Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)
Chapter 205

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Early the next morning, the HR manager came looking for Amelia. "Amelia, here's transfer order. From now on, you'll be working in the secretariat."

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"The secretariat?" Amelia didn't take the document and looked clearly unhappy.

The HR manager looked uncomfortable. "Mr. Harmon gave me the order first thing this morning, and there's nothing I can do. He even made me post it on the internal network. You should pack up soon, Mr. Harmon's not in a good mood." She glanced at me nervously, then back at Amelia. "Amelia, please don't make this harder on me. I'm just an employee too."

She left the document on Amelia's desk and walked away. Amelia ripped it into shreds and went back to work without a word.

1 walked over and knocked on her desk. "Come with me."

Amelia shot me a sharp look before following me into the break room. "Eva, I didn't ask for a transfer. I don't want to leave the design department." "I know."

Leonard has always been like this-he wanted to keep the people he liked close, like Lily. Thinking about his current state, I forced myself to stay calm.

"I know this puts you in a difficult position, but given his condition..."

"Eva, why won't you let Amelia go to the secretariat?" Leonard burst into the room like a storm, and I felt my skin crawl.

It was like he couldn't think clearly anymore. As soon as he saw Amelia and me together, he assumed I was bullying her.

Seeing him so agitated only made my mood worse. He reminded me of those over-the-top CEOS in romance novels, blindly defending the heroine without a second thought. Ignoring logic, ignoring the company, always siding with her... For some reason, I suddenly felt a surge of anger, and my tone sharpened.

"When did you see me stopping Amelia from going?" I snapped. "If you're sick, go get

checked out. Don't take it out on me!"

If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't expose his condition, I'd honestly tell everyone his brain was messed up.

Amelia stepped in between us, trying to calm Leonard down. Her voice softened as if she was worried about his feelings. "Leonard, it's not that Eva doesn't want me to go. I don't want to. This has nothing to do with her." Chaupe 205 Transfered

"Why are you always defending her? Is it just because you two were roommates?" Leonard fumed. "You were like this back in school too. Am I really not as important to you as she is?"

Amelia stepped closer, positioning herself directly in front of him. "Leonard, I don't want to

be a secretary. I only like design"

"I know, I get it. You've told me you don't love school, but you're passionate about design inspiration. I understand all of that. You can be my assistant and just design whenever you feel like it. With your skills, that's no problem." He held onto her shoulders, and Amelia visibly stiffened. My hand, holding my coffee cup, froze mid-air.

Yeah, that was something I said too. I was no academic genius, but I did have a knack for design. That was why I loved it-it came easily to me.

But Amelia? She was the textbook definition of a hardworking student. She used to vent to us in the dorms about how she'd spend all day in the library and still not get top marks for her designs.

I looked down, unwilling to keep watching the two of them.

Amelia brushed his hands off, her voice tinged with sadness. "Leonard, I've already said, I don't want to be a secretary or an assistant. Don't push me."

She sniffled and walked out of the break room with large strides.

Leonard shot me one last furious glare before following her out.

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I could feel my coworkers' eyes on me, and in one gulp, I downed entire unsweetened coffee. Suddenly, it didn't taste so bitter anymore.