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

Chapter 30

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 by Mary’s insistence, she complied, albeit reluctantly.

talkative or didn’t know how to charm the elders. Jennifer found her too squishy, only providing

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

loved to tease her, “Who did your

Head.” Leanne had no fondness for

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she was never truly part of their world, never treated like a

under the same

boy, doted on and adored, with a legion

contrast, strained every sinew only

stir things up and have someone fix it for

complained, “I

ignored her,

did you marry Curtis anyway? He doesn’t love

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

was in a

backs were stiff, fearing the

bitter aloes, a few words from

the secretary Flora accidentally misprinted a figure, Curtis didn’t explode but said with a poker face, “Missing a zero isn’t the end of the world. We can move it from your next

you think the

shot her a cautionary glance. “Secretary