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.

was already substantial. Leanne’s desire for the Northwood property was merely clinging to a semblance of affection

that affection was an illusion, the estate

seemed irritated by her indifference, scoffing, “To dismiss such a

Leanne found him exasperating

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

scare from Joy earlier that day.

a half-second before adding, “I’ll

want to tangle with

She could

on giving

Chapter 88

complain about having too much

papers and notify me. Your mother has been badgering me

to answer

the topic abruptly, “Leanne,

annoyed. “You weren’t

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

taste good after cooling

returned from the local supermarket with two large bags of

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

it a bit late for

didn’t look up at her. “Lunch.”

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