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.

said my hair looked

was 12 years old, at that tender age when a girl’s self-esteem was budding. Fresh from the orphanage to the Richardson family, she got

that…” Curtis trailed off as the memory

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

Leanne, with zero expertise, and it resulted in

disastrous ‘do.

smirk curled the edge of

silent, stubbornly

such a trivial reason had stuck

life. In comparison, the mop comment was

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in his heart was swept away

affection.

forefinger, giving it a gentle shake. “Why do you hold grudges like this?

old, disused well suddenly spouting water. The feeling she had when he had laughed at her “mop head” returned.

able to fit a hundred girls on it,” she retorted, knocking his hand away. and walking

a deserter to her sanctuary, determined to shut the door behind

blocking the door with

I apologize? Will that

as he lowered his voice in a coaxing tone. “I wasn’t making fun of you. Mops

ears burned, perhaps from where

she asked with annoyance and

“Not quite.”

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