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.

Especially the shot of me lying on the floor at the

about to break. They didn't know I'd

court, and few came to

occasionally remarked that Leonard might

they were quickly drowned

sympathized with the underdog, and I was the underdog then. Who wouldn't

stir up outrage again, just three days into my hospital stay. This time, it was because he'd

beamed, the sales assistants beamed, and even the gossip

gave an interview, albeit with her voice altered

one who got shot by the police and the one who kidnapped

blinking. Meanwhile, I

in the hospital 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 no doubt about the truth

the hardest wasn't the interview but the

newer

that I never bothered with its releases. The designs were subtle and refined and always carried a touch of novelty. Amelia used to dismiss the brand as predictable and boring. Her wardrobe

suddenly, she was wearing the brand,

of course, didn't see anything strange about it. He even picked out a few white bags for her just like the ones I used