Chapter 35

Curtis couldn’t stand another minute in the room. With a huff, he announced, “I’m crashing into the guest room.”

Leanne called Laura for help. When Laura arrived and saw the kittens, she gasped, “Holy cow, how did they get in here with the door shut tight?”

Together, they herded the kittens back downstairs, only then noticing a window that had been cracked open at some point.

“The mother cat must’ve figured out how to open the window and snuck in from the garden. She’s so clever.”

The mother cat inside was scratching at the door, its howls eerie and forlorn.

As soon as Leanne opened the door, the cat’s cries turned into purring sweetness.

Leanne couldn’t help but soften as the cat nuzzled against her hand, looking for affection. She sighed and said, “Planning some murders on Curtis without even giving me a heads-up, huh?”

Laura’s eyes nearly popped out of her skull in shock, thinking she might have heard

wrong.

“Maybe we should just find them new homes. Mr. Curtis is allergic. It’s no small matter. Cat hair gets everywhere, and no amount of cleaning can keep up with it.”

Some colleagues at the hospital had reserved a kitten, and Joy was blasting social media daily to find them adopters, but three were still unclaimed.

The kittens weren’t even a month old, too young to be given away. The mother cat was no spring chicken, which only made finding her home even harder. There was no quick fix for their situation.

Leanne was worried.

mumbled, stroking the cat’s docile

shouldn’t be for

divorce. If she hadn’t

found someone to take

“Change the bedding in the bedroom and give it

and changing, Leanne got herself a glass of water and took an antihistamine to the

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12:15

“Come in.”

door open to find Curtis stripping

shirt was undone to the last button, revealing a tantalizing glimpse of his well-defined abs

Leanne had sneaked a peek at his abs during a quick

her. “I know you’ve got your eye on my body, but

tone was stern like a paragon of virtue, but by night he’d be guiding her hand, tracing the contours

set the tray on the dresser near the door, careful not to

medicine.” said

muscular upper body. It was a blend of

at her as he replied,

pill

Curtis gave

it down with a sip of water, and only then asked, “What’s this?”

replied

a deadly

could be lethal.

that how you want to get rid

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