Leanne was exhausted, and when her body touched the bed, she was ready to drift off into sleep, forgetting her usual bouts of insomnia. Curtis wrapped his arms around her, gazing at her peaceful face under the soft glow of the bedside lamp.

The room was silent in the dead of night, her breathing slow and even, reminiscent of a cat luxuriating in a lazy morning nap.

During his two years in Starlake, he had longed for moments like these.

Curtis watched her for a moment, his fingers itching to touch her. He gently played with her eyelashes, so long and curly, fluttering like tiny fans. Leanne's eyelashes twitched at the touch, and she briefly opened her sleepy eyes to look at him before closing them again, unguarded and serene. Her nose was cute, too, perky and delicate. Curtis couldn't help but lean down and kiss it softly.

She didn't even open her eyes this time.

His kiss wandered to her soft pink lips, lingering and loving. "Leanne, I love you. Do you know that?" he whispered.

...

Leanne unsurprisingly overslept the next day and rushed to get dressed and out the door.

Curtis pulled her back gently. "What's the rush?"

going to be late," she

slept later and

can't blame me for that. How can I fight it when your folks made you so darn cute, pretty

hospital, Leanne was indeed late. As she entered her office, she missed the peculiar looks thrown her way. She was unaware that photos of her and Curtis at last night's glamorous charity gala had spread

standing side by side. Curtis was tall and striking, while she was

Department's Hottie Anne was not married to some average Joe

cafeteria, the air turned thick with tension as she approached

up?" Leanne asked, sensing

the beans when Donna interrupted, "Leanne, you've been holding out on us. Curtis is your hubby, and you didn't

erupted with

right in front of you. How

wedding photo looked like you, and you

but interject. "She didn't deny it. It was Sandra

our little princess didn't want to be friends with us peasants. And if it weren't for

shot her coldly. "You seem to have mistaken your lines. That sounds like something I should

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