Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 144

Chapter 144 Worsening Health

"Eva, the car is here! Get inside now," Zack called out to me, much to Leonard's chagrin on the other end.

He grumbled, "Wow, that sure sounds intimate."

"What else is he supposed to call me? Ev? Evie? Vivi?" I rolled my eyes at Leonard. He became easily jealous as he aged.

"I'll skin him alive if he ever calls you by those nicknames!" He scoffed. "Didn't I tell you? You should never

"Don't worry. I will not spend time alone with him. I will not talk to him about anything outside of work. And I will keep you updated every day. You'll receive my WhatsApp message if there are any other developments. How does that sound, Mr. Harmon?" Leonard snorted again, but he could not stop a grin spreading across his face. "You'd better keep your word!"

His warm and playful tone immediately went back to sounding arrogant when his secretary knocked on

his door. "Come on in."

Then, he blinked at Eva on the screen. "I'm hanging up now."

me. Overnight, our relationship seemed to have gone

years ago.

come across as cold on the outside despite his warmth, but I knew he had never changed over the

put away my phone and followed Zack into the car. I was surprised

I'll think of it as an investment. We'll surely have a bigger need for raw materials

returned to the factory. Pointing at the truck in front of us, he stated, "We still have to rely on the most traditional transport, but things will move faster after the roads

rewarding our companies for our contribution. They praised us for providing ease

scenery made my heart soar. I stared up into the bright, lovely sun. Before I knew it, I had blacked

had been a while since I last fainted. Besides, I-believed my health had been

truth was far from that when I saw the worry in Zack's

I struggled to sit up in bed, and he immediately came

our flight? By the way, the doctor had no clue about the ingredients of your current prescription. I'll get him

sweet child, didn't I advise you to rest up? You're not completely out

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health markers aren't looking good again. What do we do? You're so careless about your

the checkup results, and I sighed after reading the health markers listed on