Chapter 431 Despicable
After a whole day of running around, everyone was a little tired. I went back to the guest room I was staying in and felt nothing but pain. I fought back the
discomfort and took the painkiller. It took me a while before I regained some of my energy.
Then, my phone rang again. I picked up the call somewhat helplessly. “Hi. Who is this?”
“It’s me.” Leonard sounded amused. “I heard that you went away to Melgrove, Eva. Did you bail Alisa out? I take it you’ve seen Jasper. It’s been a long time since you guys have seen each other. Did you catch up on old times with him?”
I had prepared myself mentally beforehand and knew that Leonard was the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes. However, that didn’t stop me from getting enraged when I heard what he said.
I almost instinctively hung up the phone when I heard Leonard’s obnoxious voice. He was responsible for all of this. He orchestrated everything. How could he be so shameless as to mock me over the phone?
Just as I was about to end the call, Leonard said again, “Don’t hang up, Eva. Don’t you want to put an end to this?”
“I believe you know that I’m exhausted. So, let’s keep it short, shall we? Speak.” I fought the rising nauseous feeling and said.
I was aware that Leonard was about to talk terms. Waiting for a week was his limit. I thought I heard him typing on the keyboard on the other end of the phone. “Harmon Group is going to hold a press conference two days later, and I need you to attend it with me. All I require is for the rumors to die down. I have my own ways to deal with the rest of the issues. You don’t have to worry about them.
“You just have to show up at the press conference on time, and Jasper will be sent back to Manovia. On top of that, he’ll never appear in front of you and Alisa ever again. How about it?”
“What do you think the answer will be? How had I not realized how absolutely shameless you are, Leonard?” I covered my eyes and felt a tightness in my chest. Jill was right when she said we were a poor judge of character back then.
Leonard chuckled. “I’m not shameless, Eva. I’m out of options. You have no idea how much I’ve sacrificed to get where I am today. I can’t let them kick me out of the picture.”
All of a sudden, a child’s cry could be heard over the other end of the phone. Leonard seemingly sighed, and his tone turned helpless when he spoke next. “Moreover, my son needs a mother. You’ve always wanted a kid, haven’t you?” Son? I was startled by his question. Amelia had gone off the radar for so long that I very nearly forgot about her and her son.
“Where’s Amelia? Why do you have the kid?”
“Amelia is a thing of the past. Now, it’s just you, me, and our kid. Don’t you think that’s nice? I’ve thought of a name for him too. It’s Levon Harmon, and it’s an anagram of our names. Isn’t it neat?”
Leonard’s tone might’ve been affectionate, but it only made me feel sick and cold.
Levon Harmon? It was more likely that he wanted me to die as early as possible. He was just utterly revolting.
For that matter, Leonard had gone completely out of his mind too. I couldn’t imagine that I used to love someone as sinister as him. I didn’t know what happened to Amelia, but I did know one thing; if I returned to his side, it wouldn’t end well for me either. I took a deep breath and responded calmly, “Dream on.”
Then, I immediately hung up on him. If I continued to talk to Leonard, he might piss me off so much that I’d die on the spot. He proceeded to give me a few more calls. Eventually, I turned off my phone.
I needed to compose myself and think of a strategy right now. I couldn’t allow Leonard to threaten me this way.
It was clear that Leonard wouldn’t give up this easily, but I would do my best to fight back as well. However, I didn’t count on him taking action this swiftly.
The next day, Alisa left the house frantically early in the morning. It seemed like her phone hadn’t stopped ringing since the morning.
“Alright. I get it. Hold on, guys. I’ll be there right away. Suspend the project for now. Tell the staff to stay there. Remember what I told you.”