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.”

shift that

making him even more infuriating, “Leanne, silly girl, anyone

your eyes!”

the

to city hall, Curtis disappeared for the

down in the afternoon, though many patients still couldn’t be discharged, spending the holiday amidst

not on duty

I grab you some of my mom’s homemade tacos? They taste good. I bet you’ll love it!”

worries, go have a good time. The hospital always hooks us up with grub, and Donna’s got me sorted with a microwaveable

called Leanne a few days earlier, insisting she come back to

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the holiday.

“Who said that? Even if you’re divorcing Curtis, you’re still my granddaughter, separate issues. It hasn’t been

knowing Mary was just worried she would be lonely spending the holiday alone.

for her duty, she really would have found it hard to refuse, a fact

without retort.

are so heartless!”

Leanne received a call from the Richardsons’ family driver, who, following the matriarch’s orders, delivered the prepared

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