Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard) novel Chapter 281

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I thought that with Amelia here and Leonard seeing me leave, he wouldn’t follow me. But I was wrong. He was just as stubborn as ever. Not only did he come after me, but Amelia followed as well. I looked at them, feeling a headache coming. 

“Eva, aren’t you going to sign the papers? The doctor said they need my wife’s signature.” 

Leonard stared at me sorrowfully. Amelia followed behind him, looking just as pitiful. I was starting to get confused about Mr. Harmon Senior. Since Amelia was so important, why didn’t he assign a couple of bodyguards to her? 

Now here she was, charging around recklessly. If something happened, wouldn’t everyone else end up suffering too? 

When Amelia noticed Leonard was focused on me, she quickly stepped in front of me. 

“Leo, I’m having my prenatal check–up today. Come with me. Don’t you want to see our child? 

She finally stopped saying “son“. It seemed my words earlier had sunk in. Amelia’s family had always favored boys over girls. 

She earned her own living expenses during college. It wasn’t that her family was poor. They just didn’t want their daughter to go to college. 

However, during the summer of her junior year, her younger brother drowned, leaving her as the only child in the family. It made her life a bit easier. Since she disliked her family’s preference for boys, why did she insist on giving Leonard a boy? 

Amelia happened to block Leonard’s view of me, so I quickly stepped back to make my escape. Suddenly, Leonard stepped forward and grabbed my hand. 

“Where are you going? You haven’t signed it. The doctor said it had to be my wife’s signature. You can’t leave.” 

He held on tightly, and I didn’t dare pull away. It left us in a tense standoff. 

Although this was a private hospital, there were still many people. Most of them were already looking at the three of us, and some even had their phones out. 

I dragged Leonard to a corner, and of course, Amelia followed us. 

“Can you be a bit mindful? Do you want to trend on social media again? Do you want to become a celebrity? Don’t you know what Harmon Group is like right now? Stop causing trouble!” 

I didn’t know when Leonard became so inconsiderate of the bigger picture. He was acting without thinking now. 

Leonard pulled me, looking aggrieved. “It’s your fault for ignoring me.” 

I stared at him expressionlessly. 

“Leo, I’m the one carrying your baby here!” Amelia said tearfully. 

“I didn’t want it. You drugged me, remember?” Leonard’s voice was cold, laced with a hint of 

resentment. 

Tears kept falling down Amelia’s cheeks, but she quickly held them back. “No matter how it came to be, it’s still your child! Mr. Harmon Senior will support me. He said I must give birth to this child.‘ 

Glaring at me viciously, Amelia added, “You and Eva are bound to divorce sooner or later. Why don’t you do it sooner? You know yourself. Do you really want your only child to be illegitimate?” 

Amelia was quite composed and logical at this moment. After all this time at the Harmons, she must’ve finally grasped the importance of the child. She sniffed hard, her eyes shifting between me and Leonard, 

“Leonard, this is your heir, the future head of the Harmon family! You need to give him a proper status.” 

Leonard stared at Amelia’s crazed state and suddenly smiled. “Amelia, I might not even be the Harmon family’s heir, and you think the baby will be? What a joke.” 

Amelia’s smile froze as she shouted in shock, “What? Impossible!”