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Curtis grabbed his car keys, hoisted the cat into the passenger seat, and said, “Let’s go. I’ll drive

you two.”

Leanne, remembering his previous disdain for the cat, couldn’t help but tease, “Are you not worried about it plotting your murder anymore?”

“How many grievances have you scribbled down against me in your world?” Curtis. chuckled, unabashed, “You’ll be disappointed, though. Before you arrived, we had quite the heart-to-heart and decided to bury the hatchet.”

He was shameless to the extreme.

Leanne replied skeptically, “Sure, except you’re allergic.”

Sneezing and coughing were the least of his worries. A severe reaction could even trigger allergic rhinitis or asthma, and he had broken out in hives before.

She reached out to take the cat, but Curtis, leaning against the car door, blocked her.

“What’s the matter, trying to break us up?” he accused with a stern look. “We’ve bonded, you cold-hearted woman.”

Leanne glanced at him expressionlessly and withdrew her hand, “Then you keep it.

Curtis didn’t flinch, “A kitten needs its mom.”

What a nonsense!

Leanne retorted, “You’re crazy.”

“I’m not even afraid of allergies. What are you scared of?” Curtis closed the door, then opened the passenger side for her, pulling her in.

“Don’t you think you should buy it some stuff? A cab driver won’t accompany you to a pet store.”

“Whatever you want,” Leanne gave up struggling and got into the car, “Just don’t come crying to me if you have an allergic reaction.”

The cat, frightened by the car ride, meowed incessantly from its carrier.

Leanne spoke to it softly and patiently.

her voice. But

had to keep talking to it, responding every time it meowed.

stayed silent, his expression hidden by a mask. Leanne thought he was

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She looked over.

Curtis slowly pressed the brake. Sensing her gaze, he glanced at her

“Why stop chatting?”

by his remark, Leanne felt a bit

suggested, “Why not tell it about our

loss for words. She turned her face to

Leanne, busy with work and occasionally on call, bought an automatic feeder, a smart litter box, and other essentials

allergens for him even with a mask.

Upon arriving at Golden Grove Manors, Mr. Curtis

led, predictably, to another

of the room, she found him at the

of her, Curtis asked,

went to fetch the ointment.

eyeing the familiar tube of allergy cream, a subtle shift in

making

to sound serious,

for the cream.

turned a vivid red.

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lips were pursed tightly. Suddenly flustered,

nearby table, advancing

turn away, but Curtis pulled

“Why the blushing?”

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expression reminded Leanne of a previous and embarrassing moment in Northwood when she

countered,

a tomato. Don’t lie to me.”

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