Chapter 208

Curtis made her both frustrated and amused, “I don’t know what you are saying right now.” Leanne, trying to cut to the chase with sheer determination, said, “Meet me at the city hall tomorrow at 3 PM.”

Curtis, leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands in his pockets, shot. back, “No.”

Leanne, exasperated, asked, “How long are you planning to drag this out?”

“I’m genuinely busy tomorrow,” Curtis replied, his tone surprisingly serious this time, “Day after works for me.”

But before Leanne could feel any relief, she frowned, “I’m on shift the day after.”

“Aw, that sucks,” Curtis said, adopting a helpless demeanor, “Day after is the only time I’m

free.”

Getting the divorce papers was now Leanne’s top priority. She bit her lip, thinking it over, “I might be able to get a colleague to cover for me for a bit in the afternoon, so maybe we

can…”

Before she could finish, Curtis, unfazed, interrupted, “Oh, didn’t catch that. I’m only free in the morning the day after.”

choked, “You knew I was on shift that day on

hint of amusement, making him even more infuriating, “Leanne, silly girl, anyone

your eyes!”

up the phone,

to city hall, Curtis disappeared for the next

bustling corridors quieted down in the afternoon, though many patients still couldn’t

not on

How ’bout I grab you some of

a good time. The hospital always hooks us up with grub, and Donna’s got

days earlier, insisting she come back to the

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the holiday.

decline, Mary pouted, “Who said that? Even if you’re divorcing Curtis, you’re still

knowing Mary was just worried she

duty, she really would have found

without retort.

are

who, following the matriarch’s orders, delivered the prepared Christmas

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