Chapter 243

Leanne was giving him the silent treatment.

An invisible standoff lingered between them.

After a while, Curtis broke the silence, casually throwing out a lure. “I heard the FDA in Emberland recently approved a new oral medication. It’s supposed to be pretty effective in preventing relapses.”

High-risk neuroblastoma is an unforgiving disease. You can’t cure it. You can only hope to extend your life through surgery or medication.

With a survival rate of less than fifty percent over five years, the high mortality rate comes from the risk of relapse. Each relapse means a more aggressive cancer.

If this newly approved treatment could reduce the risk of relapse, maybe there would still be a glimmer of hope for Jada.

Leanne’s brows furrowed. “So, you’re using this as leverage against me?”

“Yes.” Curtis rested his wrist on the table’s edge, his watch casting a cold silver glow,

making his gaze sharp and detached. “Otherwise, why would I bother? Leaving behind a mountain of work at the company to run around Emberland for a kid I barely know. Come on. Take a seat. Don’t rile me up.”

After a standoff, Leanne finally compromised and took a seat.

up a shrimp, and placed it on her

setting her up with the best cancer center, personally discussing her treatment plan, even sorting out their accommodation and care. Everything’s ready. They only need to start the

touched, maybe even fall for me a little. I thought you’d run into

my wife or kid, and here I am, bending over backward for them,

ever faced such indignity?

nice dinner, okay? Pretend for

at him, but she would’ve seen the almost pleading look in his

focused on the shrimp, asking, “When are you

“Next Thursday.”

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means three days,” Leanne thought.

to endure for three more days. Once Belinda and Jada were gone, it would be

picked up the fork and

making it too easy to guess

his porcelain cup. “Using them as leverage works that well

feeling trapped.

“What’s pushing it?”

her waist,

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