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

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Bullying her brought no repercussions, as she wouldn’t report to a soul.

Even if she did, it would be pointless. The bad kid had been dumped at the orphanage as a baby, raised by the staff through every messy diaper and tantrum, and they had a soft spot for him.

Every kid there longed for adoption, seeing prospective parents as saviors come to rescue

them.

But saviors were few and far between.

Once, a couple came to adopt and picked the pretty and sweet Leanne from a photograph. They were gentle and kind, their touch warm when they held her hand.

Leanne thought she was about to be saved.

But after spending a day at the orphanage, they fancied another girl, bubbly, and sweet-talking, and took her home instead.

Shy kids rarely won over adults.

Leanne stayed in the orphanage until she was 12.

A journalist once interviewed her and published her parents’ heroic sacrifice. People praised her father’s bravery and argued that the Richardson family owed him and should adopt his orphaned daughter. The Richardson family was pushed into the spotlight.

But for a family as powerful as the Richardson family, such small public opinion barely caused a ripple. In those days before the internet’s dominance, the Richardson family could bury any scandal effortlessly with its influence.

Leanne ended up with the Richardson family all because of Mary-Curtis’ grandmother’s

insistence.

was a dutiful son, acquiescing to his mother’s wishes, while Jennifer had no desire to take Leanne in from the start. But bound

to charm the elders. Jennifer found her too squishy, only

and cut her hair when it grew too long. Sarah was kind

tease her, “Who did your hair? Looks like a

had no fondness for them, either. In a

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never truly part of their world, never treated like a true lady

Curtis grew under the same roof but

on and adored, with a

strained every sinew only

things

petty,” Selina complained, “I already

ignored her,

stubbornly, “Why did you marry Curtis anyway? He doesn’t love you, and you don’t seem to love him,

stride as she said, “Gossip won’t heal your wounds. Quiet might

ElitePinnacle was in a

Caleb to every employee, backs were stiff, fearing the slightest mistake that might trigger the boss’ sour mood

sharper than bitter aloes, a few words from him could send someone crying to

“Missing a zero isn’t the end of the world. We

to Caleb, “Don’t you think the boss has been more

her a cautionary glance.