Chapter 94

“Seriously, Leanne, do you always have to be so prickly?” Curtis said, his frustration.

evident.

“I’m not trying to prick you,” Leanne replied calmly but firmly. “I just don’t want people to know about us, especially now.”

Curtis let out a derisive chuckle. “What, am I some kind of outcast now? We’ve been married for three years, and you’ve kept it under wraps like it’s some state secret. Are you a CIA agent?”

“It was you who wanted to keep everything hush-hush, to ‘protect my identity, remember?” “That was to protect you.”

“Protect me?” Leanne laughed humorlessly, locking eyes with him. “And, what about those cozy little headlines you made with Suzan every other week? Was that ‘protecting me’ too?”

Curtis’ expression slowly sobered.

Leanne continued, “Now that the director knows I’m Mrs. Richardson, he treats me with kid gloves. But what happens if we divorce and I lose the clout of the Richardson family name? Do you think he’ll still care about me? Or will he start giving me a hard time, taking. out whatever frustrations he has with you on me?”

“The rumors of our divorce have spread through the department. Ruben and Sandra were caught off guard today, but it won’t be long before they realize this ‘powerful connection’ I supposedly have is only a house of cards, ready to collapse at the slightest breeze.”

in a few

even understand. You were born into privilege, always the golden boy, shielded from the darker

have to face once

what? You’d still be Curtis Richardson’s ex-wife. Can’t you throw your weight around? If anyone gives you trouble, come

is this hospital, anyway? Instead of focusing on healing and saving lives, they’re all

The frustration she felt from him was far more

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she faced at

even remember the last time

doused, like a fire quenched by

said. “You came to celebrate my birthday. Remember?”

three

just an intern, and you used to pick

had all envied Leanne for marrying such a handsome and caring man before

hospital, and her classmate went elsewhere. Since then, Curtis had never

past two years,

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