Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 31

Chapter 31 He is My Husband

"Whose could it be besides to Lily asked, removing her earrings and wearing a smag smile

She added, "Tm going to dinner with estonight. 1 don't want to embarras him, so need to dress appropriately.

"That's why he asked me to come and pick out the clothes and jewelry. Since you haven't worn most of these clothes, 1 agreed, though reluctantly. If it weren't for the time crunch, I would have had tea getme new one."

She put the earrings into her bag and put on the jewelry right in front of me.

Emina stepped forward, but I stopped her. "Emma, forget it!

"Forget it? she's gotten so tullet herself oft don't wach her a lesson, I'll eat my hat!" she said.

She was ready for a fight, but I shook my head and pulled out my phone to call Leonard,

In situations like this, arguing with Lily didn't help. Since Leonard had practically let her take a place in our marriage, I needed to set things straight with him. If he had agreed to a divorce, it would have saved us both from dragging it out "The number you have dialed is tumedoft."

number

She smugly fixed her hair and said, "I know you need permission to wear the jewelry and dress, but I don't. Love or not, it's clear as day. Do you really think you can compete with

times, but Leonard's phone was unreachable every time, Lily had a glint of triumph in her eyes. I

was ready to condront Lily "You little bitch, I'm going to teach you

back fimlyand

I'm Seeing me calmly shake my head, Emma was stunned for

voice, said, "Hello, 911? There's a burglary happening here. Please come

activated the anti-theft mode on the electronic door lock using my plane. Now, not even the highest authority could get through without admin access to the

hear Lilybanging on the door and

you old hag! Have

me this way,

door right now, you

no matter how much she yelled, I

subtle thumbs-up and said,

a direct confrontation, so I let the police handle it. As long as I

five or six minutes of yelling, she realized I wasn't going to open the door, so she started smashing things instead. could hear things breaking and couldn't help

she'd hedealing with the consequences for years to

sented cautious and only broke a few things

tears again. Thad perfected this routine. Il almost felt like a waste not to play the sweet-faced troublemaker. After

get these things. None

arm