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.

“There are still

his scornful words, any lingering sentiment swiftly eroding

away.

can chase whoever you want, and I can see whoever I please, no strings

voice sharp as an icy

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

discordant parting.

the whole night. Leanne only found out the

the days that followed, he

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days in bed, she was climbing the walls, dramatically complaining that she’d start to rot if she lay there

no choice but to get Selina an electric wheelchair. On sunny afternoons, she’d

went home, she sent the nurse away on

the elevator with her

to wait for Leanne

patient file,”

to tears, Joy sat in the hallway waiting when she heard someone ask, “Is Leanne in there?”

wheelchair towards her, only one eye visible amidst

office, Joy shouted, “Dr. Castillo, you’ve got a mummy

Selina was speechless.

‘mummy’ in question. If it weren’t for her broken

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