Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard) novel Chapter 217

Chapter 217 Leverage 

“Leonard!” I wanted to get near him, but Amelia suddenly pushed me away. 

“Amelia, what are you doing? Eva is his wife!” 

“He doesn’t recognize her. He only recognizes me.” Amelia shot a venomous look at us. 

“Emma, you’d better be ready to answer for your actions!” 

Before I could get close, she’d already closed the elevator door. 

“She’s out of her mind!” Emma furiously pounded on the elevator button. “What the hell is going on?” 

“Eva, what’s happening?” 

Caleb encountered the scene where Emma was about to chase Amelia down. 

I quickly grabbed her arm. “Emma, something isn’t right here. We need to take our time and think this through.” 

Caleb joined in, trying to calm her down. “Let’s take this to my office. There are too many eyes on us; things could get out of hand.” 

I nodded, realizing how many coworkers had been watching the entire scene. My mind was reeling from the shock. Whatever Emma had just revealed, the rumor mill was already buzzing. 

Once we were in Caleb’s office, I explained everything that had happened. 

Caleb looked troubled as he pulled out his phone, scrolled through it, and handed it to me. 

“Eva, this is going to be hard to contain.” 

“What Ms. Carter said is probably true, right? If this spreads, the media will definitely dig deeper.” 

Emma leaned in, her face paling as she read the coworker’s comments online. We were both stunned. 

“Is this real? The CEO loses his memory, and the mistress takes over. This is straight out of at soap opera!” 

“I knew something was off! I was here when Leonard was chasing after Eva. How does he forget everything?” 

“Amnesia plus the return of the ‘one true love‘–what kind of cliché mess is this?” 

“I don’t care about their love life, but what about the deals Leonard’s been signing? Are these contracts still binding?” 

When I saw the last comment, my heart sank. If it was proven that Leonard’s been mentally unstable, could it jeopardize the deals he’d made? 

Zack was almost completely tied to the project, constantly butting heads with Caleb. I wasn’t having a good time at work either. 

If this gave our competitors any leverage. 

I shook my head to clear my thoughts. “I need to talk to Emilia and have her try to contain the situation.” 

“As for everything else… Emma, you should stay in your office for a while.” 

“I’m sorry, Eva, I just-” 

“Don’t apologize. You were trying to help me, and I should’ve stopped you. It’s not your fault.” 

I patted her shoulder and rushed to find Emilia. But we were too late. 

It didn’t take long for Leonard’s amnesia to become a trending topic online. People also recalled the Melgrove incident where Leonard had been injured while saving me. 

That news had already created a stir, and now, with this new incident, public outrage has exploded. 

The headlines were everywhere: