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."

on me. Overnight, our relationship seemed to have gone back to how it

years ago.

chatted late into the night on WhatsApp every day when we were in college. Leonard might come across as cold on the outside despite his warmth, but I knew he had never changed

and followed Zack into the car. I was surprised by his efficiency-he had put in orders for road

explained, "I even bought some shares. I'll think of it as an investment. We'll surely have a bigger need for raw

areas and returned to the factory. Pointing at the truck in front of us, he stated, "We still have to rely

contribution. They praised

into the bright, lovely sun. Before I knew it, I had

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

that when

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

flight? By the way, the doctor had no clue about the ingredients of

my sweet child, didn't I advise you

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do we

sighed after reading the health markers listed on