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

receipts, she paused for a moment. "You're so young. How is it possible that you're

my wound might reopen. The receipts

could see the records, I believed that if anyone wanted to access the records, they would definitely be able

"Did Leonard tell you

said

"Did he ask more?"

to say. If Leonard had asked more, he would've found out

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

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

lead in a novel. I imagined he would feel regret when

medical report. In the end, 1 threw the report

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

to let me pa. Various rumors

have the brains and the looks. Why

nodded in agreement. Perhaps, that was

Now, I finally knew that love was fake and that only money 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 at me confusedly in response. "What if

trying to gain pity. Forget it." I thought it would be better

left the finance department, I saw Lily proudly

bag that has a long waiting list. If you don't spend millions every year, you won't even be