Chapter 238

Curtis’ lips subtly shifted left, pressing gently against hers, soft and tender.

His breath hitched for a moment, wanting to deepen the kiss, but Leanne, with her palm against his cheek, pushed him aside.

She wriggled out from his grasp and dashed out the door.

Curtis didn’t stop her.

Once outside, she switched from running to walking to avoid drawing attention, adopting the composed demeanor of a doctor.

With her hands tucked into the pockets of her coat, she greeted familiar colleagues nonchalantly.

One colleague pulled Leanne aside, asking if she had heard about someone sponsoring

Jada’s treatment.

Watching her, Curtis felt a ticklish sensation in his heart, imagining pulling her into à

secluded stairwell to kiss her breathless.

To kiss her until her stubbornness melted away, leaving her nestled in his arms, gazing up at him with eyes misty and soft, no longer looking at him with defiance.

Leaning lazily against the wall, he called out to her with a tender “Babe.”

She didn’t seem to hear him, continuing her conversation without a glance in his direction, though her ears grew redder.

chuckled. She was just too darn

Leanne found Joy squatting by her office door, engrossed in her phone, waiting to grab dinner

a beggar when there are chairs?” Leanne teased.

her jacket to show off, “Feel this, I’ve actually got

Joy jumped. “Did you just attach that hand

smiled, her eyes curving,

their way to dinner, Joy commented, “You’ve been in a great mood these days.

how Curtis had helped fund Belinda and

was skeptical, “Did

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just give the money to

explain the

“Actually, he…”

his eye on some doctor at

that wasn’t

doctor a knockout?”

years old,” Leanne replied.

“Then her mom’s doctor…”

turned to her, throwing her

realized, “That’s you,

furrowed in annoyance, and after a moment of silence, she

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