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.

the Agrarian Bridge, Curtis asked out of the blue, “Do you remember Echo

that day. He had genuinely intended to take Leanne to see the

swathed her in his coat. Sitting in his lap, she was surprisingly gentle and meek, comforted by his warmth

emotion in Curtis, bringing with it an impulsive notion Perhaps they shouldn’t divorce. Maybe they could still make it

her gaze fixed on the car

And so,

stillness.

the wind dies down, Curtis’ ripples of

let out a

gaze from Leanne, his

indifference.

I even expecting from you?”

in the car plummeted, the tension rendering the air cold

with an invisible barrier, turning them into irreconcilable foes, each

the ride, neither

chatter had been

arriving at Crystal Cove Villas, Leanne stepped out of the car

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

deep drag, the nicotine stabbing into his

“Leanne.”

paused mid-step on

Curtis cut a dashing figure, his dark coat accentuating his austere features, giving him an

you have any demands?”

held a trace of

his

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