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

threw her bagaside and was ready to condront Lily

back fimlyand said, "Ema,

Seeing me calmly shake

tears immediately welled up in my eyes. Then I quickly dialed grand, with a choked voice, said, "Hello, 911? There's a burglary happening here. Please come quickly." tmma's hand, which

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

on the door and

Green, you old hag! Have you

dare treat me this way, Leo will

the door right now, you

no matter how much she yelled, I remained

me a subtle thumbs-up and said, "Eva,

confrontation, so I let the police handle it. As long as I didn't

door, so she started smashing things instead. could hear things breaking and couldn't help

damage would be significant enough that she'd

and only broke a few

fill with tears again. Thad perfected this routine. Il almost felt like a waste not to

me to get

arm the one who should be calling the