Chapter 322

Until Curtis wrapped his arms around her and escorted her out of the hospital room, Leanne hadn’t seen where Suzan was injured.

Curtis helped her into the car and noticed she was still distracted. “Shaken up?” he asked.

Leanne snapped back to reality. “I didn’t even see what happened, how could I be shaken?” Curtis raised an eyebrow. “From the sound of it, you seem almost disappointed?”

Disappointed wasn’t quite the word, but when Curtis pulled her into his embrace, covering her ears, the sound of her heartbeat amplified.

Leanne changed the subject. “You were pretty assertive today. Aren’t you worried about offending the Wright family?”

“If they’re offended, so be it,” Curtis replied nonchalantly, a hint of recklessness in his tone. “I don’t care.”

Curtis never really put anyone on a pedestal.

“In this world, there’s only one person I fear offending,” he said with a half-smile. “Guess who?”

Leanne, as if she had a signal jammer installed, deflected his flirtation. “Probably Jake, right?”

then he might drive

and resignation, said, “I

“Leanne, you won’t believe it, I totally rocked

just got off work and

like living in a movie. They’ll probably love to hear about

it.”

address of the diner,” said

picking me up, can I bring him along? Of course, if you’re even 0.01% uncomfortable, I’ll tell him to back off right away!”

thank Jeremy for

call, offered kindly, “Where are we eating? I’ll

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09:13

you there.”

about it and decided against catching a cab midway. She gave Jake the address.

to the restaurant, the delay at the hospital meant it

was about to get out when her hand was

a dim light from the car

you up later?” His voice was low, slightly

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