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.

up under Curtis on the tent’s soft padding. Only when she heard distant exclamations of delight did she realize the meteors had already streaked across the night sky.

“The meteor shower has

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

right

she made a simple one, “I hope we can come watch

wish, the next time there’s a meteor shower, I can uck you like

Chapter Ne

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

made

chuckled and kissed her lips, “You’re so

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

for days after returning, worried she might have accidentally conceived, until her monthly reassurance arrived on

made her ears burn.

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

ears, a flicker of something dark flashing

the glass

imperceptibly, his tone

they give me the lead underwriter position and bump my share

offered it to Leanne, “This fruit wine is quite good,

“No,

gives you?” Leanne felt uneasy under his gaze, though she

the side.

have work early in the morning.”

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