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

claim the reimbursements. Otherwise, I would have to pay for the bills

me. She immediately told me how to organize the receipts. When she saw the receipts, she paused for a moment. "You're so young. How is it possible that you're having this disease? When

wound might reopen. The receipts detailed how Patrick

Zoe could see the records, I believed that if anyone wanted to access

Zoe's questions, I asked, "Did Leonard tell you

nodded and said, "He said it's

"Did he ask more?"

Zoe shook her head, I had nothing else to say. If Leonard had asked more, he would've found out about my sickness-but

My last bit of hope was finally gone. Leonard didn't care about

placing my medical report near the place where he

I imagined he would feel regret when he

didn't even bother to look at my medical report.

between Leonard and me, but Leonard still brought many women with him to the

let me pa. Various

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? Look at how Lily Jane

Perhaps, that was

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 at me confusedly in response.

pity. Forget it." I thought it

department, I saw Lily

has a long waiting list. If you don't spend millions every