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.

to take

elders. Jennifer found her too squishy,

didn’t live in the servants’ quarters, but the maid, Sarah, brought her up, bought her clothes, and cut her hair when it grew too long. Sarah was kind but lacked a

tease her, “Who did your hair? Looks like

had no fondness for them, either. In a way, the

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Richardson family’s foster child, she was never truly part of their world, never treated like a true lady

and Curtis grew under the same roof but

adored, with a legion of fans, free

strained every sinew only to

their wealthy backgrounds and doting parents, could stir things up

petty,” Selina complained, “I

ignored her, walking away.

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

as she said, “Gossip won’t heal

entire day, ElitePinnacle was in a tense

were stiff, fearing the

sharper than bitter aloes, a few words from him

but said with a poker face, “Missing a zero isn’t the end of the world. We can

Curtis’ office, Flora lamented to Caleb, “Don’t you think the boss has been more unpredictable

shot her a cautionary glance.