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.

scoff filled with mockery, Curtis said, “There are still

against his scornful words, any lingering sentiment swiftly

away.

chase whoever you want, and I can

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

the bathroom, leaving her with a chilling promise, “Don’t

another discordant

didn’t return the whole night. Leanne only found out the next morning from Laura.

followed, he

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days in bed, she was climbing the walls,

an electric wheelchair. On sunny afternoons, she’d wheel

when Penelope went

elevator with her cast-laden leg, she

job, came to wait for Leanne to finish work

patient file,” Leanne said, still

to tears, Joy sat in the hallway waiting when she heard someone ask,

bandaged figure maneuvering an electric wheelchair towards her, only one eye visible amidst the swathes of

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

Selina was speechless.

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

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