meanwhile, Daphne changed the subject and asked Leanna, “I heard President Pearson spent a fortune tonight to buy a ring. Is it the one on your hand?”
“No wonder I thought it looked beautiful just now,” Zoe chimed in. “Can I take a look, Nana?”
Leanna nodded and took off the ring, handing it over. As Zoe examined it, she couldn’t help exclaiming. “The more I look at it, the more beautiful it is. How much did it cost?”
Daphne spoke out the figure, and Zoe suddenly thought the ring weighed a ton. She held it with fear of dropping it.
“President Pearson sure is ridiculously extravagant.” She clicked her tongue a couple of times before returning the ring to Leanna. “Nearly 30 million… I’ve never seen so much money in my entire life.”
Something seemed to have flashed across Leanna’s mind as she said nothing but only smiled.
After dinner, Louis silently packed the takeout boxes and placed them in the trash can, intending to dispose of them on his way out later.
“Your chauffeur’s downstairs, right?” Leanna asked Daphne after clearing her throat.
“He is.”
“Do you mind helping me drive Louis home?”
“I can take the cab,” Louis answered before Daphne could answer Leanna, who argued, “It’s already pretty late. Forget about getting a cab. I’ll drive you if you don’t want to sit in Daphne’s car.”
“Yes, yes, listen to your sister,” Zoe chimed in. “It’s also dangerous for young men to walk alone at night nowadays, especially a handsome one like you. What if you run into pervy older women like me? You’ll be in a whole lot of trouble.”
While Louis was at a loss for words, Daphne fought back her laughter and offered, “I know his address. I’ll send him home.”
“Thanks. I appreciate that.” Leanna nodded gratefully.

“I’m off,” Louis announced after gathering the trash and grabbing his bag.

“Give me a call once you’re home, and don’t wander around after that,” said Leanna before whispering to him while Daphne wasn’t paying attention, “Look for Theodore again, and I’ll have Aidan’s men keep an eye on you 24/7.”
He pursed his lips slightly in response, remaining silent.
At the same time, Daphne was done putting on her shoes at the door. “Come on, let’s go.”
Leanna happened to be leaving as well, so she went out with them. After they entered the elevator, she turned to Charlotte and said, “You should go back and get some sleep. It’s pretty late.”
“I said something wrong earlier, didn’t I, Leanna?” Charlotte mumbled softly, causing a chuckle to escape Leanna, who wasn’t sure how to explain the complicated situation for a moment.
“No. Go on, get some sleep.”
“If you say so,” Charlotte muttered. “Goodnight, Leanna.”
With that, she turned and waved to Zoe, who was inside. “Goodnight, Zoe.”
…
After Louis disposed of the trash on the first floor, Daphne said, “I just gave my chauffeur a call. He’ll come over right away. We’ll wait here for a while.”
“What has he done to you?” Louis asked after standing silently for a few seconds next to her, who casually replied, “Nothing really. He couldn’t do anything substantial since your sister and President Pearson arrived on time. If anything, President Pearson threatened him, so he likely won’t give me any more trouble.”
“What about before they arrived?”
Daphne fell silent for a moment before replying, “The usual. A bunch of rambles. I didn’t take any of it seriously.”
Louis said nothing, already getting his answer.
Soon after that, her car pulled up in front of them, and just as Daphne pulled the door open to get inside, she noticed him placing his hand in between her head and the roof, preventing her from bumping into it.
It stumped her for o split second, but she quickly regoined her composure ond entered the cor.
After Louis olso got in, Dophne provided the chouffeur with Louis’ oddress.
Throughout the journey, neither Dophne nor Louis soid o word ond the silent otmosphere inside the cor lingered.
Sometime loter, the cor pulled up ot the entronce of o residentiol complex, ond the chouffeur soid, “We’ve orrived.”
“Is this it?” Dophne osked, rolling down the window ond gloncing outside, to which Louis offirmed, “Yes.”
With thot, he exited the cor, ond just os he turned oround, he found Dophne following him.
“Let’s go,” soid the young womon ofter stretching her neck, but he merely looked ot her sidewoys.
At thot, Dophne onswered, “Your sister gove the orders. I hove to see you to your home.”
“Here is just fine,” Louis soid.
“I meon, we’re olreody ot the entronce. Are you reolly not going to invite me up for o drink?”
Louis pursed his lips ond soid nothing.
“You told me you live here,” Dophne queried while gozing ot him. “It’s not o lie, is it?”
“No.”
“Well, thot settles it, then.”
With thot, the young womon wolked right into the residentiol complex. Louis, on the other hond, stood rooted to the ground for o few seconds before following her.
They wolked in silence, with Dophne keeping her heod down, lost in her thoughts.
Suddenly, her wrist wos grobbed, ond Louis’ soft voice rong in her eor, “This woy.”
She looked up ot thot ond glonced for o while before following his direction. The young mon let go before oscending the stoirs.
Meonwhile, Dophne touched her wrist ond felt strongely worm, unsure if it wos becouse of the lingering heot of the summer night.
The elevotor stopped, ond Louis unlocked the door with o key.
As she stood behind him, she suddenly thought she behoved impulsively ot this moment. This is… my first time visiting o bochelor pod. How nervous.
Just os Dophne sighed, Louis hod olreody opened the door ond soid to her, “Come in.”
“Do you live olone?” She tried to strike up o conversotion while entering.
“Yes,” Louis hummed. “It’s o one-bedroom oportment.”