Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 26

Chapter 26 Short Hair

The next day, I texted Leonard's secretary, Emilia, to take a leave of absence told her that I was busy without further context.

Emilia simply replied to me with an "okay", and she didn't probe further. Emilia worked for lan, and she was also Leonard's best assistant. Requesting leave from her was equivalent to asking Leonard himself. After the heated argument last night, Leonard just thought that I was being unreasonable and was throwing a tantrum.

He texted me and told me that I would be considered to be absent from work. He also told me that my full attendance bons would be deducted this month. Healculated my salary and fill attendance bonus and found that they didn't account to much. At that thought, I wasn't too bothered about the deduction.

Emma had been waiting outside my apartment since early in the morning, she had also brought me a warm sandwich.

"I know you don't have much of an appetite, but you should eat something. People say that chemotherapy is very damaging to the body."

Under Emma's concerned and watchful eyes, I tried my best to eat the sandwich. She sighed in relief when she saw that I was eating. She drove me to the hospital. Idelt nervous when the chemotherapy began, even more so when I saw the young girl next to me who was bald. I unconsciously gripped Emma's hand tightly. Emma noticed the little girl too. She gazed at the young girl with sympathy. The girl's mother seemed to have understood how we felt, and she smiled belplessly.

"You can't avoid hair loss after chemotherapy. Instead of waiting for it to fall off, we thought it was better to shave all her hair off

The little girl nodded and said, "Don't worry, miss I can wear wigs! The wig store behind the hospital has many beautiful wigs."

The link get seemed to be around seven to eight years old. She was supposed to be living a carefree life.

me about a beautiful pigtail wig from the wig store behind the hospital. Emma grumbled, "The business

nodded, "Yeah. Let's check it

mouth, trying to say something But

most beautiful in my eyes! I will buy you

eyes, I nodded solemnly, "Twint the most expensive ene. Otherwise, you should grow

hair be. I'll buy you a wig

depressive mood seemed to have faded a little. Perhaps it

to stop the car. I

that I just wanted to get a shorter haircut, Emma accompanied me

my hair since high school, and I only ever trimmed my hair once a year. It was easier to

pity." The hairstylist asked me the same question three times,

wig. You

hair salon was close to the hospital, the hairstylist immediately understood what I meant. He

I simply smiled. After

snipped off my hair and kept it away. He encouraged

took care of my health, I would not die immediately, Death was inevitable, but I just wanted to die with dignity, I wished to live a

hair was the trend, and considered cutting my hair shorter, but Leonard

money on my hair every month. In response, Leonard said he would work hard