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,

setting her up with the best cancer center, personally discussing her treatment plan, even sorting out their

see you when I was back, thinking you’d be touched, maybe even fall for me a little. I

my wife or kid, and here I am, bending

ever

Pretend

the almost pleading look in his eyes

on the shrimp, asking, “When are you sending them to Emberland?”

“Next Thursday.”

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days,” Leanne thought.

days. Once Belinda and Jada were gone, it would be time to finalize the

picked up the fork and

hated how well he knew her, making it

played with his porcelain cup. “Using them as leverage works

tensed, feeling trapped. “Don’t

“What’s pushing it?”

arm around her

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