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.”

It’ll fall apart on its own in a

You were born into privilege, always the golden boy,

stares she would have to face once word about the day’s events spread throughout the hospital.

be Curtis Richardson’s ex-wife. Can’t you throw your weight around? If anyone gives you trouble, come to me. You think I wouldn’t

of focusing on healing and saving lives, they’re all about kissing up

what was the point of telling him? The frustration she felt from him was far more than

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faced at the hospital.

last time you came to see me at

like a

said. “You came to celebrate my

three years

then, I was just an intern, and you used to pick me up

handsome and

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

these past two years, my colleagues might recognize you,” Leanne pointed

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