Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 257
Even though Leanna tried to phrase it in a nice way, it wasn't hard to guess what she meant, and when she didn't say anything, he took it that she had admitted it.
"What if I told you that I like her?" he asked.
Leanna smiled. "Of course I'm going to believe anything you say. Furthermore, this is a question that concerns your privacy, so it doesn't matter even if you don't answer me."
"Well, it's not to that extent, but Miss McKinney, even if I have any motive, I think we should be on the same side. What do you think?"
The smile on Leanna's face fell bit by bit. The meaning behind his words was very clear to her as well. He expected her to be on the opposite side of Georgina, so even if she guessed that he approached Georgina out of some motive, she wouldn't use this as a hold on him.
After a while, she said, "For something so obvious, if I can see it, I'm sure Georgina could see it as well."
"That depends on what her ultimate goal is. Only when there is a common goal can we stand on the same line."
Now, Georgina merely wanted to use him as a tool to annul the engagement with the Pearson Family. Therefore, she didn't care for the reason he approached her.
On the other hand, even though Lloyd knew this very well, he didn't have any concrete evidence in addition to the fact that he had no idea about Daniel's background, so he wouldn't act recklessly either.
The smile reappeared on Leanna's face. "I got it."
Just when she wanted to turn around and return, Daniel spoke again, "You can probably tell that Georgina hates you very much, Miss McKinney. Throwing in what happened today, she would make things even more difficult for you. No matter what happens after this, you shouldn't do what you did today and quarrel with her in her face. After all, although some means are unimaginable, it isn't something that those people aren't capable of."
Softly, she nodded. "Thanks."
"You're welcome. Just as I said earlier, I'm on the same side as you."
When Leanna returned home, Zoe was still on the couch, clutching the pillow tightly as she focused all her attention on the TV, as though she didn't care about what they had spoken about.
Hearing the sounds from the door, she sat up and said, "Nana, I'm going to shower. You should go to bed."
"Okay, good night."
"Good night."
In the bedroom, Leanna sat at the desk and took out the pictures and pocket watch from the storage box. As she looked at it carefully, her thoughts couldn't help but drift away.
Using her best effort, she tried to recall all that was left in her memory, but there was nothing else besides the raging fire.
Minutes later, her head started to throb, and when she wanted to put the pocket watch away, Aidan's words suddenly popped up in her mind. Flipping the pocket watch over, she saw a string of numbers at the most bottom part.
That's probably the production number, she thought. But this is something from more than twenty years ago, will it really bring up any leads?
After a short moment of silence, she whipped out her phone and took detailed pictures of the pocket watch to see what she could find out once she had the chance.
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As it turned out, Aidan and Daniel were right; Georgina started to take action on her side because of what Leanna did during Mr. Jackson's birthday.
Within two days, a B-list actress named Carlile Mayer showed up at the studio, claiming that she had custom-made a bracelet here before but realized at home that the diamond that was used on the bracelet was a fake, and it was just a glass product that couldn't be any more ordinary.
When she came over, she even brought the media and demanded for her rights.
In a whisper, Zoe asked Leanna, "Look at this scene now. Doesn't it look just like that time when that tigress came here to make a scene?"
By now, it was clear who the one who staged those people back then was.
Leanna pursed her lips and explained, "She's really a customer from our shop, and she has been here more than once."
Judging from this, they reckoned that that girl had never been to the studio before, but she probably obtained from Carlile the items sold from the workshop.
"What should we do now?" Zoe asked.
Leanna considered it. "We'll ignore her and let her make a scene."
If this matter didn't blow up, how could she involve Georgina into it?
Obviously, Carlile came with a purpose. Not only did she go around the store, she also spent money to buy a spot on the hot topic search as well as a huge amount of paid supporters to lead the public opinion.
Back when Leanna was still working in Lux Jewelry, she once had a spot on the hot topic search and everyone knew her name because of this.
In a long post, Carlile complained that she decided to be Leanna's client because of a friend's recommendation, but she didn't expect to suffer such a huge loss in the end. This time, she was making this issue public not for the sake of compensation, but to share the lesson with everyone so they wouldn't fall for the scam again.
The minute this became a trending topic, two more people posted to echo the sentiment, claiming that they checked their own jewelry after reading Carlile's post. In the end, they found out that the jewels on their jewelry were all fakes.
After these posts, topics about Leanna's studio making fakes and scamming consumers dashed to the top of trending topics straight away with the words 'HOT NEWS' in the beginning of the headlines.
'Isn't she the designer of 'First Love' that is under Lux Jewelry? Did I just discover the Internet? When did she start her own studio?'
'That's the designer that was previously rumored to be a sugar baby, right? I followed the gossip for a few days back then, but I didn't expect that she's not only immoral but also has personality issues.'
'Luckily I've never bought anything related to her. The customers at her store have made a big loss. After spending the money, they got a piece of glass instead.'
'This makes me so sick. My dear Carlile must be really down on her luck to run into such a bloodsucker. I'm throwing up!'
Right then, someone else told the story of a highschool girl stealing money from her parents to buy the jewelry from Leanna's studio. All of a sudden, the public anger soared higher than before, and all sorts of mean things were said.
When evening came, the studio leisurely released a statement.
Regarding the accusations brought forward by Carlile and the two other customers, the studio didn't accept it and had entrusted their lawyers with full representation in this matter. As for the said forged jewelry, they had evidence in their hands to prove that the jewelry sold from their store at that time were certified and tested by authoritative institutions.
After this post was on social media, Daphne was the first to share it. Immediately after that, Harvey from Lux Jewelry and a few other celebrities shared and liked the post.
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