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.

for the Northwood property was merely clinging

was an illusion, the estate meant

Curtis seemed irritated by her indifference, scoffing, “To dismiss such a fortune so easily, Dr. Castillo, you truly treat money as if it were dirt.”

broke,” Leanne found

broke, but I have properties. Take Crystal Cove Villas. Move back

Joy earlier that day. He felt secure only when Leanne was

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

to tangle with him over

it. She could always sell it later.

insisted on giving her

Chapter 88

would complain about having too

the papers and notify me. Your mother has been badgering me about it.”

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

silence, Curtis changed the topic

annoyed. “You weren’t supposed to eat

Curtis eaten the food

it wouldn’t taste

returned from the local supermarket with two

drowsiness was gone at their disturbance. She began to cook lunch after freshening up and

late for breakfast?” Joy

a recipe, Leanne didn’t look

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