Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 118

Chapter 118 Take a bet

Lily clearly didn't like the dingy metal shack we were in. After making the call, she left without lingering, seeming eager to escape the damp, musty air. The place reeked of mold, and the ground was covered in dust and rocks.

I knew little about minerals, but the scattered stones didn't seem ordinary. Exhausted, I eventually drifted off, using the rocks as a pillow.

Before I fell deep asleep, the hurried footsteps outside woke me up.

Lily and the delivery guy grabbed one of my arms, pulling me to my feet. Lily pressed her knife against my lower back

"You go out to the car and stall them. Remember, if I get caught, you get nothing!" she hissed.

The delivery guy, still groggy, reluctantly nodded before running outside.

Lily quickly popped two pills into her mouth, swallowing them with a gulp. I watched her suspiciously, but she just flashed a wicked smile.

"I take them to keep me alive. You don't need them.

"But how did you notify Leonard? How did he know where to find you?" she asked, her eyes narrowing as they landed on my necklace. With a sudden jerk, she ripped it off my neck. "Damn it! You've been wearing this the whole time. When did he put this on you?"

of me, and for the first time, I noticed

necklace on the ground, and a tiny GPS tracker fell

felt heavier. It was a tracking

tracker on me

on me? But,

gunfire erupted outside. Lily instinctively pulled me closer, pressing the knife against

getting out

There was only one exit, and it

softly. "Eva, how about we

""Bet about what?"

bet on whether he loves

sadness in her

you, how could

this, but he spent days, sometimes even sleepless nights, just to

years, he's been looking into it. It's almost...

sank. I didn't know what to feel. Why hadn't he told me he had been Investigating my family's past all

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are you telling me this? You think this will

it's a bet. Do you think he loves or does not love

was somewhat grim, with a