Chapter 148

Leanne hopped into the car and casually told Jake, “Go to Golden Grove Manors.”

Curtis glanced over with his eyebrows raised. “Back to the old haunt, huh?”

The days she’d spent at Crystal Cove Villas were a mix of false bliss and harsh reality, which she had no desire to revisit.

She had moved there temporarily because of Derek’s threats. Since the danger he posed was gone, considering she felt more at home in Golden Grove Manors, it was time to return to her sanctuary.

“Curiosity killed the cat, you know,” Leanne shot back, evading his question.

As Leanne finished her sentence, she suddenly remembered Curtis, in this very car, once said the same thing to her..

Back then, he still sarcastically called her “Mrs. Richardson”, but now, he was nothing more than her almost-ex-husband.

It felt like history repeating itself.

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She wondered if Curtis remembered his words. He just said with a snarky tone, “What’s with the teenage rebellion, divorcing and all?”

Leanne didn’t feel like engaging in conversation. She turned to gaze out the window, but her phone buzzed with a new message, drawing her attention back inside.

Curtis’ gaze lazily swept over her screen, catching a glimpse of the flashy emojis. It wasn’t Jeremy.

landed on the group chat’s

stunners?” he mused, finding the odd

amusing.

quickly tilted her screen away. “It’s not cool to snoop

created the chat group, and they bombarded it daily with their banter, from yesterday’s leftover-tasting takeout to the trending topic of a pop star caught cheating, whom they nicknamed “Curtis.”

into

ge a little.

saw that name, she couldn’t help but cringe She wondered what

with that

name.

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half-smile, “Out of you three, you might be the top stunner’ but what about

your own business.”

Golden Grove Manors, Leanne stepped out of the car and leaned in to thank

her politeness, quickly responding, “Ma’am, it’s all part

chuckled from the back. “You sure know how to express gratitude. Why are you thanking my

patients thank the scissors,” Leanne quipped, ready to close the car

give you a ride home, and you don’t even invite me in for

“I’m out of

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