Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)
Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Luca Hamon

While organizing the documents, I kept calling Leonard, but eventually, his phone went straight to voicemail.

My ankety grew, and after checking with Emilia, who said that he had likely gone home to retrieve some files, Trushed back to the apartment.

"Leonard, are you home? Leonard?

The house was dark, with no signs of anyone having been there recently. But the footprints in the living room indicated that Leonard had indeed returned.

buried into the bedroom, only to replace him unconscious on the bed. No matter how much I shook him, he remained unresponse.

teherket his pulse, relieved to replace it still beating

With everything happening at the Harmon Group, Thad a sinking feeling something was seriously wrong. It anything happened to him now, the entice company would be jespunty.

I quickly called for an ambulance and then contacted the property management.

"I'm Leonard Harman's wife. He's been knocked out in the apartment, and I need access to all surveillance footage immediately! The woman he brought back is a prime suspect. if you try to cover this up, you can expect to face serious consequences."

This was the first time I had ever used the tide of Mrs. Harmon to threaten anyone, and the person on the other end was clearly taken aback. They immediately apologized and

sured me they would retrieve the surveillance footage right nur

I wasn't sure why Leoned was uneascious, but the faint scent of perfume on him was mistakably similar to Lily's. It was also one of my favorite perfumes, she had the same fragrance earlier when I met her When the paramedics arrived, 1 quickly followed them into the ambulance.

Arxamining Leonard, the doctor informed me that he had ingested a large amount of sleeping pills.

The doctor looked at me with concern, "Mas. Harmon, given the recent troubles at your company your husband might have been overwhelmed."

"That's Impossible. He's not that kind of person."

I immediately rejected the doctor's suggestion Leonard was never thee to be weak, let alone iresponsible

It there was a problem at the construction site, he would ensure the families of the deceased were taken care of and would investigate the cause. The i his own life was absurd idea that he would try to take

The doctor nodded and handed me a consent form. "He needs to have a gastric lavage immediately, and possibly other procedures. We need your signature"!

My hand trembled as 1 held the pen, but after taking a deep breath, I managed to steady myself.

Inew what Leonardment to the Harmon family, so couldn't let him duron my watch

Aside from signing our marriage certificate, this was the first time signed anything as his wife. I instinctively touched the ring finger on my left hand, now bare, and delta pong of sadness.

As I waited, Emma called to say that the property management had given her the survillance footage-Sure enough, it showed Lily and Leonard entering the apartment together, but she left an hour later. "Eva, should we report this to the police? What are you asking me to replace at your place?"

"Look for chance footage. There's an internal camera in the jewelry cabinet that starts recording automatically whenever the cabinet is opened."

This was a security measure that Emilia had installed to prevent theft, and now it was proving to be crucial evidence.

Esma followed my instructions and opened the cabinet, but the camera was damaged

"The camera's broken, and there's no memory card"

I realized there was a major flaw and inediately instructed Emma to stop tampering with the surveillance equipment.

Libwas bend this, she might have noticed the camera during predious visits and prepared accordingly. She might have even worn gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints.

do you suspect Lily is involved? I won the footage that she did visit

Emma seemed to how the same thoughts as me.

asked to change the code for the main door of my apartment and then retum to bertanks.

Mewhile, Leonard had undergone the pastic lavage procedure but was still unconscious.

The doctor mentioned that he might have taken other sedatives, which could delay his waking. Furthermore, the doctor needed to do furthertesting

With his vital signa stable, I felt a bit of relief. As long as he woke up, he would be fine

However, his unconscious state meant I had to handle the station at the construction site.

The project manager had called me earlier to inform me that the deceased's family had arrived with reporters and was causing a scene. To my surprise, Luca was already at the scene before.me.

Watching the live broadcast from the reporters online, Luca looked impeccably dressed in a suit, hair slicked back, and ready for the media.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we at Harmon Group are commined to addressing this issue properly. We understand the gravity of the situation and extend our deepest sympathies in the deceased's family I, Luca Harmon, representing Harmon Group, promise that we will resolve "If the company also provide a solution, I will personally cover the compensation for the deceased's family!"

His words were firm and seemed rehearsed as if he had prepared them in advance.

Lura was Bob's son. He was someone had always looked down on Leonard thought he was decent, but my instincts about him seemed to be nume accurate.

With the construction site incident, Larahatno right to represent Harmon Group as an outsider.

1 p down plinse and looked at Leonard, who was still unconscious.

Chapter 78 Luca Harmon

"Once we get this sorted, you can sleep as long as you want. Can't you wake up now?"