Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 104

hapter 104 Everything Will Be Okay

knew Mr. Harmon Senior would want to keep Leonard around to hatch a plan, maybe even to give him a ece of his mind.

crolling through Twitter, I saw the video's trending status had plummeted.

armon Group's legal team had issued a statement, claiming they'd contacted the police, who confirmed e video was an Al-generated face swap. They didn't bother mentioning that I'd been drugged or that Jill id the others had come to my rescue. I called, offering to help clear things up, but I turned her down.

ie Harmon family seemed well aware of Lily's involvement, and this was their way of shielding her.

valked into my room, opened the drawer, and pulled out the divorce agreement. I had printed dozens of iples, so I took out two, signed my name, pressed my seal onto the paper, and left them on the couch in e living room. lanned to wait for Leonard to come home and sign, but he didn't show up that night.

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e next morning. I booked a small van through an app to help with the move.

lidn't have much to pack-just a few personal items. No jewelry, just my clothes, shoes, and essentials.

ST scanned the room, my gaze landed on the red leash in the corner. It hit me hard, a reminder of iddy, who was living happily with someone else now. My throat tightened, and I tossed the leash raight into the trash. lidn't need Buddy to remember me; it was better for him to thrive with his new owner. Leonard didn't

ed the memory of a dog that once adored me, nor did he need to recall that I had ever occupied this ace

"Emma, did you manage to tidy

come, I hadn't returned. Emma had been. oking

keypad. It was broken," Emma said, r

I didn't sugarboat anything, giving her a brief rundown of the situation. She didn't hesitate, saying e'd take

I

prepared to leave, a

waiting outside. The driver, a bright-eyed young guy, cheerfully

glanced at my left ring finger, roy wedding ring gleaming in the light. With al ep breath, I removed

door, my fingers brushed against the necklace around my neck. My throat tightened, and with mbling hands, I took it off, setting it down beside the

the last fragments of my life with

then wrapped her arm around my shoulders. "Eva, everything will

1. ay.

be okay." I echoed softly. As long as I was

just a single room, so there wasn't much to clean. The cleaning lady

else. If only she put this effort into her work," Emma

she's got what she wanted, right? A perfect match for a loser.

at Emma's words. Just then, my phone lit up with Leonard's name flashing on

didn't bother to listen, I typed out my reply. "Leonard, we can only

I turned off my phone, dismissing any concem about whether he

was just about revenge for the past, I'd suffer too; these three years had been far from

to think he might still love me, but after everything, I realized he didn't love me as much as I had hoped. Maybe I was just an