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

nodded. I was determined to claim the reimbursements. Otherwise, I would have to pay for the bills out

me how to organize the receipts. When she saw the receipts, she paused for a moment. "You're so young.

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

believed that if anyone wanted to

"Did Leonard tell you that

nodded and said, "He said it's considered an

"Did he ask more?"

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

let out a deep sigh. My last bit of hope was finally gone. Leonard didn't care about me. Of course, he was uninterested in what reimbursements I

had been placing my medical report near the place

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

my medical report. In the

still brought many women with him to the office.

pa. Various

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

in agreement. Perhaps, that was

money was real Suddenly, 1 felt emrious of Lity. She had it all figured out when she was at the peak of her

only going to think that I'm trying to gain pity. Forget it." I thought it would be better if Leonard never found

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