Chapter 289

“Next time you’re out for coffee with the girls, don’t forget to put in a good word for me.”

Jennifer rolled her eyes. “Do I look like I have nothing better to do? You might not be embarrassed, but I sure am.”

“It’s up to you whether you want to save face or want a cute, adorable little granddaughter

more.”

Curtis said, “Well, if I can’t win Leanne back, I’m gonna shave my head and join Mary on a retreat to Mount Shasta, and then you’ll really have no one to turn to.”

Jennifer was so frustrated she felt like she was having a heart attack.

“How did I end up with a jerk like you?”

Curtis chuckled. “You’ll have to ask dad about that, not me.”

Just then, the front door opened, and Leanne walked in carrying a picnic basket.

Curtis, unfazed by how irritated Jennifer was, quickly hung up the phone. “Gotta go, my personal doctor is back.”

Leanne set the basket on the dining table. “The clinic was swamped this morning, got off work late. I grabbed some food from the hospital cafeteria for you, eat up.”

Seeing her about to leave right after she arrived, Curtis stopped her, gazing down at her with concern. “Did you eat at the hospital, or are you still mad at me?”

sidestepped him, “I’ve got to head

hadn’t even had lunch, yet made the effort to

warm tenderness inside. “Leanne, why do I love you so

the table and asked him,

quickly grabbed it, calmly and without a trace resetting the last

my temperature again after

Leanne seemed unconcerned.

don’t make it back, the neighbor will bring you

it,” Curtis declared. “I

gave him a look. “You seem pretty lively now, so once you’re better, you

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and frail underneath?” Curtis leaned against the cabinet, the thickness of his skin astonishing, as he joked

from the flu in a week, but it takes

at him expressionlessly. “Where exactly

eye contact, Curtis conceded with a smile, “Alright. I’ll leave once my fever’s

then did

it,

Curtis tossed the medicine Leanne

going to subside, not by

chefs. Compared to Leanne’s oddly

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