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.

te

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

number again. "Emma, did you

the police had come,

in, and I replaced the old lack with a keypad. It was broken," Emma said, r voice steady but

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

I

but as I prepared to leave, a deep sense of loss

Emma arrived, the van was already waiting outside. The driver, a bright-eyed young

ring finger, roy wedding ring gleaming in the light.

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

no point in holding onto the

me with concern, then wrapped her arm around my

1. ay.

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

wasn't much to clean. The cleaning lady had done a thorough job, even dusting

managed to find this place; she's something else. If only she put this

got what she wanted, right? A perfect match for

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

sent me dozens of messages, and with a sigh, I opened one. There was a 59-second voice message waiting for me, but I didn't bother to listen, I typed out my reply. "Leonard, we can only get a divorce; there's no

turned off my phone, dismissing any concem about

was nothing left for him in our marriage. If this was just about revenge for the past, I'd suffer too; these

still love me, but after everything, I realized he didn't love me as much as I had hoped. Maybe I was just an ideal he'd grown tired of once he had