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.

involuntarily curled her fingers. “That’s none of your

whole social circle knows,” Derek continued leisurely. “I heard

surprise crossed

Leanne had known Curtis and Suzan were bound to end up together. But she hadn’t anticipated it would happen so fast. Curtis’ eagerness

separation wasn’t even final, yet both families seemed in a hurry to discuss marriage and alliances as if she

that mattered again.

talk and turned

was treating you like you were his world and didn’t let anyone mess. with you. How

you. Please keep your distance.” Leanne swiftly sidestepped him

Derek didn’t follow.

Chapter 99

Derek was still there, staring at her with an intensity

in high spirits, pulling her into the

her face.

pulled a bottle of sanitizer from

that. By eleven-thirty, the group spilled out of the bar. Donna gave several colleagues a lift, and Leanne shared a cab with another heading in her direction, dropping them off first.