Love's Change of Heart

In Jamesdon, Leanna had just put the child to sleep when she walked up to Aidan and sat down next to him. “When are we going back?”

They had been staying here for two weeks and had more or less solved all the problems they came to solve. It was time to go back to Highside.

Aidan raised his gaze from the laptop screen in front of him. “Soon.”

“In another day or two, perhaps?”

Aidan nodded lightly.

Leanna said, “I’ll start packing, then. The little guy has so many things, and there must be a lot to pack up.”

She had just gotten up when Aidan pulled her back. “Wait. There’s something I have to tell you.”

When Leanna heard that, the smile faded from her face as she sat back down. “Did… something happen? Could it be that the little guy can’t go back with us?”

Aidan put down his laptop and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. “He can go back with us, but we have to wait a while.”

“What does that mean?”

“Not everyone on the medical team here can return to Highside with us. He still has some treatments to complete, so when that’s done, Waylen will take him back.”

“How long will that take?”

“Three months at most.”

Leanna lowered her head, not speaking for a moment.

Aidan reached up and scratched her chin, asking in a low voice, “Are you upset?”

“No, it’s just that I originally thought he could go with us.”

Leanna let out a sigh. Never mind, they had been waiting for so long; three months wouldn’t matter.

She would just convince herself that good things were worth waiting for.

Aidan said, “You want to have another baby, right? We can’t do it with him around either.”

Leanna fell silent.

She said in annoyance, “Can’t you say something proper for once?”

Seeing that her mood was getting better, Aidan raised his eyebrows slightly. “What do you mean? You’re the one who wants another child, right? How can we try with him around?”

“Oh, you…”

Aidan tightened his embrace on her waist as he pulled her closer to him. The tips of their noses touched, and he said in a low and alluring voice, “What’s wrong? Hm?”

“When you’re old and lying on your sick bed, someone might pull out your oxygen tube.”

There was a smile in Aidan’s dark eyes. “As long as you’re lying beside me, I don’t care if someone pulls out my oxygen tube.”

Leanna was speechless.

There he goes again, she thought.

She pushed Aidan away. “Fine, stop talking nonsense. We should go to sleep!”

Aidan pulled her onto his thighs and placed his chin on her shoulder. “You’ve been spending time with him all day, so spend some time with me too.”

“When did I—” Leanna was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly thought of something. She quickly changed the topic and asked, “What about Mom? Will she be going back to Highside with the little guy three months later?”

Aidan said calmly, “She’s not going back.”

Leanna asked, “Why?”

“Her real home is here.”

Leanna remembered what Naomi said back in the Woodleys’ community hall. Naomi had gone back to the Woodleys because she wanted to carry out her responsibilities as a child of the deceased Kian.

Leanna fell silent for a moment before saying, “What about Charlotte? Is she still going to Highside?”

Aidan answered, “I’m not sure about that.”

He paused for a moment and said, “Now that I think about it, she kept asking to see you, so you should pay her a visit before going back to Highside.”

Leanna nodded. “I got it.”

Two days later, after getting Waylen’s permission, Leanna took the little guy out on a trip.

Perhaps because he had stayed there for too long, when they went out, the little guy found everything fascinating. He waved his little hands as he babbled constantly. He looked very happy.

Aidan dropped Leanna off at the entrance of the mall, which was where she and Charlotte had agreed to meet. Aidan took out the stroller and placed the little guy inside, then said to Leanna, “I’ll come to get you later at night.”

“Alright.”

Leanna had just finished responding when she heard someone calling out to her from behind.

Charlotte had just gotten out of the car, and she waved excitedly at Leanna from a distance. “Leanna! Leanna!”

Leanna smiled and turned around, saying to Aidan, “See you. I’ll be off now.”

She was about to push the stroller toward Charlotte when Aidan unexpectedly stood in front of her, then planted a kiss on her cheek as he said with slightly upturned lips, “Don’t miss me too much.”

There were quite a lot of people at the entrance of the mall. When they saw this scene, they couldn’t help but stop in their tracks, taking a look at the couple with knowing and envious looks.

Leanna blushed a little. “Just go!”

The little guy smiled even more happily as he sat in the stroller.

After Aidan left, Leanna and Charlotte successfully met up.

Charlotte immediately focused on the little guy in the stroller as she bent over and played with him. “Whose child is this? He’s so cute!”

Leanna said, “Mine.”

Charlotte was a little shocked, but she soon remembered that when she went to Highside, she had seen baby products in Leanna’s house, and Aidan also mentioned that he had a son.

Leanna said, “Mine.”

Charlotte was a little shocked, but she soon remembered that when she went to Highside, she had seen baby products in Leanna’s house, and Aidan also mentioned that he had a son.

She stuck out her tongue in embarrassment. “Sorry, Leanna. I forgot…”

Leanna smiled. “It’s okay. You want to buy something, right? Let’s go.”

After the funeral, Charles probably started getting on Charlotte’s case, for he had grounded her all this while, and he didn’t even allow her to take a step outside.

Charlotte did feel a little regretful at first, but after getting grounded for so long, no one would be able to withstand that, so she started making a fuss at home.

Perhaps because her sincerity had shaken the heavens, her father finally agreed to let her out yesterday.

Be it in Highside or at home, Charlotte had gotten sick of staying indoors, so she began her shopping spree as soon as she stepped into the mall.

Soon, the bodyguards who were supposed to protect her from behind were now carrying all sorts of shopping bags.

Charlotte not only bought things for herself, but she also bought stuff for Leanna and Zoe, and she asked the shopkeepers to deliver the items at once.

Leanna couldn’t stop her at all.

When they arrived at the baby products section, Leanna realized Charlotte was about to dash in as if she were being baited. Leanna hastily pulled her back. “Charlotte, that’s enough. Stop buying. Any more and we won’t be able to carry them.”

Charlotte turned to look at the bodyguards behind her. Their hands were indeed full. “But I haven’t bought anything for the cute little guy. I’ll ask them to send the items to your home.”

“Please don’t. We can barely fit all his stuff at home.”

When Leanna was pregnant, she liked buying stuff for the little guy too, but she wasn’t as obsessive as Aidan and Charlotte. They would buy entire shops without warning.