Love's Change of Heart

In the meantime, inside a particular apartment.

Amanda stood by the window, peering through a small gap in the curtains at the people below.

Sure enough, there were several suspicious faces.

All those people had blocked all the exits she could use to leave.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel annoyed and began pacing back and forth in the room.

Since she received news that someone had discovered her whereabouts last night, she had been preparing to leave Highside. However, she didn't expect them to find her so quickly.

If she guessed correctly, these people would act once nighttime hits.

Amanda took out her phone and made a few calls, then opened the closet and began disguising herself.

Half an hour later, a group of young people on motorcycles suddenly appeared downstairs, cheering recklessly.

Although they weren't in the downtown area, there were still many passersby because it was the time everyone got off work. When the passersby saw this scene, they would frown and dodge to the side.

However, the motorcyclists had no intention of leaving and lingered around the apartment on their motorcycles, deliberately causing chaos.

One of Ron's subordinates said, "Mr. Ron, these are Mr. Thrane's men."

Amanda had been frequenting the underground casinos recently, and most of them were under Mr. Thrane's control, so it wasn't surprising that she knew him.

Those people were involved in all sorts of illegal activities and would do anything as long as they got paid.

Ron lowered his voice. "Don't mind them, keep an eye on the apartment. That woman should be coming out soon."

"But Mr. Ron, since this is someone Mr. Thrane wants to protect, should we—"

"Stop with the nonsense. Go home if you're afraid."

Fortunately, there were police patrolling nearby, and they quickly arrived at the scene.

Moreover, many residents had called the police, so more officers arrived one after another.

In the midst of this chaotic scene, a figure wearing a maintenance worker's uniform walked out of the apartment.

Although she had disguised herself, her hands holding the toolbox gave her out.

Ron immediately noticed the flaw and followed her.

At almost the same time, Keaton was also approaching Amanda from another direction.

Even though Amanda had her hat pulled down, she keenly sensed the two unfriendly men approaching her from both sides. When they were only a few meters away from her, she suddenly changed direction and quickly ran toward the motorcycle parked on the side of the road, then she stepped on the throttle and sped away.

There happened to be a motorcycle parked next to Ron. He swiftly got onto it and followed her.

Remembering Aidan's instructions, Keaton didn't dare to get too close to Ron. He touched his earpiece and told the others waiting outside, "She's coming out, wearing a gray maintenance worker uniform."

Amanda knew that there were probably people waiting for her ahead, so she deliberately drove toward crowded areas, not caring if she bumped into anyone.

Everywhere her motorcycle went, there would be exclamations from the crowd.

When she reached an intersection, she saw two black cars heading toward her, so she changed direction and headed straight for a group of high school students waiting for the traffic light.

One of the cars was forced to swerve and blocked the path in front of her and the high school students.

Seeing this, Amanda smiled with satisfaction and quickly turned a corner before entering the heavy traffic.

Although the other car was still following her, it couldn't maneuver through the busy roads like a motorcycle. Within a few seconds, her figure disappeared from sight.

Amanda didn't stop moving. Perhaps she was too confident in her arrangement, or she simply didn't care about anything else as long as she could save her own life.

She rode the motorcycle straight to her destination.

In the distance, Ron watched her figure leave and slowly stopped, then looked up at her destination with a furrowed brow.

...

On the other hand, Leanna finished the last dish and walked to the living room, picking up her phone to call Zoe.

Leanna asked, "Zoe, where are you guys?"

Zoe replied, "We're on our way back, but we're stuck in traffic, so it might take a while."

"Is Freddie with you?"

"Yes, he's with us." Zoe paused and tentatively asked, "Has President Pearson returned home?"

Glancing at the man beside her, Leanna answered, "Yes, he's back."

Zoe said, "Then you guys go ahead and eat. Don't keep him waiting for too long."

"It's fine. He often doesn't eat from noon until midnight when he's working, so he can survive starving for a while."

Aidan had nothing to say.

On the other end of the phone, Zoe suppressed her laughter. "It seems like the traffic isn't as bad now. We should be there in half an hour at most."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Leanna had just put away her phone when someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

Then, Aidan wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered, "What did you just say?"

While sitting on his lap, Leanna argued, "Was I wrong? You never take all my advice seriously."

She had just finished speaking when both phones on the table rang, one after another.

Leanna glanced at Aidan's phone and saw it was from Keaton.

At the same time, Aidan looked at her phone and saw it displaying an unknown number.