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

Chapter 149

“God, you’ve got a way with words that could topple a saint, let alone someone as tender-hearted as Mrs. Richardson.” Jake had seen it all day after day, and he was bursting to speak his mind. Once he started, he found it hard to stop.

“Guys like us, we must be a bit more open-minded, think bigger picture, you know? Bend a little and give in. It’s not the end of the world. What’s more important, pride or your loved one? If she’s gone, who’ll suffer? You. So, if you miss her, say it. If you want to make things right, say that, too. It’s as easy as opening your mouth. What’s so hard about that?” “You think you’ve got me all figured out?” Curtis swept a disinterested glance his way. “Who told you I want to make up with her?”

Under his breath, Jake muttered, “If you don’t want to make up with her, why do you keep hanging around her place?”

A BMW 7 Series zipped past them in the next lane, prompting Curtis to command, “Pull

over.”

Jake did as instructed and pulled over by the curb, watching Curtis scrutinize the rearview mirror with an unreadable expression.

“Turn around. Let’s go back.”

As Jake turned the car back toward Golden Grove Manors, he noticed the BMW parked outside Leanne’s apartment building.

He didn’t recognize the car and looked questioningly at Curtis, who had lowered the window and was staring at a brightly lit, amber-tinted window on one of the upper floors, his face chilled by the brisk wind, expressionless.

Leanne opened her door to find Jeremy holding a box for her. “A buddy of mine shipped over a few boxes of strawberries. Selina tasted them and swore they’re incredibly sweet, so she made me promise to bring some over for you to try.”

“You came all this way to bring this to me?” There was a slight pressure in Leanne’s voice “You shouldn’t have gone through the trouble.”

her in the hospital parking lot

about it all day. I was in the area for work anyway, so it was on my way.”

was convenient, Leanne knew there was a reason he’d

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her hand. “What are you working on?”

they couldn’t send anyone until tomorrow. They suggested it might be the socket and told me to check if there’s

power.”

call maintenance? You can’t mess with electrical

little embarrassed, “Because

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most things until the morning,

it

“If you

which hadn’t moved an inch from the shadow of a tree. He kept

“What are we waiting for so late at night?”

sooner had he asked than Curtis’ demeanor turned

got out of the car, his tall figure striding purposefully into the brightly lit lobby, his presence darkening the air around him.