Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 323

Chapter 323 A New Opportunity

The moment I received the divorce certificate, I noticed Leonard swallow several times as f he wanted to say something. Yet, he didn't utter a single word. He sat quietly without reaching for the certificate. Looking at the divorce certificate, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

I said nothing and turned to leave the county clerk's office with Leonard trailing behind me.

"Eva" he called out to me, his voice thick with emotion.

"Are we still friends?"

"No." I shook my head with a smile. We were no longer anything to each other. It was hard to say who owed whom. The mess of our relationship felt impossible to untangle

But at this moment, it felt like a clean slate. A fresh start didn't seem so difficult, after all.

I waved my hand at him. "Let's just pretend we never knew each other. I'm leaving."

"Eva!" He stepped before me, and I could see the tears brimming in his eyes.

My heart tightened at that moment

Leonard rarely cried. Even during the hardest times, he had held back his emotions. He had lost a lot of weight, and he didn't seem to be in a sound mental state. He had tried to reach me many times this past month, but I never answered

He didn't know I was hospitalized, and I couldn't leave the hospital. Since my second relapse, Leonard had never come to visit me. I wondered if it was some land of cosmic mistake that he remained unaware of my situation. Perhaps it was tate's way of allowing us to part ways.

long in theory but short

everything that had transpired between us over the years and suddenly thought that separation might be for

to

ended up with

hand, but Amelia's voice broke through just then. "Leo, are

belly was starting to show, and she

unattractive, but her perpetually cold demeanor had always made her

her outfit matched Leonard's. They were wearing matching

back.

be on

return

visited Manovia was with my mom.

little time with me.

own. Even when I was married to Leonard, he had spent so little tim But this time, 1 belt utterly relaxed. I knew this was a

I checked into the hotel, I received a

have lost his mind since the

there would be a delay of an hour or tw Emma rambled on about what happened on the day of our divorce. Leonard had a series of projects fall through at work, culminating in a huge outburst. Everyone thought he had gone crazy, especially with Amelia promoting the news of our

us going to the county clerk's

in the footage, it seemed I was the only one leaving despondently, while Amelia

1 merely

seemed to

"Why aren't you

concerned? Do