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

Chapter 38

“Hey, include me in your dinner plans!” Selina called out with a mischievous glint in her eyes, attempting to slide off her hospital bed despite her broken leg. “I need the scoop today!”

“What exactly do you want to know?” Leanne asked, her tone tinged with suspicion. “Did Suzan put you up to this?”

“I swear Suzan has nothing to do with this. We haven’t been in contact for ages,” Selina declared firmly.

“You were pretty much the Richardson family’s foster child. How on earth did Leanne end up marrying Curtis?” Leanne leaned against the doorframe, her coat draped over her arm, her expression cool and detached.

“So, if I satisfy your curiosity, you’ll leave me in peace?” Leanne queried with a raised eyebrow.

Selina nodded fervently, “Yes, absolutely!”

“Fine.” Leanne closed the door to the hospital room and took a seat next to Selina’s bed.

“Ask away,” she prompted.

Selina blinked her big doe eyes, suddenly the picture of innocence. “I just want to know why you married Curtis. Rumor has it you took advantage of a breakup, got him drunk, seduced him, and then blackmailed him with some compromising photos. Is that true?”

Joy rolled her eyes so hard they almost disappeared. “As if! You’re giving her way too

credit. She’s not a

guess,

then?” Selina pressed. “Was it for

course, it wasn’t love.

was that Leanne’s marriage to Curtis was like something out of a

for her. After starting college, she made it a point to stay away, not wanting to be a thorn for Jennifer. But before she could graduate, the

Bank, had been betrayed by a subordinate who sold secrets to a rival. On the

widow made a scene with banners

off the building’s

those with agendas. The Richardson family was accused of driving

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circumstances surrounding Joseph’s passing were dredged up

could wield power to stifle the situation, but they knew better than to block the flow of public opinion. Their PR team devised a plan: marry

rumors about Joseph’s death and showcase the family’s generosity in taking care of an employee’s orphaned daughter, thus polishing

was against it.

a renowned spiritual advisor was consulted. He walked the grounds of the Richardson family and declared that Mary’s fate was not yet sealed. The family’s prosperity was tainted with a life taken, and now the karmic debt had come due for Mary. The solution was to marry someone with a fate that countered

stroke of fate, Leanne was a perfect match.

trade Curtis’ marital happiness, she was faced with