Chapter 193


    Chapter 193


    When Leanne and Curtis got hitched, she was practically a stranger to him.


    Leanne On their wedding day, she was all dolled up in a gorgeous bridal gown, but her smile was


    nowhere to be seen.


    As they exchanged rings during the ceremony, the officiant announced, “You may now kiss the bride.”


    Curtis, holding the hand that now bore his ring, leaned in slowly towards her. Beneath her white veil,


    her eyshes fluttered incessantly.


    He found it amusing and wanted to tease her, but in the end, he let it be, settling for a chaste peck


    through the veil.


    At the reception, Curtis was plied with drinks, though he y-acted drunk, staggering with exaggerated


    unsteadiness. Someone called out to Leanne, “Help your husband there.”


    He nced her way and saw her hesitate, her expression tangled in conflict for a few seconds before


    she came over and propped him up like she was assisting her granny.


    Later, when Curtis returned to their honeymoon suite at Crystal Cove Vis, she was there waiting for


    him, still in the red cocktail dress she had worn for the toasts.


    The off-the-shoulder neckline highlighted her slender, delicate shoulders, and the smooth satin clung to


    her waist. The mermaid-style dress pooled around her on the carpet, and on her feet were high heels


    with crystal straps, the thin silver chains winding around her ankles.


    Curtis felt something fuzzy squirm inside him.


    For the first time, he saw in Leanne the allure and charm of a grown woman.


    She looked up at him, her fingers nervously twisting the fabric of her dress. She hadn’t even finished


    school yet, her eyes clear but tense.


    Curtis stood there, wrestling with himself for a moment, but in the end, chivalry prevailed “I’ll sleep in


    the guest room.”


    He had personally designed every detail of the honeymoon suite, but he put the most thought into the


    bedroom lighting.


    The click of a nightlight was a must for Leanne, who always feared the dark. Sarah had scolded her


    several times, saying it was bad for her eyes and sleep, but Leanne, ever obedient, never argued, yet


    she never changed either.


    Regr nightlights wouldn’t do, and the light had to fill the room, leaving no dark corners.


    Curtis consulted several lighting designers, revised dozens of ns, and ran countless tests before


    finally creating a lighting scheme that illuminated the whole roomfortably without disturbing sleep.


    Chapter 193


    He didn’t know if Leanne slept well or not because, for the first two months of their marriage, he slept in


    the guest room.


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    Amid everyone’s expectations, Curtis had felt like a wastrel whiling away his days. But after getting


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    He didn’t use a dime of the Richardson family fortune, and perhaps feeling guilty, Maddox. and Jennifer


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    him.


    Starting from scratch wasn’t easy, and warming up Leanne’s icy demeanor was even harder, but during


    that time, Curtis relished every challenge.


    With his love by his side and a career in his grasp, the imbnces of the past seemed to smooth over.


    He now had a purpose and a person to love.


    He poured his heart into winning Leanne over, and after several months, she began to warm up to him.


    Then came an unexpected blizzard that wrecked their honeymoon ns but gave Curtis the happiest


    time of his life in Northwood.


    He’d never devoted himself to a woman sopletely before, wholeheartedly epting her


    stubbornness, always ready to yield because her smile was priceless.


    Being trapped in a house together would have driven him nuts in the past, but during that time, he was


    like an emperor bewitched, convincing Leanne that the roads were still impassable, doing everything


    he could to keep her there.


    Curtis who had never so much as boiled water learned to cook, putting aside hispany projects to


    study recipes like they were his business.


    In a moment of feverish passion, he even asked her, “What if we just stayed hidden away here


    forever?”


    A world of their own, where they were each other’s everything.


    Returning from Northwood, Curtis and Leanne entered a brief period of intense romance. It was like


    diving headfirst into a pot of honey, a dream so sweet.


    But he woke up from that dream at the staircasending, overhearing Jennifer say that Leanne had


    initially wanted to marry Phillip.


    Phillip was aplex figure for Curtis, both a beloved brother and the man who always seemed to


    outshine him.


    For years, he struggled and came to terms with the fact that everything in the world belonged to Phillip.


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