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

Chapter 148

Leanne hopped into the car and casually told Jake, “Go to Golden Grove Manors.”

Curtis glanced over with his eyebrows raised. “Back to the old haunt, huh?”

The days she’d spent at Crystal Cove Villas were a mix of false bliss and harsh reality, which she had no desire to revisit.

She had moved there temporarily because of Derek’s threats. Since the danger he posed was gone, considering she felt more at home in Golden Grove Manors, it was time to return to her sanctuary.

“Curiosity killed the cat, you know,” Leanne shot back, evading his question.

As Leanne finished her sentence, she suddenly remembered Curtis, in this very car, once said the same thing to her..

Back then, he still sarcastically called her “Mrs. Richardson”, but now, he was nothing more than her almost-ex-husband.

It felt like history repeating itself.

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She wondered if Curtis remembered his words. He just said with a snarky tone, “What’s with the teenage rebellion, divorcing and all?”

Leanne didn’t feel like engaging in conversation. She turned to gaze out the window, but her phone buzzed with a new message, drawing her attention back inside.

Curtis’ gaze lazily swept over her screen, catching a glimpse of the flashy emojis. It wasn’t Jeremy.

the group

he mused, finding the odd connection to her

amusing.

cool to snoop on someone’s phone,” she chided.

chat group, and they bombarded it daily with their banter, from yesterday’s leftover-tasting takeout to the trending topic of a pop star caught cheating, whom

morphed into the epitome

ge a little.

opened the chat and saw that name, she couldn’t help but cringe She wondered what had been going through Selina’s head when she came

with that

name.

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legs crossed, Curtis was unusually free from the constant calls and

he asked with a half-smile, “Out of you three, you might be the top stunner’

retorted, “Mind your own

of the car and leaned in to thank

her politeness, quickly responding, “Ma’am, it’s all part of

know how to express gratitude. Why are you thanking my driver instead of me directly? Do your patients thank the scalpel

the scissors,” Leanne quipped, ready to close the car door.

you a ride home, and you don’t even invite me in

shot back. “I’m out of coffee at my place.”