Chapter 56

A scuffle had broken out, sending feathers flying and tails wagging. Leanne, without a word, stood up to distance herself from the fray, heading straight for the buffet area to grab some food.

The long table was laden with an assortment of cold dishes. Leanne picked a few items. and placed them on her plate when a man beside her asked, “Got a sweet tooth?”

It was the same guy who had pinched her hand earlier.

But without proof, there was no case. Leanne couldn’t accuse him of being a creep. She politely responded.

She continued her foray into the buffet, and Derek stood close by, not leaving.

“You look even more stunning than the last time we met.” Derek praised.

Leanne gave him a second glance, not recalling any previous

inter “Have we met?”

“It’s been a while. No surprise you don’t remember.” Derek smiled with the air of a gentleman. “It was that time you and Curtis went to Echo Summit to catch the meteor shower.”

Leanne remembered Echo Summit.

Back then, her relationship with Curtis was still solid. As the weather warmed up, Curtis mentioned a meteor shower in Virgo and that Echo Summit was the prime spot to watch. So, they went hiking and camping late into the night.

Indeed, someone had greeted Curtis that day, a fleeting introduction, so Leanne’s memory was hazy.

She couldn’t even recall the meteor shower, only the warm and intimate tangle in the spacious tent.

she ended up under Curtis on the tent’s soft padding. Only when she heard distant

meteor

sweat on her neck, “You can make a wish with your eyes closed

right

made a simple one, “I hope we

in agreement, “Then I wish, the next time there’s a meteor shower, I can uck you

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heat turning her ears scarlet, prompting her to slap him playfully, “Are you

It barely made an impact,

her lips, “You’re so easily

they went there to

was anxious for days after returning, worried she might have accidentally conceived, until

made her ears

a coincidence!” She tried to sound nonchalant, picking up a piece

of something dark flashing in his eyes. His gaze then

Curtis, through the glass of the garden doors, caught every

pace on the phone quickened imperceptibly,

secretary’s nephew, not realizing they don’t have the clout. Tell Albert that I won’t be dominated. Either they give me the lead underwriter position and bump my share to my satisfaction,

to Leanne, “This fruit wine is quite good, sweet but not cloying.

“No, thank

his eyes fixed on her, “You only drink what Curtis gives you?” Leanne felt uneasy

the side.

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