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 back to

made

warm tenderness inside. “Leanne, why do I

choosing to ignore, glanced at the thermometer on the table

calmly and without a trace

yet. I’ll take my temperature again after I take my medicine.”

Leanne seemed unconcerned.

tonight. If I don’t make it back, the neighbor will bring you dinner. I’ve already talked

“I only want the food you

look. “You seem pretty lively now, so once you’re better, you should

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

Others recover from the flu in a week, but it takes me

expressionlessly. “Where exactly

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

Only then did Leanne leave for work.

it, Dr. Castillo.”

tossed the medicine Leanne

wasn’t going to subside, not by

cafeteria food was so-so, certainly made by professional chefs. Compared to Leanne’s oddly