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 like a mop.”

self-esteem was budding. Fresh from the orphanage to the Richardson family, she

that…” Curtis trailed off as the

a 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 tangled and unkempt.

play hairdresser on Leanne, with zero expertise, and it resulted

disastrous ‘do.

the edge of

stubbornly

a trivial reason had stuck

had teased countless people in his life. In comparison, the mop comment was practically a compliment.

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in his heart was swept away by

affection.

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

well suddenly spouting water. The feeling she had when he had

able to fit a hundred girls on it,” she retorted,

she fled like a deserter to her

with a laugh, blocking the door with his

I apologize? Will that make

a coaxing tone. “I wasn’t making fun of you. Mops are

perhaps from where he had pinched

done?” she asked with annoyance and

“Not quite.”

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