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

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

no longer hold back she threw her bagaside and was ready to condront Lily

back fimlyand said,

Seeing me calmly shake

dialed grand, with a choked voice, said, "Hello, 911? There's a burglary happening here. Please come quickly." tmma's hand, which had been rolling up her sleeve, is Seeing that both she and Lily were momentarily stunned, I quickly pulled her toward the door, opened it, and

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

could hear Lilybanging on

you old hag! Have

if you dare treat me this way, Leo will make sure

right

how much she yelled,

me a subtle thumbs-up and said, "Eva, you're

so I let the police handle it. As long as I didn't let it get to me, the

I wasn't going to open the door, so she started smashing things instead. could hear things breaking and couldn't help

enough that she'd hedealing with the consequences for years to

a few things before she stopped and

almost felt like a waste

equally unyielding and said, "Mr. Harmen asked me to get these things. None of them belong to Eva Why

Just look at my arm the