Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 431

Chapter 431 Despicable

After a whole day of running around, everyone was a little tired. I went back to the guest room I was staying in and felt nothing but pain. I fought back the

discomfort and took the painkiller. It took me a while before I regained some of my energy.

Then, my phone rang again. I picked up the call somewhat helplessly. "Hi. Who is this?"

"It's me." Leonard sounded amused. "I heard that you went away to Melgrove, Eva. Did you bail Alisa out? I take it you've seen Jasper. It's been a long time since you guys have seen each other. Did you catch up on old times with him?"

I had prepared myself mentally beforehand and knew that Leonard was the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes. However, that didn't stop me from getting enraged when I heard what he said.

I almost instinctively hung up the phone when I heard Leonard's obnoxious voice. He was responsible for all of this. He orchestrated everything. How could he be so shameless as to mock me over the phone?

I was about to end the call, Leonard said again, "Don't hang up, Eva. Don't you want to put an

you know that I'm exhausted. So, let's keep it short, shall we? Speak." I fought the

terms. Waiting for a week was his limit. I thought I heard him typing on the keyboard on the other end of the phone. "Harmon Group is going to hold a press conference two days later, and I need you to attend it with me. All I require is for the rumors

press conference on time, and Jasper will be sent back to Manovia. On top of that, he'll never appear in front of you and

eyes and

idea how much I've sacrificed to get where I am

and his tone turned helpless when he spoke next. "Moreover, my son needs a mother.

Amelia? Why do

is a thing of the past. Now, it's just you, me, and our kid. Don't you think that's nice? I've thought of a name for him too. It's

affectionate, but it only made me feel

wanted me to die as early as possible. He was just utterly

that I used to love someone as sinister as him. I didn't know what happened to