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?”

eaten.” Leanne sidestepped him, “I’ve got to head back to work.”

made the effort to bring him food.

inside. “Leanne, why do I love you so

at the thermometer on the table and asked him, “Has your fever gone

and without

again after

Leanne seemed unconcerned.

If I don’t make it back, the

won’t eat it,” Curtis declared. “I only

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

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brave face, weak and frail underneath?” Curtis leaned against the cabinet, the thickness

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

“Where exactly is your fragility?”

contact, Curtis conceded with a

your medicine.” Only then did Leanne

“Got it, Dr.

soon as the door shut, Curtis tossed the medicine Leanne had

going to subside, not by itself.

hospital cafeteria food was so-so, certainly made by professional chefs. Compared to