"Just making an analogy."

"That's an analogy you can't make," Curtis said, pulling her closer, freeing her worriedly bitten lower lip from her teeth, and gently rubbing it with the tip of his finger for comfort.

"Being your husband isn't about you sacrificing your dreams for me. Let me handle all the problems, okay? You shouldn't feel troubled over anything. Just focus on what you want to do, what you desire. And if there are obstacles, I'll clear them for you."

"How are you going to clear them?"

"Does your answer not include the option of me joining you in Cambridge?"

"You're giving up your company?" Leanne asked. "Your career focus has shifted back home. Going to Cambridge with me, and what about ElitePinnacle? You've taken a long break for me. Caleb's starting to get gray hairs."

"I promoted him to vice president at the start of the year. Not one of those gray hairs is unearned."

Curtis held her close, a sea of tenderness in his brown eyes. "ElitePinnacle can learn to work without me, but I can't do without you guys."

"Leanne, you could stand to be more confident. You're always immovable in my world and on any scale."

and hugged his waist, leaning her weight

used up all my

misfortunes of her first twenty years seemed compensated for in

his heart, brushed the hair

sounded not far away, making them

crib, Betty was energetically kicking

remember she had

evenly shaken bottle from the bottle warmer, walked over, and started feeding

said, "With all that energy, after you finish your milk, how about you

and their cat, she set off from Stonebridge Airport. Joy hugged her, tearfully bidding farewell. "With you leaving, when we meet again, I might have aged." Leanne paused for

to hugging four-month-old Betty. Very fond of her, the little

that your house in Cambridge can take one more

all leave, leaving me alone here, lonely

get there, I'll find a way to bring you over,

antics amused Leanne. "I'm not leaving

picking a

hearted farewells, Curtis interjected calmly, "There's still room

Joy was speechless.

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