Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 169

Chapter 169 Recollection

I looked at Rivaella in shock. "Didn't your mom undergo a bone marrow transplantation? Why did she die?"

I recalled Alisa saying that she found the incident strange. So, her mom probably went to Manovia for the surgery as well.

Rivaella also stared at me in shock. Then, her eyes were brimming with rage. "I knew it. You and your family knew about my mom's case, but you guys wouldn't lend us money! Why?

"Every time you came to my place, my parents welcomed you enthusiastically. How could you go overseas for pleasure and do nothing while my mom died?

"They loved you as their own, and I treated you like my own sister. Why couldn't you guys have lent us a hand? Why?" Rivaella's tears streamed down her cheeks, and she shivered uncontrollably.

I wanted to comfort her, but I didn't even know where to begin. I walked over to the door and made sure that no one was monitoring us. Then, I walked back toward her and unbuttoned my shirt.

The moment Rivaella saw the surgical scars on my chest, she was so shocked that she forgot

to cry.

She pointed at me

held her hand

chest. "This scar was a memento of my first surgery at Manovia. I got this other scar from my

little shaky. "My mom died

Was it breast cancer?" Rivaella's eyes widened. They were filled with

overseas for pleasure, nor did I run off

Rivaella's hand gently. "My parents wouldn't have ignored your pleas to borrow money if they had known about what was happening in your place, Riva. I don't know why you're putting it this way. "What's more, I didn't know anything

had come to this, it was better

not a child, and she didn't let her emotions get the

Chapp: 160 Picollection

and saw how one

"K-Keen

help us when we needed it the most. He also said

lent us money and asked for a future favor from my dad in return, but Dad is..." I felt heartbroken and hugged her. I'm at a loss on how I

Randall, then Rivaella's dad didn't die. So, why wouldn't he reconcile with his daughter? Was it because he

Rivaella's mom died and asked again,

find a matching bone marrow donor overseas, and the ones that

and kept telling me the harrowing times she had to endure alone in Manovia while her mother