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.

eyes landed on the

three stunners?” he mused, finding

amusing.

away. “It’s not cool to snoop on someone’s phone,”

daily with their banter, from yesterday’s leftover-tasting takeout to the trending topic of a pop star caught cheating, whom they

had somehow morphed into the

ge a little.

cringe She wondered

with that

name.

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unusually free from the constant calls and laptop work.

three, you might be the top

your

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

flattered by her politeness, quickly responding, “Ma’am, it’s

“You sure know how to express gratitude. Why are you thanking my driver instead

always. Sometimes, patients thank the scissors,” Leanne quipped, ready to close the car door.

in his seat, Curtis teased her, “I give you a ride home, and you don’t even invite me in

shot back. “I’m out of coffee at

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