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.

filled with mockery, Curtis said, “There are still three weeks. What’s the rush? Found someone new

resolve hardened against his scornful words, any lingering sentiment swiftly

away.

can chase whoever you want, and I can see whoever I please,

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

leaving her with a chilling promise, “Don’t worry.

discordant

the whole night. Leanne

he was nowhere to be seen.

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hapter 36

climbing the walls, dramatically complaining that she’d start to rot if she lay there any longer.

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

as Selina. Seizing the opportunity when Penelope went home, she sent the nurse away on an errand and snuck out

and navigating the elevator with her cast-laden leg, she managed to find the ophthalmology

came to wait for Leanne to finish work so they could

patient file,”

sat in the hallway waiting when she heard someone ask, “Is

towards her, only one eye

Castillo, you’ve

Selina was speechless.

for Selina to realize she was the ‘mummy’ in question. If it weren’t

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