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

Chapter 156

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 like a

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 the nickname “Mop Head” from Devin and his cronies, which

trailed off as the memory hit

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

hairdresser on Leanne, with zero expertise, and it resulted

disastrous ‘do.

edge of Curtis’ lips. “That’s it?”

remained silent, stubbornly turned

such a trivial reason had stuck with her.

in his life. In comparison, the mop comment was practically

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his heart was swept away by the bemusement mixed with

affection.

his thumb and forefinger, giving it a gentle shake. “Why do you hold

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

fit a hundred girls on it,” she retorted,

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

laugh, blocking

that

as he lowered his voice in a coaxing tone. “I wasn’t

burned, perhaps from where he had pinched

she asked with annoyance and vulnerability.

“Not quite.”

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