Chapter 60

Curtis bristled at the insinuation, “Haven’t I always had your

Instead, he was the one who had cut her deepest.

back?”

Leanne’s thoughts inevitably drifted to the image of Suzan seeking refuge behind him.

“Just keep protecting your precious Suzan,” she spat.

Curtis’ expression darkened, his eyebrows furrowing in frustration. “If you want a divorce,

there’s no need to involve her.”

It was as if Leanne were the one being unreasonable.

Was it she who couldn’t wait to end their marriage, muddling through with an ex while still bound by vows?

Enough. Leanne had even lost the desire to argue.

“If that thought comforts your conscience, then sure, believe it,” she conceded with resignation.

Her apathetic stance only irritated Curtis more, his frustration akin to punching a pillow, no satisfying end to his anger.

+ you sure Loosening his tie with a scoff, Curtis remarked, “You haven’t gained weight, but you. have gotten good at raising my blood pressure

Leanne thought to herself that it was only because of her love for him that she had. endured so much, making him believe she was meek and easily bullied.

car fell silent. As the Bentley crossed over the Agrarian Bridge, Curtis asked out of the blue,

by Derek earlier that day. He had genuinely intended to take Leanne to see

gentle and meek, comforted by his warmth and familiar

with it an impulsive

the car window, replied

And so,

stillness.

dies down, Curtis’

let out a derisive chuckle.

his face settled into an expression of endless

indifference.

I even expecting

the car plummeted, the tension

the Bentley seemed to divide them with an invisible barrier,

the ride, neither spoke another word.

pins and needles. Joy’s chatter had been

stepped out of the car and

shut. Curtis didn’t follow her. Instead, he stood by the. car, sparking his

drag, the nicotine stabbing into his lungs, before

“Leanne.”

paused mid-step on the

a dashing figure, his dark coat accentuating his

any demands?” he asked.

a trace of bewilderment.

his hazel eyes partially obscured by

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