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

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daughter there, and after the police had come, I hadn't returned.

I replaced the old lack with a keypad. It was broken," Emma said, r voice steady but laced with concern. "Eva, where are you now?

her a brief rundown of the situation. She didn't hesitate, saying e'd take time

time, I welcomed

but as I prepared to leave, a

was already waiting outside. The driver, a bright-eyed young guy, cheerfully Iped me with

in the light. With al ep breath, I removed it and placed it on

neck. My throat tightened, and

in holding onto the last fragments

then wrapped her arm around my shoulders. "Eva,

1. ay.

I was leaving Leonard behind, I knew I could. finally

just a single room, so there wasn't much to

managed to find this place; she's something else. If only she put this effort into her work," Emma remarked, her hands busy organizing

efforts are clearly misdirected. Now she's got what she wanted, right? A perfect match for a loser. I hope they lock themselves away forever and never

words. Just then, my phone lit up

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 other way. Think carefully before messaging

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

I couldn't understand Leonard. There was nothing left for him in our marriage. If this was just about revenge for the past, I'd suffer too;

love me as much as I had hoped. Maybe I was just an ideal he'd grown tired of once