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

and side effects were to be expected. But survival was the only thing that mattered. Especially with Leonard in his current state how could I afford to be

pile up. The overpass project, already full of complications, was delayed further because I wasn't there to oversee it. It seemed like a lot of the design proposals had been delayed as well. When Emma

trying to take over. She doesn't even

she out of her mind? Doesn't she know that making a last-minute replacement like this is

me wonder about her true intentions to study abroad. But there was no time to dwell on that. The

the office. As soon as I arrived, I found Amelia in the design department in the middle of a heated argument with one of my colleagues,

was flushed with anger.

and aloof. "I'm aware. But

doorway, leaning against the frame. "A design that passed all necessary

by my appearance. But soon, a smug smile curled on her

superficial. Someone had to address

time off is affecting the company's progress, and

she could answer, her knight in shining armor arrived-Leonard, as predictable as ever. Without even understanding the situation, he stormed over,

with his stupidity. It was

running thin. "Are you blind or just deaf? If you have nothing useful to say, why don't you