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

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?”

if I offend him, then he might drive me off a

innocence and resignation, said, “I would never,

picked up. “Leanne, you won’t believe it, I totally

I’m treating! Joy just got

in a movie. They’ll probably

it.”

address of the diner,” said Leanne.

bring him along? Of course,

Leanne wanted to thank Jeremy for

the content of her call, offered kindly, “Where are we eating? I’ll drive

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09:13

you there.”

decided against catching a cab midway. She gave Jake the

up to the restaurant, the delay at the hospital meant it

about to get out when

gently hooked her fingers, a dim light from the car casting a deep

come pick you up later?” His voice was low, slightly probing.