Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Good Performance at Work

Since Leonard had agreed to reimburse the expenses under occupational injury, I had no intention to cut costs for him. Besides, I had my personal motives this time.. Today, it like Leonard was looking at me differently, and it reminded me of our past.

At night, after organizing all the receipts, I sent it all to the accountant, Zoe Holland. After half an hour, she finally replied to my text,

Zoe asked, "Is this your medical record! Did Mr. Harmon agree to reimburse this?

Treplied, "Yes. Fil discuss it with you tomorrow."

new Zoe must've been shocked. After all, nobody in the company knew that I was sick

o had been working for the Harmon Group for years, and she was handpicked by lan to assist Leonard. Because of that, I trust that she would not carelessly call anyone about it. Also, I trusted that if Leonard asked Zoe about it, she would tell him the truth.

As I continued holding my phone, the screen displayed the chat between Leonard and me. It made me wonder how Leonard would react when he found out that I was really sick The next day, I went to the finance department with my receipts. When Zoe saw them, she was baffled.

a were pulling a prank in me. Are you sure you want the company to reimburse this?"

"Eve, is this real? I thought you w

determined to claim the reimbursements. Otherwise, I would have to pay for the bills out of my

When she saw the receipts, she paused for a

Patrick was worried that my wound might reopen. The receipts detailed how Patrick gave me another examination and

records, I believed that if anyone wanted to access the records, they would definitely

"Did Leonard tell you that it

and said, "He said it's considered an

"Did he ask more?"

to say. If Leonard had asked more, he would've found out about my sickness-but he

deep sigh. My last bit of hope was finally gone. Leonard didn't care about me. Of course, he was

last few months, I had been placing my medical report near the place where he

would be like a male lead in a novel. I imagined he would feel regret when he found out that his wife

medical report. In the end, 1 threw the report away

in the company knew about the relationship between Leonard and me, but Leonard still brought many women with him to the office. Almost everyone knew that I was

Leonard refused to let me pa. Various rumors had been spreading

my receipt and then gazed at me sympathetically. "Eva, you have the brains and the looks. Why bother? You should focus on warning more money, do you hear me?

agreement. Perhaps, that was the

was real Suddenly, 1 felt emrious of Lity. She had it all figured out when she was at the peak of her youth. Before I left, I reminded Zoe to not tell Leonard about it Zoe looked

change. He's only going to think that I'm trying to gain pity. Forget it." I thought it

I left the finance department, I saw Lily proudly showing off

a long waiting list. If you