Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 226

Chapter 226 The Board Meeting

"Hypnosis? Like snapping your fingers, and I'd laugh or cry on command?

"Have you lost it, Eva? Did you catch whatever Leonard's got?" Julian looked at me like I had. completely lost my mind.

I pouted and pulled out my phone.

"Look at this, this is Amelia. Notice how her whole look is practically identical to mine from before?"

"And you think she's mimicking you to make Leonard believe she's actually you?" Julian glanced at the phone, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

I nodded vigorously.

If Leonard's nerves weren't physically damaged, could he have been manipulated, maybe through some form of hypnosis or suggestion? Sure, it sounded far-fetched, but wasn't art supposed to imitate life?

He gave me a deadpan look, clearly not buying it. After scrolling through the photos on my phone, he handed it back.

"Has Amelia studied psychology?".

I shook my head.

"Did she somehow predict that Leonard would get injured?"

Another head shake.

she secretly some

rolled my eyes at

rubbing his temples, "I'll look into it. For now, just go get

to ask more, but seeing the pile of documents on his desk, I bit back

know that while all of this seemed like tabloid gossip, the situation had put

made for the company, amplifying his personal

frustration to

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who tanked the show! We lost everything." "He took his mistress on their anniversary

father disowning his child? This guy's a

think his buildings are safe to live in?

stirring the pot, but Leonard had crossed a line with the public. Some of Harmon Group's employees began leaking stories, confirming his abuse of power to benefit his side flings. I didn't need to check to know the stock prices had plummeted. On top of the company's plummeting stock value, several major real estate

team, usually able to extinguish the

made no statements defending Leonard and made no attempts to

as I was finally discharged from

board meeting this

soon as the call ended, I opened

stock's downward spiral was hitting their pockets, and it wasn't

my way