Chapter 235

Jada carefully peeled another orange, offering it to Curtis with a meaningful look, “You should really consider giving her those flowers yourself, sir.”

Curtis put on a bitter smile. Was it that he didn’t want to?

If he did, Leanne wouldn’t just find a vase to display them. She wouldn’t lovingly tend to them.

She’d more likely chuck them in the trash, or worse, right back at his face.

But Curtis was curious about Jada’s reasoning, “And why’s that?”

“My mom said Dr. Castillo got hitched.”

“You want me to wish her a lifetime of bliss?”

“Not exactly.” Jada hesitated, torn about whether to spill the beans. After all, this was Dr. Castillo’s private business. She might be young, but she knew better than to gossip.

Still, after a moment of internal debate, she ventured, “You’re Dr. Castillo’s good friend, so it’s okay if I share a secret with you, right?”

Curtis feigned a solemn look, “Of course.”

So, Jada whispered, her hand cupped around her mouth, “Faustina said, Dr. Castillo’s lucked out, her husband’s a real piece of work, got a mistress.”

up just a smidge.

the sight, a complete baldy, beer gut and all, standing no taller than five

Jada thought, such a man didn’t deserve the

fierce conviction, “Sir, you should sweep Dr. Castillo off her feet. You’re handsome, and you two would be perfect together.”

didn’t respond, just hummed noncommittally, his

door, Leanne hadn’t caught the entire conversation, especially with Jada’s muffled whispers, but she did hear the

out of line, she

fell silent, both pairs of

guilty, the other’s gaze was piercing and

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as she handed the treats to Jada, “For when you’re feeling peckish, but don’t

Castillo, I didn’t mean

swayed by Curtis could

the head, “It’s okay, and it’s not your fault.”

her with a meaningful look that

still had no clue who the mysterious benefactor was, and here he

turned to Jada, changing the

went home to

soon, dinner time

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