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.

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

was an illusion,

“To dismiss such a

Leanne found him exasperating

may be broke, but I have properties. Take

scare from Joy earlier that day. He felt secure only when Leanne was close by.

half-second before adding, “I’ll move

with him over trivial matters.

She could always sell

on giving her the

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would complain about having too much

and notify me. Your mother has been badgering me

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

few seconds of silence, Curtis changed the

“You weren’t supposed to eat it!”

did it dawn on her. Had Curtis eaten the food she made the previous

wouldn’t taste good

local supermarket with two large bags of

She began to cook lunch after freshening

late for

Leanne didn’t look up at

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