Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 46

Chapter 46 It's All on His Dime

Since I'd already taken the day off, I just went back to my room and crashed. The second round of chemotherapy was tougher than the first. I couldn't tell if it was killing the cancer cells or trying to kill me instead. The side effects made me day heave for a while, and 1 had another nosebleed. After what felt like an eternity, I finally started to adjust to the situation about an hour later.

After a shower, collapsed onto the bed. Without Leonard around, the whole world seemed quieter, and I drifted off into a fitful sleep.

Unfortunately, Leonard wouldn't let me be. He even showed up at Emma's house. First, it was the non-stop ringing of the doorbell, then he started pounding on the door like a madman. "...val know you're in there. Open up!" he shouted.

Luckily, it was daytime, so none of the neighbors came out to yell at him. Istered the strength to deal with my discomfort and opened the door.

"What do you want? Lasked.

My appearance seemed to have startled him. He opened his mouth, but no words came out for a while. Just as I was about to close the door, he blocked it with his hand.

"Da, we need to talk," he insisted

against it.

""Let's talk here," 1sud

are you sick? wasn't Emma going for a checkup today. It was

smarter, I smirked, but clearly, he

for a check-up. He obviously hadn't done that. Instead, he had come to ask me, which showed that he hadn't bothered going to the hospital. But I didn't feel like explaining "Yes, just some low blood sugar

by my family is more reliable," he said with

I shook my head and said, "No need. What's there to see with low blood sugar levels? Just make sure you and Lily don't appear in front of me too much, and I'll be

stubborn today. His body

""Eva, don't forget

Emma Come back with me," he said and coughed alwardly. I continued to try keeping him out, but he refused to let up, making it clear that he wouldn't leave unless

company's anniversary celebration was coming up, so we'd separate afterward, and no one could say anything.

kept my eyes closed, trying to relax, worried I might faint if I wasn't careful. Fortunately, the ride was uneventful, and when we got

the

woman like me was unable to have children. If Leonard were gone, their families would be free to dhide up the inheritance. But she'd be disappointed be After exchanging a few pleasantries, I went straight to my room. I'd brought painkillers with me this time, so I could finally get a good night's sleep. But Lily wasn't interested in sleeping, or maybe she wanted Leonard to

she called in