Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean)
Chapter 671

The atmosphere was making them both feel bad. While Leon was uncomfortable with Heather not telling him everything, he could not even complain about it because he knew that he deserved it. He now slightly regretted his decision to accompany her here. He felt that she might be even more comfortable being alone and that his presence had made her feel confined.

Meanwhile, Heather shifted her gaze elsewhere. In the past, she had been the most at ease when she was with him, but now, Leon's figure was like a heavy stone that rested upon her heart. The barrier between them really ruined their friendship.

Both of them hoped that Zayne could quickly walk out of the room to resolve the awkwardness between them while Leon constantly looked at the door.

Without a phone in her hands, Heather could not even replace something to pass the time. Looking at the huge television in the living room, the only remaining option for her to salvage the awkwardness hangin in the air was to switch the device on.

Leon had initially lowered his head to look at his phone. Upon hearing the sound of the television, he turned to look at it-there was an advertisement playing at this moment.

After he noticed that her eyes were glued on it, he shot a gaze at her from the corner of his eyes. When he saw her attentiveness, he felt even more ashamed of himself.

Even though Leon did not think that his previous actions had badly hurt her, Heather's subsequent attitude made him feel really remorseful. The relationship that he spent so long to nurture was destroyed easily just like that.

He felt that he should take the initiative to do something. After he thought about it, he walked to her and sat down beside her without much space between them.

He could even smell the fragrance from her body, but he could also feel her stiffen.

"Heather, I used to think that what I did was not a big deal. It's only now that I realize how wrong I was," he spoke in a low voice that had a tinge of sorrow.

"Do you really think that you are wrong?" Heather gently asked Leon as she still did not see an earnest remorse in his eyes.

He nodded. "Heather, I think I've done something that I should have never done. I seem to have destroyed our friendship and your trust in me." When he recalled the huge effort he had thrown in back then, he hated himself. After a pause, he continued, "I spent such a long time nudging you to open up to me. I've even wasted all the hard work I did in the past."

After hearing Leon's words, Heather felt slightly wistful. She had no idea what to tell him and his current behavior made her ask herself whether she was being too sensitive. She somehow thought of Myra at this moment. Back then, I did such an awful thing to her and destroyed her first love. What I did was much worse than Leon's actions.

Heather considered whether she should forgive him. Now that they were in a crisis, she felt that she should not have an argument with him at this moment. Thinking about how well he had treated her back then, her resolve wavered even more.

"Don't think too much into it. We are still friends. It's just that we have different bottom lines and different perceptions on things," she consoled. In fact, she could understand why Leon would do something like that-in his world, doing such a thing would not hurt their friendship at all.

"Heather, I thought I've already lost you," Leon responded as he looked into her eyes while trying to distinguish the truth in her words.

"No, it's just that I need more time." When Heather heard his sad words, she felt awful about it and somehow remembered Matthias. I always have so many rules that hurt those around me. I also test their bottomlines often, but I always push the blame on others.

"Heather, I know it's going to be difficult for you to accept this, but I really know where I messed up now. Can you please don't give up on me?" Leon even stretched out his hands to grab her arm like a child. She did not push him away, but she did not know what to tell him as she looked at him. She saw the panic in his eyes and knew that she had really shocked him this time around.

They were so focused on their conversation topic that they did not realize Zayne's arrival to the point where they never heard him opening the door. Looking at their weird posture, he could not help but frown.

In fact, he was quite curious about the relationship that the two of them had. It was too close to say that they were just friends, but it was way overboard to say that they were lovers.

He touched his beard as he thought about it. Logically speaking, such a situation would not happen to Heather and it was true that he could not even see a hint of romantic interest in her eyes.

On the other hand, it was obvious that Leon had suppressed his deep love for her. Even though he hid it well underneath his eyes, Zayne quickly saw through him.

Zayne joked, "Am I disturbing the both of you?"

Leon finally released his grip on Heather. Even though he was usually thick-skinned, he felt slightly embarrassed at this moment. The way he looked earlier was just too humiliating.

She also shifted her body to keep a distance from him. After all, it seemed rather inappropriate to have such intimate behavior with him in front of Zayne.

Zayne also went to the couch and sat on the other side next to Heather. Then, he took the remote and switched to another channel. Tilting his head, he asked, "Why do you like to watch advertisements? Why do we even switch on the television? It's all because of the prime time series at eight."

With that, he changed the channel to one that was airing a television series. While she had no interest in television series, he had enjoyed it a lot.

A detective series was being played on the screen. Leon did not expect for Zayne to like detective series as many of them were so exaggerated that they were different from reality. Because of that, he thought Zayne would regard these films in disdain.

"Heather, it's not cute for a girl who dislikes television series," Zayne continued to tease her.

However, she merely replied coldly, "Did you replace out about the person I asked you to investigate?"

Upon hearing that, he shrugged. "I've found him, but there are no criminal offences. I just think that he looks quite different, as if he is hiding something." He still had not found any concrete evidence to accurately prove his suspicions.

"I don't remember much about his looks. I've met many people in my life and I don't think there's anything special in his looks. Actually, he's so ordinary that I would just forget about him after taking just one look." Heather even suspected whether Zayne had even found the correct person.

"No, no, no. I'm talking from a physiognomy perspective. You don't know much about this, Heather." He knew very well that she did not have any exposures in the subject and that she was quite disdainful about this.

"Really? Is there really a scientific proof of physiognomy?" Heather had lived abroad for many years, so she did not study about this topic at all. On top of that, she was not interested in it anyway.

"Of course," Leon replied. "Physiognomy is a complicated subject." He was quite interested in the subject, but he could not replace a good teacher.

Zayne nodded in approval and shot Leon a look of encouragement. "Very well said. It's complicated knowledge."

"Let's stop talking about it. I would like to know what exactly you have found out." With that, she looked at him as she did not want to discuss physiognomy at this moment. She just wanted to know the truth. With a troubled expression on his face, Zayne answered, "I didn't replace out about anything. His life is quite ordinary and I can't even replace anything suspicious about him." It was the most troublesome to investigate an ordinary person. It's just like replaceing your life partner. If you are replaceing your partner based on your feelings without any specific requirements or red flags, it's the most difficult. What does it mean by no requirements? And what are the 'right' feelings?

"In that case, for the time being, it shows that he's not with the same group of people who kidnapped Myra," Heather responded after she thought about it. The first possibility she wanted to eliminate was this. As for the other related matters to him, it was unimportant to her.

"So, this is what you care about the most." He stared at her in speechlessness. It's so difficult to guess what women are thinking!

"Now, I'll suspect whoever I meet to be a part of the gang who kidnapped Myra. It's a natural thing." Heather thought that it was completely reasonable for her to think that way and she had no idea why Zayne was so shocked.

Zayne nodded in agreement. "For the time being, it's impossible for him to have any connections to the kidnappers. The worst case scenario is that he's just a scammer." He suddenly understood the situation. I have to prioritize the kidnapping case the most. As for the potential scammers who have set their eyes on Heather, it's not that important. Judging by her intellect, she would not be deceived.

Upon seeing that he could not contribute to anything in their conversation, Leon merely looked at the television in silence. The detective series was not as boring as he thought. Even though it was rather exaggerated, it was also quite close to the actual scenario in real life.

"In that case, let's ignore him," Heather concluded. "If he really is a scammer, he will definitely replace ways to get to me if I ignore him. He might even look for different ways to catch my attention." Zayne smiled. "You're right; it's a usual tactic of the scammers. Since it's more likely for you to scam people rather than the other way around, I'm not worried about you at all.”

Even Leon, who was next to them, nodded after he heard those words. "How is it possible for anyone to scam Heather? She's an exceptionally bright and talented woman." He just wanted to increase his visibility, so he tried to make some jokes to attract their attention.

However, upon hearing that, Heather was slightly annoyed and she shot a cold stare at Leon. "Your words sound more sarcastic instead." With that, she looked at him with an understanding gaze, making him feel awkward in an instant.

Zayne merely looked at their interactions with curiosity. It seems like Leon has done something that let Heather down. This looks pretty interesting. What if Heather did something that let Leon down? What would they be in that case? At least it wouldn't be like this. I suddenly feel slightly sorry for Leon.

Leon scratched his head and laughed to mask his awkwardness. "Heather, I spoke too fast earlier without thinking about it and it was wrong of me." When dealing with Heather, we must remember to obediently admit to our mistakes.

Zayne did not expect that Leon understood Heather well and immediately admitted to his mistake. Now that he had already apologized, even if she was still annoyed, she could not say anything else. After noticing that Zayne had just watched the drama unfold between her and Leon with a sly smile, she felt even more annoyed and lectured Zayne as well. "You have been losing your detective's intuition lately. It seems like you really need an assistant when you are tracking people down."

After hearing her disdainful tone, Zayne's temper immediately rose. I can't believe that she dares to say something like this. On top of that, she said that in front of an outsider!

Leon was trying to suppress his smile since he never expected Heather to aim for Zayne this time. I'm safe, but not Zayne as the vicious Heather reveals her fangs.