Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 365

Chapter 365 I Don't Want It

I was calm, even cold and distant, when I said what I said. It would've been a lie to say that I didn't harbor any resentment. So many things had happened. How could I not hate Leonard?

Now that it had come to this, however, it was pointless to hate anyone. I knew the sorry state I was in. After all, I had grown extremely weak in a short few days. If I actually relapsed for the third time, then nothing could save me. When one was at death's door, one tended to speak kind and truthful words. So, I bit my tongue and shoved every resentful word down deep.

"That's it between us, Leonard"

"S-Stop speaking, Eva. I beg you, stop. Leonard clutched his head and went down on his imees, falling apart by over and over, telling me that he should never have neglected to investigate everything and that he should've be f my bed. He apologized to me

I felt a lump in my throat, and my heart was aching so much that it was unbearable. I clutched my chest and valiantly tought back tears.

you a lot. My mom said you were a good guy. You carried Grandma on your back, and that's why you could no longer carry me or our family, "Back then, the Green family... My parents didn't want to drag you down either.

kept saying it was his fault.

had never looked down on Leonard for being an orphan. She and Dad never stopped us from being together. They even thought he was

those things for his own good, but was that the real reason when all was said and done? I could just imagine how helpless and disheartened Leonard felt back

time. If I hadn't gone overseas, he might've kept helping the Green family. There could've still been hope for them too. If one of the Greens had run into one of the

no way to change the past. All of these were nothing but wishful

quiet and didn't utter a single word. All I could hear was Leonard's sobbing. He kept saying that he

Jill and Astrid were hugging each other,

you. The blame isn't yours to bear alone. Both of us made mistakes. So, let's stop resenting each other and close this

I had no idea which part of my sentence triggered Leonard. He suddenly hugged me tightly like a madman. "No, We love each other. This can't be how it ends. I'll always keep you company. I couldn't live without you back then, and

have always reserved a place for me in your heart." Leonard hugged me

done making a scene? Eva is no longer