Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 222

Chapter 222 My Wife on Paper

Zack looked like he had just rushed over from a construction site. His clothes were covered in dust, his face was smeared with dirt, and he was breathing heavily. But he didn't seem to care about any of those things. "What's wrong with Leonard?" he asked, concern evident in his voice.

"What do think? It's all because of Amelia!" Emma spat, her fists clenched in frustration." Leonard might be confused right now, but there's no way he's completely forgotte everything."

"And Amelia," she continued angrily, "knowing what's going on, how can she be so shameless, acting like she belongs in his life?"

Emma and Jill started ranting, their voices growing louder as they vented their anger. 1, however, closed my eyes, retreating into my thoughts.

Maybe Amelia had been in love with Leonard since college. Maybe that's where her resentment toward me started.

Suddenly, fragments of memories clicked into place-how I'd buy her lunch back then, pretending it was because I wasn't hungry or didn't feel like eating.

I'd thought I was doing her a favor, but now, I could recall the bitterness in her eyes, the flashes of hatred that I had been too naive to notice.

At the time, I assumed her resentment came from frustration with her own circumstances.

Maybe she felt trapped by her background, envying the things she didn't have. It never. crossed my mind that her real hatred was directed at me. Suddenly, I understood why she did what she did.

She was willing to go for it, even if it was just for a fleeting moment of happiness.

still remember what she said in the Harmon residence. "I've

the pain I had endured being forced into marriage with Leonard all

even turned a blind eye to how Leonard humiliated me at work because

deserved it all-every

barely make out what Jill and Emma were saying as they continued to curse out Amelia

Julian was fed up with

go buy me something to

when they

time without saying a word. His eyes were fixated on the

"Does it hurt?"

then stopped, falling

head. "No,

my gaze, trying to hide

It hurt when they gave me the anesthetic, and it was still painful up to that

my hand made me feel like I was going to die from

have kids because it would be too painful, and he knew I was afraid of pain.

knew I was terrified of

got married, he would still stay by my side when

now, he won't even give me the most basic respect. He thought everything I did

was bleeding, I saw his footsteps falter, but he didn't turn back to look