Chapter 69 No Need
jul was the first to react. She grabbed Vera’s phone and threw it away
“Why are you sell standing there? Get her out of here now!” jill yelled at the security guards.
Icrouched down, tears streaming down my face, with my wig lying on the floor had always worried about it falling off, but I never thought it would come off and be shown the was seared to see how people would react online.
Everyone left, and fill panicked, tried to put the wig back on my head but couldn’t get it right. She looked like she was about in cry, so quickly took the wig from her
“Til do it myself,” 1seid, trying to calm down and fixi
Jill looked really sorry. “I should have stopped her entier. I just thought it would be funny toks hermdeascene“.
Ichecked myself in the glass and quickly fixed my rig.
“It’s not your fault. You’ve done so much for me. Thanks for everything today, if you hadn’t helped, I would have been totally embarrassed. Who knows what stories they’d make up about me.”
Hooked at her sincerely, but her guilt jest got worse.
“Eva, is this anew trend? You look bener with long hair.””
Suddenly, Jill’s eyes got really big, and she helped me sit down.
“Eva, did you shave your head, or are you sick? Are you dealing with cancer?
Seeing ill’s eyes fill with tears, squeezed her hand gently and added.
Jill stood up, looking around the room as she started to walk back and beth.
“Hey,” she said, her voice shaking abit, “I remember you went into oncology right after you grafted. My grandmother was in the hospital then, and think I saw you there.”
She stopped, looking more serious. “And then you went to Manost, jst when your family had those problems.”
She looked at me with concern. Touweren’t dating some rich guy. You were really sick, weren’t you
Iwas surprised by how percepthe jill was being she wally didn’t seem very sharp, but maur she was
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was very clear.
I looked down and nodded, confirming her guess
If even Jil, who didn’t like me, could figure this out, maybe Leonard would understand too. Suddenly, I set a small spark of hope.
After saying goodbye to J, I went back to the office, where Leonard was waiting for me.
He looked at my hair for a long time and then said in a rough voice, “Come to my office”
In the elevator, we stood at opposite ends, not saying a word
When we got to his office, I same Lily there, her eyes red and tear–streaked.
“Leo, I didn’t send Vera after Eva,” Lily said, crying, “brainTime“.
She continued, “Ewa did something to Vera before, and now Verwants revenge, it’s not my fault.”
Leonardauddenly turned cold and said, “detare”
Lily stormed out of the office, slamming the door. Leonard saat he desk, staring at me.
“Eva, your ha
When I first arrived at the office, Jean told me everyone had seen the live broadcast and that many people had taken screenshots of me without hair
Seeing those screenshots actually made me feel a bit relieved. At least I didn’t have to worry about my baldness being kept a secret
And the screenshots weren’t as bad as I had expected. I’d been feeling bener lately, eating well, and gaining some weight.
“So, is this the reason you called me here? it it’s just about my hair, I’m leaving.”
– “Eva, what’s going on? You used to love your long hair. I don’t understand. Even if you wanted a change, why shave it alloff?“-
He seemed frustrated and was speaking more chaotically.
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Beautiful novel and I hope Eva and Jack get together and they have a kid too. Jack loves her a lot...