Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 128

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Just as I was about to press Leonard for more details on his investigation, his phone started buzzing incessantly.

Clearly annoyed, he glanced at his phone, and his expression soured.

"Eva, this is all your fault!" he grumbled, shoving the phone toward me. I stared at the screen in disbelief- it was a string of messages from Alisa.

"Leonard, I'm back at the hotel, and it's so scary here alone."

"There's no one in the hallways. I don't even dare to leave my room."

"I only brought this one nightgown with me. Do you know where I can buy pajamas?"

The audacity of her texts was unbelievable. And the attached photo left nothing to the imagination-a practically see-through silk nightgown with little to hide.

I remembered her from fourth or fifth grade when she'd dressed like a tacky knockoff version of Cinderella. How on earth did she end up like this?

The phone rang again. Alisa was calling now, hoping Leonard would answer. With an exasperated sigh, Leonard tossed the phone at me.

You

taking a shower. And don't pass the phone back to me!" he called over his shoulder as he bolted for the

the phone, ringing

big boobs and no brains. As the battery percentage slowly drained from the constant calls, I shut off the phone. If Leonard had set up this playboy image for himself, it was his mess to clean up. I

involved.

and dug into the

just a clever businessman-he had taken some of the founding partners of my father's company with him to Melgrove and managed to establish a successful

had secured a few big projects over the years, and their reputation had

spent the last few years living lavishly

pictures of fancy meals, exotic vacations, and parties-the

a rich, carefree heiress.

behavior recently made me suspicious. Something was wrong. Unless she genuinely fell head over heels for Leonard, it would mean they were just coveting the Harmon family's status and wealth. The Green family had just secured a lucrative project a few months

find anything concerning online, I decided to leave

Alisa showed up at the office

to discuss the overpass project, and Leonard sent them to the conference

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their proposal. On the other hand, Alisa seemed to have shown up