Chapter 17

Leanne dropped the cat teaser and stood up, ready to head out.

Curtis was waiting in the living room, glancing at his watch before catching sight of her. His eyelids lifted, and he said with a hint of impatience. “What health fad are you on now? You’ve sure put on airs. Did it take me coming home to summon you?”

“You didn’t have to come back,” Leanne retorted.

Curtis seemed to ignore her sarcasm. Noticing the cat hair on her clothes, he frowned and handed her a slim box, saying, “We’re leaving in twenty minutes. Go upstairs and get

changed.”

Leanne didn’t take the box, deliberately rinsing her hands under the faucet. “I already said I’m not going.”

But Curtis seemed unusually patient. “Want me to help you dress?”

Leanne clenched her teeth and spun around to face him. “Do we even need to keep up charade? Who are we trying to fool?”

this

Curtis’ gaze turned icy. “Do you think I’m playing at some happy couple act with you?”

doing? But Curtis’ lips curled with a mocking smirk.

much into it. I

still my wife, and socializing is a basic

tossed a dress onto the couch. “Just

had been naive, thinking he cared enough to play at a loving marriage.

her along only because she was his wife. Skipping out would be a breach of etiquette and

picked up the dress and

the Perez family’s estate, she turned away from Curtis, staring

to her occasionally.

that melted into the glossy white satin, elegant without

took a stroll over her figure.

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bit

on her

dress was indeed a bit roomy. Had Curtis gotten

kept her back to

temper these years, always giving me attitude,” Curtis said, his tone more teasing than

him, challenging. “When did I give

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