"What kind of product design..." Leanne's ears suddenly felt hot.

"Shameless!" Mary delivered a hefty slap to his arm, her eyes sharp. "Waiting for nine months, there is no progress in their conception, you little swindler!"

Whether it was Curtis' audacity or the mention of her great-granddaughter, whose progress was at zero percent, that triggered her, Mary seemed to perk up a bit.

"Drive Anne back to work. Call Maddox in. I need to speak with him."

Maddox and Phillip had both rushed back, and Mary summoned Maddox inside.

As Leanne closed the door behind her, she saw Mary sigh deeply and silently.

Leanne couldn't decipher it. Perhaps it was her imagination, but she felt that the once sprightly

engulfed once again

her office for the emergency room. Walking through the corridors bustling with patients and their

of the bag, scattering across

feet. She quickly bent down to pick them

person reached out to take them, and Leanne inadvertently slid

clean, with not a single

at the base of

Leanne looked up.

a single hard callus. It hinted at a cushy, privileged life, much like what Curtis had. "Thank you," he said in a deep and

and continued walking. A few steps later,

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