Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Leanne finally relented and invited him in in a gesture of obligatory hospitality.
But making coffee was off the table. Leanne’s politeness only stretched so far.
Curtis wandered through the door, taking in the surroundings leisurely.
After all, the house was a relic from twenty years ago, decked out in more of a ssical style. Since
Leanne had reimed the property from Violet, she had given it a thorough
once-over.
She changed the locks and, driven by a bit of germaphobia, cleared out all the old furniture that Violet’s
family had used for nearly two decades despite being heirlooms from her parents.
After cleaning the house entirely, she reced every receable thing, including toilets and
appliances, and chose new furniture that echoed the old days’ style.
She even rehung her parents’ photographs on the walls.
Curtismented, “You must have spent nearly all your savings after buying all this stuff.”
Over the years they had been together, Leanne rarely had to spend her money. She got. everything
arranged for her, and she’d saved her sry and bonuses.
But a doctor’s sry wasn’t astronomical, and this endeavor had taken a big bite out of her savings.
“What’s it to you?” Leanne retorted. “What do you want to talk about, anyway?”
“Weren’t you the one who said you wanted to talk?” Curtis countered. “What was on your
mind?”
“There’s nothing more to say between us.” While wrapping herself tighter in her cardigan, Leanne said,
“I’m free these days. Pick a time, and let’s get the paperwork done.”
Curtis felt a constriction in his breath, instinctively reaching to loosen a tie that wasn’t there.
It turned out the suffocation he felt wasn’t because of any
“No rush,” he said. “I’ll have mywyer draft a prenup.”
tie.
“That seems unnecessary,” Leanne found the idea moreplicated than needed. “We don’t have kids
or shared assets. It doesn’t have to be thatplicated.”
“How is it unnecessary?” Curtis lifted his chin defiantly. “You’re ditching the mansion in Crystal Cove
Vis to live in an old and shabby house like this, making people think I’m so stingy with my wife.”
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“Ex-wife,” Leanne corrected, frowning. “And how is my ce that old and shabby?”
“How isn’t it? This house is over twenty years old, for heaven’s sake,” Curtis said. “Aren’t you scared of
the dark? Living in this old house doesn’t spook you?”
Ghosts weren’t something to fear if they truly existed, and the human imagination in the dead of night
was the terror.
Leanne had never been frightened before, but now, thanks to him, she might begin to envision a horror
movie in her head once the lights were off. This idea was especially unnerving considering her
bedroomcked a night light.
That morning, she’d been too exhausted to care, but when night fell…
“Shut up!” Leanne was livid, kicking out at Curtis’ shin. “It’s my parents’ house.”
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Her kick was far from gentle, causing Curtis to hiss in pain, but somehow, it cleared the tightness in his
chest.
It was bizarrely satisfying.
Maybe it was because she hadn’t shown her temper to him in a long time. She used to kick him when
annoyed. With her stubborn nature and his indulgence, she’d never backed down in their spats, always
waiting for him toe around and coax her out of her mood.
Leanne’s slipper flew off her foot, and she steadied herself against a nearby table to keep from falling.
Curtis bent down to retrieve her wayward slipper and crouched on one knee, offering to help her slip it
back on.
Leanne bit her lip, withdrawing her foot. “I can do it myself.”
Still holding her ankle, Curtis pulled her leg back toward him. Leanne resisted, and they pulled back
and forth for a few moments.
Curtiszily lifted his eyelids and warned her, “Keep struggling, and you’ll expose yourself.”