Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 234

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I didn't want to stay in the hospital, but I knew I needed the medication. Julian reluctantly agreed to let me stay for three days to monitor my reactions.

Although he had mentioned the side effects wouldn't be too bad, that might have been true for patients without prior surgeries like mine.

On the second day, the side effects hit hard. I couldn't stop vomiting, even though I had hardly eaten anything. It was just bile, over and over again. "Maybe we should stop the medication for now," Julian suggested, looking concerned as he reviewed my data.

"Your body's too weak to handle this. You barely look human at this point."

I forced a weak smile. "If I wait until I'm healthy enough, I'll probably relapse a third time. I have to push through."

He had warned me earlier that my exposure to radiation could lead to a third recurrence cancer. No matter how awful the treatment was, I had to continue.

of the

medication was part of a clinical trial, and side effects were to be expected. But survival was the only thing that

was delayed further because I wasn't there to oversee it.

over. She doesn't even

Doesn't she know that

qualifications weren't recognized domestically. It made me wonder about her true intentions to study abroad. But there was no time to dwell on that. The

soon as I arrived, I found Amelia in the design department in the middle of a heated argument with one of

our work? "Jean's face was flushed with anger. "And you've amended the design! Do you realize that halted the entire project? Are you insane?"

calm and aloof. "I'm aware. But Eva's design had flaws. I couldn't

"A design that passed all necessary approvals-yet you, the great

turned to face me, momentarily surprised by my appearance. But soon, a

process is often superficial. Someone had to

is affecting the company's progress,

arrived-Leonard, as predictable as ever. Without even understanding the situation, he stormed over, his face full of anger. "Eva, are you picking on

have the energy to argue with his stupidity. It was exhausting watching him fall into the

her patience clearly running thin. "Are you blind or just deaf? If you have nothing