Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)
Chapter 32

Chapter 32 Accomplice

At that moment, the police station became unusually quiet as it all eyes were on us

The young policewoman who had spoken to me at time had just returned from her patrol. When she saw us, she quickly pulled another officer aside and whispered to him

In cases like this involving family disputes, the police could

only mediate at best. With Leonard's backing, as long as Lily didn't commit a serious crime, she would get away with it. However, wasn't going to let it go. She had the nerve to fatherself right in front of me, and on top of that Leonard still refused to divorce me Nevertheless, the others were unaware of the situations and looked over curiously.

Emma scoffed coldly. "Eva, he's just a husband in name. It's disgusting that he's allowed his mistress into the house. What a scumbag!"

I wasn't sure what was happening that day, but the police station was usually crowded. I lowered my head, pretending to wipe away nonexistent tears.

At that point, a few of the women sitting nearby couldn't hold back.

"Wow, she's so young and stealing someone's husband? That's shameless"

"She's probably after monry-Just look at how plain the wide looks compared to the mistress, who is all dressed up."

"You can tell just by leaking at the man's face that he's heartless and untrustworthy. He's no good. What a despicable pair!!

The women were incredibly formidable, especially when dealing with injustices like this. It felt like almost everyone was on my side.

Leonard's face looked extremely unpleasant as he stared at me. Meanwhile, Lily couldn't stand the insults and immediately burst into tears.

She exclaimed, "Mistress? The one who isn't loved is the real mistress! You don't know anything about it! Theynever had feelings for each other. She's the one clinging to my boyfriend!"

The more she talked Like that, the more people despised her. Finally, the police had no choice but to usher all of us into the office

"This matter is considered a dispute and hasn't resulted in any property damage, so="

"Officer, she broke my vase. It's a 19th-century import worth several thousand dollars. That should be enough to file a case," I said, cutting in.

I looked down, Sidling with my fingers, and felt a sudden urge to stand my ground today. The officer was caught off guard by my response and was momentarily speechless.

"What are you so actopant about? Everything in the house was bought with Leo's money, Lily said.

"What have you contributed? Can you even afford any of it?" she continued to act arrogantly, feeling secure because Leonard liked her

[looked up at her, feeling helpless, and said, "Sorry, but even if I didn'team a penny, it's still marital property. A mistress has no right to take it.

"Besides, you took my jewelry. Even if Leonard and 1 get divorced, the jewelry should still belong to me, right?"

looked at the officer again, and he nodded in response.

"Uly, the jewelry you took is worth at least several hundred thousand dollars. Isn't that enough to be considered serious that?

Emma was so agitated that she held my hand tighth knew she thought I'd become too soft and didn't know how to stand up for myself anymore. The officer raised an eyebrow, seeming unsure of how to proceed

"Both sides should try to negotiate first. If you can't reach an agreement, we'll continue with mediation!"

After the officeret, the atmosphere grew even colder. Lily kept shaking Leonard's arm, but he just stared at me.

After a moment, he smiled and said, "Eva, I knew it. You only care about money.

*You followed that rich kid abroad, insisting you wanted to break up with me. Now, you want money again. Can't you live without tr?i

Inodded silently, acknowledging his words. However, Emma couldn't take it anymore. She stood up, pointing at Leonard.

"How dare you bring up the past? Do you even know what really happened back then?"

"Emma, stop. "Isaid quickly, pulling her back to her seat and shaking my head gently "It's just the way it's. There's nothing more to say,"

She seemed eager to say more but ohimately fell silent. I'd rather Leonard never knew. Now that things had reached this point between us, he didn't need to learn about the past

Leonard immediately sensed that something was amiss and looked at us with suspicion. "What happened back then?" he asked.

Back then, left you for a rich kid. What more do you want to know?" I replied, looking at him with a blank expression and unwilling to explain further.

"You!" He clenched his fists in anger

Lily quickly grabbed his arm. "Leo, that's all in the past. Just let it go

"What do we do now?" she asked, her voice trembling with tears as she glared at me with hatred.

I smiled and replied, "Of course, I want you to be disgraced and end up in prison."

"Exa, you're going too far Lily cried out, while Leonard continuously to comfort her.

When he looked at me, his eyes were full of resignation. "Eva, she just went to the house. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

Iresponded, "She broke into a private residence. And is it true that you sent her to take my jewelry and my clothes? That makes you an accomplice." remed to jin realize that I had been talking about the jewelry He looked at me in astonishment before glancing at Li

Lily, penic-stricken, hurried to explain, "There's a dinner party tonight. L.I didn't want to embarrass you."

she hadn't said anything, yet it felt like she had revealed everything it seemed she had pretended to have authority, deceiving even Emilia.

brosand's clint bened with agitation, while I watched then quietly, curious about what he would do next.

Finally, he took a deep breath and tumed his gaze back to "I'll give you 200 thousand dollars. Let's consider this settled."