Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 225

Chapter 225 Mimicry

During my recovery, plenty of colleagues came to visit. Some genuinely cared about my health, others were just showing respect, and quite a few were simply there for gossip. Finally, Julian, with his perpetual poker face, kicked everyone out.

"The patient is weak. If anyone upsets her and she dies from the stress, this hospital isn't taking the blame. If you want to go to jail, be my guest."

That single sentence sent the nosy ones packing. I couldn't help but give him a look of exasperation.

"Die from stress? Can't you say something nicer?"

"Wouldn't dying from stress be better than getting driven insane?" he shot back with a cold glance before leaving the room.

With the visitors gone, my days became a bit more peaceful.

Still, even from my hospital bed, I couldn't escape the barrage of news on the internet.

Leonard had firmly secured his spot as the biggest scumbag.

Even when Amelia tried to leak that video of him declaring the baby wasn't his, it barely made a ripple.

No one believed him.

shot of me lying on the floor at

comments saying I looked fragile, like I was about to break. They didn't know I'd been broken for a long

was firmly in my court, and few came to

occasionally remarked that Leonard might have suffered

they were quickly drowned out

I was the

days into my hospital stay. This time, it was because he'd taken Amelia

faces were contagious-Amelia beamed, the sales assistants beamed, and even the gossip journalists had reason to

assistant who gave an interview, albeit with her voice altered and face blurred, recounted the scene

secretary here-the one who got shot by the police and the

spend 30 to 50 thousand dollars without blinking. Meanwhile, I

after a miscarriage! His behavior disgusts me. Though her identity was obscured, the uniform and the specific details of the items Leonard had bought for Amelia left

the hardest wasn't the interview but the things he had

newer

that I never bothered with its releases. The designs were subtle and refined and always carried a touch of novelty.

she was wearing the brand, buying everything

a few white bags for her