Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 278
After a while, he replied nonchalantly, "Now that you bring it up, I do regret it."
"Then, you might as well see Georgina now. It might not be too late." She rose to her feet. "It's late. I shall take my leave first."
She took barely two steps when he held her wrist to pull her into his arms. Before she could free herself, he wrapped his arms around her waist and raised his brow. "Jealous? You don't want me to go?"
Leanna kept a straight face. "I like someone who's hot."
He smiled as his gaze swept across her chest. "Me too."
Realizing where he was looking, she covered her chest and her cheeks flushed. She scolded, "You pervert!"
"How am I a pervert? I'm just liking the same thing as you."
Leanna was rendered speechless.
This man is outta his mind!
"Get away from me!" she commanded fiercely.
He tightened his arms around her waist and rated his chin on her shoulder instead. In a deep voice, he said, "Don't move. Stay like this for a while."
"Didn't you say you regret it, President Pearson? Why don't you hug Georgina?"
"Alright, I was just joking. Look at you being all jelly."
"I—" She was at a loss for words.
Aidan suggested, "I'll send you back half an hour later."
"Aren't you super busy?"
"Work can't be finished in a day."
Leanna held her tongue for a moment. "But why thirty minutes?"
"It's rare for you to come to me. It will be a waste to just let you go like that," replied Aidan.
She zipped her lips, blaming herself to ask such an overkill question while knowing his intentions.
A few minutes later, he piped up, "What's the question you wanna ask me?"
The corner of her lips wavered, yet the words stuck in her throat because she did not know what to say.
"Well, take your time."
Sitting on his lap, she could clearly hear his heart pounding. A few seconds later, she placed her hand on his chest.
Aidan flinched a little and intended to say something when she ordered, "Don't speak."
He licked his lips while his eyes fixated upon her. Her hand rested on his chest all along, feeling his steady heartbeat despite the garment in between.
After a while, Leanna withdrew her hand and murmured, "I'm done with my question."
"What?" He could not follow.
"Nothing." She checked the time. "It's late and I have work tomorrow. Please send me home."
The glint in his eyes darkened as he remained silent. Then, she raised her head at him. "Are you going to give me a ride? Should I hail a cab?"
"I'll do it." He released his grip after which she rose from his lap and primped her clothes.
He grabbed his coat. "Let's go."
Along the way back, Leanna wound down the window a little and stared outside with a faint smile.
Once the Rolls-Royce halted at the apartment, she was going to unbuckle the seatbelt when Aidan suddenly yanked her to his direction. She met his deep gaze and blinked her eyes.
He gulped down his saliva before questioning in a low voice, "What did you ask?"
"It's a secret," she replied.
He approached her. "Are you really not telling me?"
"Don't you have a lot of secrets too, President Pearson? We're even."
"What is there that I haven't told you?" he inquired.
After giving it a thought, she decided to sway away his naugthy hands. "You should know that yourself, President Pearson."
As Aidan had indeed not told her something, he admitted his actions and fell silent.
Based on his silence, Leanna assumed that she had won this time round. "I should get going. Be careful on your way home, President Pearson. Good night."
When she turned around and was about to grab the doorknob, his voice resounded next to her. "Leanna McKinney."
"What—" She looked back reflexively and something pressed against her lips before she could say something.
Observing her reaction, he noticed that she was not refusing it. As such, he locked her head to slowly deepen the kiss.
…
Alighting from the elevator, Leanna delved her hands into her pockets and her footsteps shuffled lighter than before.
She entered the password and pulled the door open only to see Zoe standing by the door frame with her arms crossed, staring at her dubiously.
Feeling guilty by the scorching gaze, Leanna feigned a cough and touched her nose. "I-It's late. Why haven't you gone to bed?"
"That's my question. It's late. Where have you been?"
"I was hungry and went out to grab something. If I knew that you're still up, I would've bought something for you," Leanna reciprocated hurriedly.
Zoe raised her eyebrow and questioned, "What did you have?"
"B-Barbeque."
"Hmm… No wonder your lips are swollen."
Leanna let out a wry laugh and attempted to give her last-ditch effort. "Yeah, we should have it together next time. It's just down the street and it's full of customers. I didn't notice it before—"
"Enough. Your lies are going further out of space."
Leanna quickly sealed her lips and held onto her hands with her head hung low like someone who had done something wrong.
"Are you going to move out soon?" Zoe tested the water.
Leanna was baffled for a moment. "What are you thinking about?"
Zoe heaved a sigh. "That's great, then. Otherwise, you're taking things too fast. I'm afraid I'll be the only single one without a husband."
Leanna's eyelids flickered as she glossed it over. "I mean, it's quite late now. I'm tired. Let's get some sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow."
She then rushed into her bedroom whereas Zoe watched her and clicked her tongue before strolling into her own room.
Just how nice it is to have a partner. I wonder when I will be able to date someone.
Leanna lay in her bed and could not sleep at all because she was fully awake. Lifting her hands midair to look at her palms, she thought she could feel the man's warmth lingering on her fingertips.
A normal resting heart rate for a grown-up ranges from sixty to seventy beats per minute, yet it would increase when one was facing the person they liked.
As she received the answer for her question, she could not smother her smile while snuggling under the blanket. She then spent the whole night without a wink of sleep.
When Zoe finally got up from bed at such a late hour the next day, she saw Leanna's busy figure in the kitchen, humming lightheartedly. Clearly, it seemed like she was in a good mood right now.
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