Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

Chapter 15

Public rejection hit the rising pop singer hard. It took her a few seconds to regain her composure after she heard the cold and swift denial..

After witnessing the fleeting look of embarrassment the singer couldn’t hide, Leanne felt a hint of sympathy. A smirk played at the corners of her lips.

She knew that sting well.

Curtis hadn’t been home for days when Leanne tracked him down to a dinner party. There, amidst a crowd of onlookers, he stood with a casual, cold smirk, saying, “If I can’t be with the one I love, then who I marry doesn’t matter.

That

at was Curtis. He could make you feel like you were floating on air, cherished and adored, and then, he’d slice right through your heart with a feather-light touch.

With a heavy, tight sensation in her chest, Leanne grabbed a glass and asked Joy, “Get me one, will you?”

Without hesitation, Joy filled her glass. “How’s that? Good stuff, right?”

The drink was smooth and rich, with a lingering taste that justified its price. Leanne nodded in agreement, “There’s a reason it’s expensive.”

Joy poured another and slung an arm around Leanne’s shoulders. “Drink up, darling. Drown your sorrows!”

Leanne was curious. “Are you this happy because you love drinking?”

hair back with a laugh. “As if. My happiness comes from

much.”

but chuckle.

anticipated the potency of the alcohol.

nor where she ended up, just that she and Joy had shared a few drinks before her memory faded to black.

exhausted, and nearly unable

arm reached over her and turned off

warm embrace, half-asleep, she saw the sharp lines of

It was Curtis.

a

on him, burying her

10

Chapter 15

the feeling of reality gradually

throat for seconds before looking up

an ambiguous meaning.

“Comfortable?” he asked.

to him like an octopus, probably a side effect of her

and contentment ebbed away as she took her arms off his waist and

He replied with a

clinging to me last night, impossible