Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 356

Chapter 356 Looking Forward

This was the first time I saw Jack smoking. I didn't know this was something he did too. His place was clean, and there wasn't any tobacco smell at all. When the smoke drifted over, I choked and coughed a couple of times. Jack immediately snuffed out his cigarette and tossed it into the ashtray in the car.

"I'm sorry. I don't usually smoke."

stood next to me, shoulder to shoulder. He didn't say anything either, but I

I shook my head. I was unsure what to say. Jack walked over to my side and s felt very calm.

"I always come here when I feel down in the dumps. Back when I failed miserably at my business, I lost over a hundred million dollars. Then, I saw you. You almost jumped into the river."

"Huh?" I turned my head sideways and looked at him incredulously. I parted my lips, but I had no idea what I should've asked him.

Owing to different time zones, it was midnight in my part of the world when I received the phone call. There was no one else by the time I groggily walked over here, aside from some hobos. Back then, I was determined to kill myself. However, Ichickened out when I was at the bridge. yon. I cried for a

I was overwhelmed with fear because I was scared of dying. On top of that, I was also worried that my mom would have no one to rely on. long time as well that day, the same way I did today.

All of a sudden, I heard a light chuckle over my head.

so the railing is pretty tall as well. "Meanwhile, you're rather short in this part of the world. You

crying.

miserably than you did today. I was standing at the end of the bridge, watching you. I wanted to see how long you could cry, I even removed my shoes, just in case. If you dared to jump off

Then, I cast a glance at the end of the bridge. "I would've fallen into the river by the

swim." Jack's lips curled into an enchanting grin. He was indeed handsome. It was quite scary when he kept a stern expression, but he looked stunning when he

before I turned around hurriedly. Jack didn't seem to notice my unusual emotions earlier. Instead, he continued, "Actually, I was in a bind of my own back then. I wanted to talk to Astrid about it, but I was concerned that

well. yours. I

and McLennan families. The situation in my family was as messy as the one you faced in came here to

grip over my emotions a little back then. I thought it was exactly because I cried so hard

despite crying so miserably. So, what reasons did

screw in your head. It occurred to me that

then opened his palm, revealing a hair clip for little girls. It had a cartoon duck on it, and it was

clip, feeling

in the hospital bed next

for it."

too confused

my mind again, and it very nearly made me cry again. However, I suddenly realized that something didn't add up. "I'm not intellectually challenged, Jack." "Yeah." That was his brief

statement, and it made me angrier. What did he