Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Chapter 89 Divorce is Not an Option

"Oranda, what is in that Tean't-" Lessard said.

"Out," said before Leonard could even faishhis sentence.

Lan's voice carried a note of anger, and Leonard didn't dare disobey. He looked at me, then at fan, and finally left the study.

As soon as he was gone, I quickly spoke up. "lan, didn't we have an agreement?

We had agreed that he would help me with the divorce and that he wouldn't make things difficult for me.

But now, what was this? Am I supposed to be some ancient matriarch who had to accept concubines for her husband? Even Lily doesn't deserve that status! "Yes, we did, but clcumstances have changed."

La seemed older, and wearier, pressing his hand against his temple.

"Eve, you're a good child, and it's true that Lennard has been in the wrong. He's been reckless all these years."

I looked down, saying nothing. The whole Harmon family knew of his recklessness, but they were still a family and I was just an outsider.

Ian righed again when he noticed my silence.

"Leonard's health hasn't hilly recovered. Lily didn't just give him sleeping pills-there was taxin involved."

"She poisoned him?"

her child the only heir to the Harmon family. This sent

nodded. "We only discovered it recently. While it won't have a major impact on his overall health, the

take at least two years for the toxin to metabolize, and another year of recovery. That's

was likely that the next three years could

child Lily was carrying wasn't just her leverage

and looked at lan

Lily to marry him. No matter who's backing her, nothing they can offer her will

woman. She knows how to weigh her options and won't collaborate with outsiders,"

seemed like the perfect solution. Lilly despised me, but she didn't hate Leonard or the Harmon family. In fact, she was eager to become

into the Harmon family?

only Mrs. Harmon, and that will not change,"

one is better suited to stabilize the situation than

argue, but one look in lan's eyes told me there was no room

her unfitto marry into the

lists, trying to keep my voice

your help with my mother and me back then, but Leonard and I have no feelings let for each other. Isn't it better to get

helped you back then-it was Leonard, I won't take credit for something I didn't

the events of that

at my house and ended up falling

back and forth between hospitals. It was during that time that the Harmon family

was indeed a promising talent. The only problem was that Leonand had never let go of

who were out to hurt

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