Chapter 672


    As he was being mocked by Heather, Zayne innocently looked at her. Sure enough, those who quietly


    smile at others would not end up well. He cleared his throat and decided to regain his power. “If you are


    willing to be my assistant, it’s most weed,” he retorted since he would not lose to anyone in the


    realm of teasing.


    Heather shifted her gaze to Leon. “I’m afraid the assistant you are looking for is someone like Leon.” In


    an instant, he was pulled into the conversation again, even though he only wanted to be a bystander.


    He immediately rified his position. Of course I have to stand on the same line as Heather! “I’m not


    interested in being your assistant, Zayne.”


    Zayne angrily eyed Leon. He could not believe that Leon had actually betrayed their ‘revolutionary


    friendship’.


    Since that was the case, he decided it was time for them to head home. “Anyway, we have already


    found out what we needed. You guys can leave now.” He was also exhausted at this hour and he would


    not allow the investigation to affect his sleep.


    Upon hearing that, Heather and Leon rose from the couch one after another. Sure enough, it was no


    longer early, so they could not continue to stay here and dy Zayne’s sleep. The both of them also


    had to sleep earlier to ensure that they had enough energy to attend the party radiantly the next day.


    “In that case, we’ll be leaving first,” she told Zayne after she stered a smile on her face, which


    humiliated him once again.


    He even wondered whether he had a masochistic inclination. Otherwise, why would I miss this woman


    who likes to torture me?


    After leaving Zayne’s ce, Leon quickly followed behind Heather. It was a rare asion for him to


    remain this quiet as he felt surreal after meeting Zayne today.


    The rtionship between Heather and Zayne was also worth contemting. Leon shot a nce at her


    from the corner of his eyes. Even though she had an impassive expression, he felt that there were


    some stories between her and Zayne.


    If it had been in the past, he would have definitely asked her, but he remained silent today. After all, I


    haven’t obtained her forgiveness. I don’t have the right to ask about her private matters.


    “Leon, I have something to ask you.” Heather broke the silence by opening her mouth with a hesitant


    expression on her face.


    “What is it, Heather?” Leon returned her smile after seeing her hesitation.


    Looking at the front gate not far away from them, she replied, “Let’s speak in the car.” Her tentativeness


    made him feel even more curious about the content of her uing question.


    They did not just casually walk in the neighborhood as they looked around their surroundings vigntly,


    worried that they could have been followed. They felt that perhaps they would be able to catch the


    person following them with this method.


    They did not find anyone suspicious along the way, but they themselves became the suspects as the


    security guard continued to stare at them.


    After exiting the main gate, they simultaneously heaved a sigh of relief and exchanged gazes with each


    other. It was a peculiar feeling as their peaceful lives in the past had now disappeared.


    Heather did not know when her enemies had exactly begun to n their attack. Was it before I


    returned to Bradfort City, or after? Why can’t I discover the truth even after I have exercised so much


    effort? Yet, day after day has passed just like that.


    The sound of the door being opened had yanked her back to reality. She quickly entered the car—this


    time, it was the front passenger seat. She believed that Leon knew where they were going next.


    The car slowly moved as she coldly looked out of the window. The night was immensely dark, so she


    wanted to have a look at the moon tonight.


    After noticing that she almost forgot what she wanted to say before, Leon kindly reminded her,


    “Heather, what was the question that you wanted to ask earlier?” He assumed that it was an important


    question that she found difficult to voice out.


    Heather turned around to look at him. She did not know how to broach the subject to him, because the


    question had already appeared in her head numerous times. Her suspicions were getting wilder and


    she needed to talk to someone about it.


    “What are you thinking, Heather?” He called her name again. He saw that her eyes were dazed and


    she did not have any reaction at all.


    Gently biting her lower lips, she answered, “Based on your understanding of Zayne, do you believe that


    it would take him so long to solve this case?” They did not make any progress for quite a while now, so


    her suspicions were directed at Zayne.


    Leon seemed to be suddenly jolted awake by her question. He had never thought about it before, but


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    since Heather had pointed it out, he began to carefully think about it.


    Seeing that he remained silent after a long time, she thought that he silently agreed to her assumption.


    She turned her head around again and looked at the blurry scene outside her window. She felt surreal,


    as though she was in a dream.


    After seriously giving it a thought, Leon opened his mouth. “Heather, perhaps Zayne’s abilities did not


    shinepletely, but I believe that he is not our enemy.”


    Heather curiously looked at him, not knowing from where he had arrived at this conclusion. “This


    kidnapping case is a constant torture to me. Both you and Zayne should be very clear about this point.


    Yet, he was unwilling to use his abilities to the maximum. This selfish act of his sounds extremely


    irresponsible to me.”


    He could hear that she was suppressing her emotions. Although she did not voice out any vicious


    remarks about Zayne, it was apparent that she was unhappy with him.


    Leon could understand her emotions, but he knew that it was not right for her to doubt her friend just


    because she wanted to save Myra so much. He felt that Heather had strayed away from rationality for


    quite sometime now.


    “Heather, doubting him for no good reason will ruin another friendship of yours. I think you should


    cherish your friendship with Zayne and that you should trust him.” He logically analyzed the situation for


    her. He did not want her to stray away anymore and he could not ept her irrational behavior at this


    moment either.


    “I know; I know about all these, but who can I believe now? I don’t have anyone whom I can trust right


    now,” she replied with a muted pain in her voice. It was difficult to build trust, yet it was incredibly easy


    to destroy it.


    “Heather, I already know that you don’t trust me anymore and you don’t even trust your own family, but


    I believe in Zayne.” Leon had trusted Zayne for no reason. Leon did not believe a man with that


    “Perhaps I shouldn’t have asked him toe here.” Back then, Heather thought that the case would be


    sessfully resolved as soon as she asked for his help. She did not expect for it toe to a


    standstill.


    She had seen Zayne’s capabilities before, so his excuse was not enough to convince her. Just because


    he is short of an assistant, he is not able to unleash his true potential? This is such a weak excuse!


    “Even my family and close friends would lie to me, let alone Zayne. I can’t even trust Matthias now.”


    Heather suddenly felt pathetic that she could not even trust the man she loved and her social circle was


    facing a trust crisis right now.


    Her trust was being slowly corroded just like a ck hole in the universe that would suck in all the


    surrounding matter. Defense naturally appeared within her and she tried to shield herself against the


    entire world. Now, she was fighting everyone alone.


    “Heather, we are both business people. If you are unwilling to trust your rtionships, you can trust that


    profit is the only thing that will unite people. When people facemon profits, they will be even more


    bonded. Trust will build up again in the face of mutual profits.” Leon did not know how to console her,


    so he used themon way of working together in the business field.


    “You’re wrong. Mutual benefit is an unfaithful b*tch who would rely on anyone on the side with greater


    benefits.” She did not believe in having the same profits. Even for people who had mutual benefits, the


    group could also be disbanded at any time.


    After seeing Heather’s reaction, he had no idea how he could console her. It seemed like there were


    some slight changes that were slowly corroding her world and he could not do anything about it.


    “Heather, in this case, do you still have anyone or anything you could trust in this world?” Leon’s eyes


    shed earnestly. He was worried that she could be mentally unstable and eventually destroy


    herself.


    “I don’t know. I’m not sure about it and I hate myself even more. I also hate everything that is


    happening right now.” With a pair of hopeless eyes, Heather thought, What should I do?


    He was quite positive that her mental health had further deteriorated. He already knew that she had


    some issues before this and it was the main reason why she chose to privately study psychology.


    The huge blows that came one after another had an immense impact on her. Leon was worried that


    she was on the verge of having a mental breakdown. She’s such an outstanding person, but she would


    also push herself so much that she would be insane.


    “Look at me, Heather.” He stretched out with his hands and grabbed her arms. When he saw her


    behaving like that, he was in pain as he felt sorry for her.


    “I don’t want to. I’m very confused right now. In my eyes, this world seems surreal and fake.” Heather’s


    behavior was bing even more abnormal.


    Leon then tightly held her arms and he shook her non-stop. “Heather, don’t be controlled by your inner


    demons,” he said worriedly. He even parked the car by the road after seeing her like this.


    Now he had both of his hands free, he turned her head toward him and stared into her nk eyes


    fixedly.


    “Heather, there’s nothing that could bring you down. Don’t make me look down on you.” Leon


    remembered the year when Heather was trying to heal on her own while everyone thought of her as


    cruel and heartless.


    At that time, her eyes would be terrifying vacant and it was him who found her. He felt immensely sorry


    for her and he did not expect that she had this side to her behind the scenes.


    “Leon, I think I’ve lost myself.” Heather was usually confident. However, more often than not, confident


    people felt strongly inferior deep down.


    “Don’t think about it too much, Heather. You are here right now and everything will be over soon.” Leon


    tried to cheer her up, not wanting her to continue being depressed.


    “I can’t get over it. As soon as I make the wrong decision, I might regret it for the rest of my life.” The


    past few months were enough to carve away all her confidence and power.


    She thought that she would finally be able to unleash her capabilities in Bradfort City, but it seemed like


    she had overestimated herself. She felt that she did not aplish anything and had disappointed


    many people instead.


    “Heather, you are not rted to the incident where Myra was kidnapped at all. Don’t lock yourself up


    with your own moral judgement.” Leon could not understand why Heather had cared about Myra so


    much that she would take the me for Myra’s kidnapping.


    “Not moral judgement. I was the one who let her down as I made too many mistakes. She is my best


    friend who apanied me through my toughest time.” With that, she remembered how Myra was like


    a glimmer of light in her life that shone through her back then.


    “Heather, you actually love her, don’t you?” He could not exin it anymore as he felt that Heather’s


    love for Myra had already surpassed the friendship zone. It seemed more like romance to him.


    However, Heather shook her head. “I don’t like women.” Leon would never understand her. Back when


    her rtionship with Myra was at its worst, Myra was maliciously kidnapped even before she could


    even apologize and make amends. As such, it gave rise to a huge guilt within Heather.


    Her guilt was so strong that it almost ruined her. She wanted to quickly save Myra and apologize to her


    earnestly. However, she was worried that she was unable to save Myra every night and the despair


    increased as each day went by.