Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

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?”

got to head

she hadn’t even had lunch, yet made

inside. “Leanne, why

the table and asked him, “Has your

it, calmly and without a trace resetting the last

take my temperature again after

Leanne seemed unconcerned.

tonight. If I don’t make it back,

it,” Curtis declared. “I only want the

him a look. “You seem pretty lively now, so once you’re better, you should leave, stop loafing around here.”

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you know I’m not just putting on a brave face, weak and frail underneath?” Curtis leaned against the cabinet, the thickness of his skin astonishing, as

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

him expressionlessly. “Where exactly is

a moment of eye contact, Curtis conceded with a smile, “Alright.

to take your medicine.” Only then did

it,

medicine Leanne had

to subside,

cafeteria food was so-so, certainly made by professional chefs. Compared to Leanne’s oddly flavored beef stew, it was superior.