Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 1

After graduating from college, I dumped my penniless boyfriend and left the country with a trust fund baby.

Two years later, I was dumped. I returned to the country to find out that my ex-boyfriend had been succeeding in his field.

He pulled all sorts of tricks to marry me. Everyone said that he was deeply in love with me and was willing to bury the hatchet, but they did not know that he had been making his way through countless lovers as revenge on me. He asked me why I did not care or feel jealous about it. With a smile, I looked at him. "I'm already dying anyway. What does it matter?"

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On our third wedding anniversary, Leonard was setting off fireworks with Lily together on the beach. Curling up on the sofa, I called him again and again.

"I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable..." As the robotic female voice rang in my ears again, I blacked out.

I was lying in a hospital bed when I woke up. The doctor, Patrick Price, was hesitant to speak while he looked at me.

Calmly, I asked, "How much longer can I live?"

Patrick tried to comfort me. "There's still hope if you have surgery now and undergo chemotherapy periodically."

Expressionless, I stared at the ceiling. "This is my second relapse."

As my chest throbbed in pain, beads of cold sweat formed on my forehead.

is a new drug that could suppress cancer cells. Each injection costs

six months after the

Group's president, I was penniless. If not, I would not

bed, I packed my

was a few thousand dollars. Touching the pendant on my

my neighborhood, I went over to

me for? You should thank Buddy. I wouldn't have found out that you fainted if it was not for his barking. "Thank god the ambulance got here in time. You young people

retriever I had adopted a month after Leonard and I got married. That day, he brought a woman back to our

them. After that, he told me, "If you play with fire, you'll get burned. I begged you so many times back then, but you never looked back. You're getting what

a huge fight. Distressed, I left home and happened to see Buddy. Suffering from canine distemper, he was abandoned at the vet's doorstep. The vet complained as he carried the desperate dog inside. As his hopeless eyes met mine, I felt my heart aching so badly. Just like me, he

the vet my gold necklace to save Buddy's life. He was the one who had saved me this time. He nuzzled my leg and looked at me happily. Feeling

so I knew she would certainly help me out. As expected,

would at least have someone to care for him

overestimated myself. I did not have the

was generous enough to get me the most expensive clothes, bags, and jewelry. I was always the glamorous Mrs. Harmon in

his permission to wear the gowns and jewelry to events. Only then would his secretary open the cabinet for

these items as

glanced at my phone again. The company staff were still discussing Leonard and Lily's outing yesterday in the gossip

time? Doesn't he date

has to be. Lily has been with him for almost

How romantic! Did you guys see Lily's