Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)
Chapter 401

Chapter 401 Repaying the Favor

It was all well within expectation, and I wasn't surprised after learning about Leonard's choice. Harmon Group valued business benefits over everything. Naturally, I wasn't an exception to that rule. That was the way it had always been, and that would be the way to the end of time.

Even if Leonard was willing to make another choice, Mr. Harmon Senior would never agree to it. I also had no idea why I even bothered asking the question. Perhaps I wanted to give myself closure.

When Leonard raised his head, his eyes were laced with guilt and shame. However, I was already dead on the inside.

What good would his guilt do for me? Was it going to spare me from feeling sorry for myself? The answer was a resounding no. I was already feeling that way for myself.

I was ridiculed on the internet, and the police's incessant questioning left me feeling very sorry for myself. It wasn't just now either. I hadn't stopped feeling this way ever since I married him.

With that said, I no longer felt anything for him.

I yawned and said, "You should leave. I need to get some sleep."

Leonard looked at me with a mix of emotions. "Does it have to be this way? Is this how things

have to be between us?"

'I didn't open my eyes, and I had no intention of entertaining him either. How else would it be between us? Did he expect me to shamelessly beg him to change his mind the way Amelia did? Leonard crouched by the side of my bed in sorro, and proceeded to ramble on. He apologized to me, but he also said that he had to do right by his child.

He told me that he was stuck in a difficult position. However, he couldn't abandon the Harmon family to their own fates. He also said that he really couldn't do it because his child and Mr. Harmon Senior were his only family.

Eventually, I couldn't hear anything and dozed off to sleep. By the time I sensed that someone was here, it seemed like I had already been asleep for a good while. I opened my eyes when I caught a familiar scent.

"It's very late in the night. What are you doing here?"

Jack tiptoed to my bed and gave me an awkward look. "Did I wake you up?"

I shook my head and sat upright. I glanced at my phone, only to replace out that it was already 1:00 am. "Are you going to sleep on the couch again today, Jack? How about you move back? We'll get Jill to give you a discount." Chapter 401 Repaying the Favor..

Jack would sleep on the couch in my ward from time to time, and it was making me feel slightly uneasy. He plopped down on it and put his feet up on the chair with a practiced swing.

"I just dropped by to check on you." Jack was giving me such a gentle look, and his tone was so soft that I couldn't help but feel a little captivated. He chuckled when he saw that I didn't say anything.

"There are quite a lot of things at the company, and I wanted to see you after I was done with them. I won't wear leather shoes next time. I'll wear sneakers instead."

I wanted to tell him that it wasn't about the sound of his shoes. I could see the tired look on

his face.

I remained lying on the bed and glanced at him occasionally. He merely stared at me in silence. It didn't look like he wanted to sleep at all.

Eventually, I couldn't stand it anymore. I sat upright and said, "Jack."

"I'm here."

"I have cancer, and it's very likely that I won't survive it."

"Okay."

"I'm not in the market for a boyfriend now."

"Sure."

"I can't reciprocate your feelings for me." "Yeah."

"Your efforts and feelings are wasted."

"That's my business." Jack finally said more than a word, and he seemed a little troubled..

"Aren't you going to sleep?"

I gave him a helpless look. "You're a good man, Jack."

He suddenly laughed. "Are you going to friendzone me already? I get what you said, Eva, and I don't want you to feel troubled. I don't need you to reciprocate anything. Consider it as me repaying you for giving me encouragement when I was at a low point in my life." I parted my lips, but I was unsure of what I should say. Was I supposed to think of it as a payment for letting him watch me fail at my suicide attempt by jumping into the river?

Eventually, I dropped the thought and covered myself with my blanket. I wasn't being a scumbag here. Jack was the one who wanted to do this.

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