Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)
Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Good Performance at Work

Since Leonard had agreed to reimburse the expenses under occupational injury, I had no intention to cut costs for him. Besides, I had my personal motives this time.. Today, it like Leonard was looking at me differently, and it reminded me of our past.

At night, after organizing all the receipts, I sent it all to the accountant, Zoe Holland. After half an hour, she finally replied to my text,

Zoe asked, "Is this your medical record! Did Mr. Harmon agree to reimburse this?

Treplied, "Yes. Fil discuss it with you tomorrow."

new Zoe must've been shocked. After all, nobody in the company knew that I was sick

o had been working for the Harmon Group for years, and she was handpicked by lan to assist Leonard. Because of that, I trust that she would not carelessly call anyone about it. Also, I trusted that if Leonard asked Zoe about it, she would tell him the truth.

As I continued holding my phone, the screen displayed the chat between Leonard and me. It made me wonder how Leonard would react when he found out that I was really sick The next day, I went to the finance department with my receipts. When Zoe saw them, she was baffled.

a were pulling a prank in me. Are you sure you want the company to reimburse this?"

"Eve, is this real? I thought you w

I nodded. I was determined to claim the reimbursements. Otherwise, I would have to pay for the bills out of my own pocket.

Zoe didn't make things difficult for me. She immediately told me how to organize the receipts. When she saw the receipts, she paused for a moment. "You're so young. How is it possible that you're having this disease? When is your surgery?"

Yesterday, Patrick was worried that my wound might reopen. The receipts detailed how Patrick gave me another examination and replaced the dressing

If Zoe could see the records, I believed that if anyone wanted to access the records, they would definitely be able to replace them.

Evading Zoe's questions, I asked, "Did Leonard tell you that it can be reimbursed?"

Zoe nodded and said, "He said it's considered an occupational injury."

"Did he ask more?"

When Zoe shook her head, I had nothing else to say. If Leonard had asked more, he would've found out about my sickness-but he didn't.

I let out a deep sigh. My last bit of hope was finally gone. Leonard didn't care about me. Of course, he was uninterested in what reimbursements I claimed.

The truth was, over the last few months, I had been placing my medical report near the place where he usually left his car keys.

At that time, I imagined he would be like a male lead in a novel. I imagined he would feel regret when he found out that his wife was sick and that he would love me again.

But Leonard didn't even bother to look at my medical report. In the end, 1 threw the report away myself.

Everyone in the company knew about the relationship between Leonard and me, but Leonard still brought many women with him to the office. Almost everyone knew that I was being cheatedon

Yet, Leonard refused to let me pa. Various rumors had been spreading in the company, too

Zoe looked at my receipt and then gazed at me sympathetically. "Eva, you have the brains and the looks. Why bother? You should focus on warning more money, do you hear me? Look at how Lily Jane does it"

I nodded in agreement. Perhaps, that was the answer

answer given by somebody who experienced it all. Now, I finally knew that love was fake and that only money was real Suddenly, 1 felt emrious of Lity. She had it all figured out when she was at the peak of her youth. Before I left, I reminded Zoe to not tell Leonard about it Zoe looked at me confusedly in response. "What if he changes after replaceing out about it?"

Isneered "He won't change. He's only going to think that I'm trying to gain pity. Forget it." I thought it would be better if Leonard never found out about it.

When I left the finance department, I saw Lily proudly showing off her bag.

"That's a limited edition bag that has a long waiting list. If you don't spend millions every year, you won't even be eligible to purchase it."

"Yeah, Leserved it for me. He even picked the color. It's pretty, right?"

When I got closer, Lily pretended to finally see me. She said pretentiously, "Eva, are you really here to claim for the reimbursements? It's only a few hundred dollars! Are you in urgent need

Raising her chin, Lily looked very smug. Then, she pretended to be worried and said, "After all, you're still legally recognized as the CEO's wife. If you're being so frial, ether people might look down on L

Looking at her bag, I nodded solemnly "You're quite the rich one, You're aven richer than me, the CEO's wife"

"Don't you dare look down on me. This isn't part of your joint marital property," Lily said, specifically emphasizing "joint marital property".

Perhaps she was provoked by my previous statements Lily raised her voice even further.

"I bought this bag with my own salary. I showed good performance at work, so Mr. Hammon rewarded me with an additional bonus. Don't get the wrong idea."

Upon hearing that, I burst out laughing. It was hilarious that an intern like Lily could receive over 100,000 dollars Leonardmust've been really generous then. "Why are you laughing? Are you looking down on me?" Lily was behaving like a cat whose call had been stepped o "You may jost be an intern, but working hard in bed is considered to be showing good work performance too, huh? Not bad, but I hope you keep up the good work. Otherwise, you won't koson

ba will be working haid the next line."