Chapter 36

Her gaze held him in a pool of calm and clear light, brimming with deep and unabated longing.

It had been ages since she had looked at him that way. Or, to be precise, she had never looked at him with such tenderness.

Curtis was momentarily taken aback, his eyes softening as the corners of his mouth. curled up slightly, “Why the lovestruck gaze?”

“We should get a divorce,” Leanne said plainly.

That sentence had been rehearsing in her mind ever since Jennifer had first approached her, echoing over and over.

Perhaps due to her emotional immunity, voicing it out felt like a burden lifted, despite the waves of pain that surged in her chest like a flooding tide.

Letting Curtis go from her heart was no easy task.

His smile faded, replaced by a mysterious stare that lingered on her for a long time.

“There’s less than three weeks left until our three-year agreement is up,” Leanne reminded

him.

“Is this what you’ve been meaning to talk to me about all this time?” Curtis asked.

She nodded in confirmation.

said, “There are still

resolve hardened against his scornful words, any lingering sentiment swiftly eroding

away.

concern. Once we’re divorced, we’re square. You can chase whoever you

his voice sharp as an icy glacier, “You just can’t

leaving her with a chilling promise, “Don’t worry. I’ll stick to the three-year

discordant parting.

Curtis left and didn’t return the whole night. Leanne only found out the next morning from

followed, he was nowhere to

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hapter 36

as ever. After two days in bed, she was climbing the walls, dramatically complaining

get Selina an electric wheelchair. On sunny afternoons, she’d wheel Selina out for some fresh

of freedom was nothing for someone as hyper as Selina. Seizing the opportunity when Penelope went home, she sent

navigating the elevator with her cast-laden leg, she managed

to wait for Leanne

patient

Joy sat in the hallway waiting when she

maneuvering an electric wheelchair towards her, only

shouted, “Dr. Castillo, you’ve got a mummy coming your way!”

Selina was speechless.

realize she was the ‘mummy’ in question. If it weren’t for her broken leg, she might have leapt out of

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