Chapter 156

“Because Phillip’s always been good to me.”

Curtis snorted, “Who hasn’t he been nice to?”

“That’s not the point,” Leanne replied, her voice firm yet tinged with warmth. “I only care.

about who’s nice to me.”

The circle of people who treated her well was small, so she held them dear.

After all, wasn’t someone’s kindness already precious? Why would you need exclusivity to

feel content?

“Am I not nice to you?” Curtis countered, his tone a blend of sarcasm and genuine curiosity.

Leanne met his gaze steadily, her eyes silently challenging. “What do you think?”

“How have I not been nice to you?” Curtis ground his teeth, frustration mounting. “Leanne, don’t you have a heart?”

“You made fun of me,” she said.

“When have I ever made fun of you

you?”

Leanne turned her face away, reliving old wounds she’d rather not reopen.

looked

at that tender age when a girl’s self-esteem was budding. Fresh from the orphanage to the Richardson family, she got the nickname “Mop Head” from Devin and his cronies, which had stung for a

that…” Curtis trailed off

Leanne had stayed was a modest place back then, and they hadn’t taken great care of a delicate little girl like her. Her once beautiful bair had

Leanne, with

disastrous ‘do.

curled the edge of Curtis’ lips. “That’s

stubbornly

a trivial reason had stuck with

his life. In comparison, the mop

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swept away

affection.

giving it a gentle shake. “Why do you hold grudges like this? Even an ant has a bigger heart

some reason, Leanne felt embarrassed, like an old, disused well suddenly spouting water. The feeling she had when he had

heart’s bigger, able to fit a hundred girls on it,” she retorted, knocking

pool, she fled like a deserter to her sanctuary, determined to shut the

with a laugh, blocking the door with his hand.

Will that make it better?”

he lowered his voice in a coaxing tone. “I

from where he had pinched them.

asked

“Not quite.”

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