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.

outlined in the agreement was already substantial. Leanne’s desire for the Northwood

was an illusion, the estate meant nothing.

scoffing, “To dismiss such a fortune so easily, Dr. Castillo, you

Leanne found

I have properties. Take Crystal Cove

Perhaps it was the scare from Joy earlier that day. He felt secure

half-second before adding, “I’ll move out.”

tangle with

She could

on giving her the

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complain about having too

and notify me. Your mother has been badgering me

don’t have to answer

the topic abruptly, “Leanne, your cooking

was annoyed. “You weren’t supposed to eat it!”

it dawn on her. Had Curtis eaten the food she

taste good after cooling

Curtis left, Joy returned from the local supermarket with two large bags of

their disturbance. She began to cook lunch after freshening up and storing

a bit late for breakfast?” Joy

didn’t look up at

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