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.

plan was to watch the meteor shower, but she ended up under Curtis on the tent’s soft padding. Only when she heard distant exclamations of delight did

meteor shower

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

right

simple one, “I hope

I wish, the next time there’s a meteor shower,

Chapter Ne

into Leanne’s ear, the heat turning her ears scarlet, prompting her to

It barely made an impact, more like

lips, “You’re so easily

a glimpse of a single meteor that night. Since they went there to watch the meteor shower, they hadn’t brought condoms. But Curtis was overwhelmed. by the lust.

have accidentally

scenes made

a coincidence!” She tried to sound nonchalant, picking

flicker of something dark flashing in his eyes. His gaze then drifted lower, subtly scanning

didn’t notice, but Curtis, through the glass of the garden doors, caught every lingering look from

pace on the phone quickened imperceptibly,

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, or the deal’s off.” With that, he

picked up a glass of wine and offered it to Leanne, “This fruit wine is quite good, sweet but not cloying. Give it a

“No, thank

her, “You only drink what Curtis gives you?”

the side.

early

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