Chapter 328

Her rare softening towards him made it hard for Curtis to let go of her hand.

The car ride felt infuriatingly short, as if conspiring against him, and they soon arrived at Golden Grove Manors. Leanne withdrew her hand and stepped out of the car.

Curtis followed, dreading the thought of her two best friends waiting upstairs, always in the way.

“I think I left something back at the restaurant, how about you come with me to pick it up?”

Leanne wasn’t buying his lame excuse. “Or maybe you left your brain there?”

Curtis chuckled, “Then what excuse would work to keep you a bit longer?”,

Leanne didn’t reply immediately, casually slinging her bag over her shoulder, not hurrying off.

The magnolia trees were budding anew, their lush branches casting deep, tranquil shadows in the night.

Her silhouette was bathed in the soft glow of the porch light, her features blurred into a picturesque softness, her neck graceful and elongated like an elegant swan.

In the quiet, she asked, “Curtis, when did you start liking me?”

say. I always thought of you more like a younger sister, never really questioned it. But if I had to pinpoint it, I guess I’ve liked

her did he like? Leanne

me do you

sapling, fragile and swaying with the wind, yet earnestly striving to

you glare when you’re mad; I love the way

effortlessly from Curtis.

eyes crinkling, “There’s no real reason; love is just one of those inexplicable things.”

brotherly kind of love,”

gently brushing her hair from her shoulder to

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sister? That’s just not right.”

the marriage for Mary’s

her hands in

didn’t want this marriage, no

under his

dated so

chapters of his life, easily dismissed with a laugh by anyone but

forehead touched hers, “Back then, I didn’t know I’d end up loving you.”

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