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

Chapter 99

Leanne couldn’t say she had a good impression of him.

She muttered a polite “thanks,” trying to withdraw her hand with a hint of forced kindness.

But Derek’s grip only loosened by half. As she pulled

away, his palm slid along her forearm, grazing her delicate wrist, across her palm, and finally over her fingers, stopping at the tips.

Goosebumps prickled up her back, and she instinctively stepped backward.

Her brow furrowed. “What are you doing?”

“Just giving you a hand. What’s the problem?” Derek managed to look innocent, and had it not been for the lingering discomfort where his touch had traveled from her arm to her fingertips, Leanne might have believed she had misjudged him.

“You’re not wearing your ring anymore.” he said.

A ring worn for many years leaves an immutable mark when taken off, and despite Leanne’s flawless skin, a faint band was still visible around the base of her ring finger.

curled her fingers. “That’s none of your

divorce from Curtis. The whole social circle knows,” Derek continued leisurely. “I heard the Richardson and the

surprise crossed

end up together. But she hadn’t anticipated it would happen so fast. Curtis’ eagerness was one thing, but was the Richardson family not even considering

both families seemed in a

that mattered again.

interest in small talk and turned

his world and didn’t let anyone mess. with you. How did he get

distance.” Leanne swiftly sidestepped

Derek didn’t follow.

Chapter 99

booth, she glanced back before entering. Derek was still there, staring at her with an intensity that

were in high spirits, pulling her into the bar and

her face.

Leanne excused herself to the side, pulled a bottle of sanitizer from her bag, and vigorously

the group spilled out of the bar. Donna gave several colleagues a lift, and Leanne shared a cab with another heading in