Chapter 88

Leanne froze, tightening her knitted cardigan around her, shielding her nightgown from the chill.

Curtis slipped the cozy slipper onto her feet and let go. Leanne immediately planted her feet on the floor and stepped back.

Rising to his feet, Curtis softened his tone. “If you don’t want to stay in Crystal Cove Villas, I’ll transfer the deed of the Northwood estate to you.”

Leanne glanced at him. Her reaction was far more subdued than he had anticipated.

“No need,” she refused, “I am not interested in it anymore.”

It meant that the estate once held for her had vanished.

An inexplicable irritation surged within Curtis, unsettling him once more.

“One minute you’re all in, the next you’re out. Why are you so fickle, Leanne?”

“Well, one minute you’re offering, the next you’re taking it back. It’s hard to figure you out too,” Leanne responded calmly. “I told Caleb last time I don’t want the house and just liquidate it.”

“My company’s cash flow is tight right now. We don’t have that much cash on hand.”

Leanne said, “Then forget it. I want nothing.”

Her tone was even, not annoyed or bitter, just genuinely indifferent.

agreement was already substantial. Leanne’s desire for the Northwood property was merely clinging to

an illusion, the estate

wanted nothing, but Curtis seemed irritated by her indifference, scoffing, “To dismiss such a fortune so easily, Dr. Castillo, you truly treat money

found him

but I have properties.

couldn’t quite pin down his motives. Perhaps it was the scare from Joy earlier that day. He felt secure only when Leanne was

a half-second before adding, “I’ll move

to tangle with him over

it. She could

giving her the

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would complain about having

and notify me. Your

you don’t have to answer her calls. I’ll deal

the

annoyed. “You weren’t supposed to

dawn on her. Had Curtis eaten

taste good after cooling down.

left, Joy returned from the local supermarket with

began to cook lunch after freshening up and storing the groceries in the

late

a recipe, Leanne didn’t look up

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