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?”

him, “I’ve got to head back to

had lunch, yet made the effort

why do

the table and asked him, “Has your fever gone down?”

calmly and without a trace

my temperature again after

Leanne seemed unconcerned.

to get off work on time tonight. If I don’t make it back, the neighbor

eat it,” Curtis declared. “I only want the food you make.”

now, so once you’re better, you should leave, stop loafing around

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Curtis leaned against the cabinet, the thickness of his

fragile. Others recover from the flu in a week, but

stared at him expressionlessly. “Where exactly is your

contact, Curtis conceded with a smile, “Alright. I’ll

Only then

drawled, “Got it, Dr.

the door shut, Curtis tossed the medicine Leanne had prepared into

wasn’t going to subside,

certainly made by professional chefs. Compared to Leanne’s oddly flavored beef stew,

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