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

Chapter 159

“I’m not made of stone, you know. It’s not like I can just stand there and take that kind of public humiliation without giving a damn. You saw me at Devin’s birthday party, didn’t you?”

Leanne clenched her fists, fighting the pain that was resurrecting within her, spreading through her veins like invasive vines.

Great, her broken heart had been ripped open once again by him.

Curtis inhaled deeply, but the heavy feeling in his chest wouldn’t abate.

He braced his hands on the table, his throat as though filled with a thousand thorns, making even speaking a challenge.

After what felt like an eternity, he finally exhaled a bitter breath, his voice tinged with either self-mockery or regret, “I thought you were green with envy, wishing you were the one marrying Phillip.”

“Yes, you’re right,” Leanne retorted, “I’m dying of envy. How wonderful it would’ve been if I had married Phillip. He wouldn’t have tormented me like you do.”

“It’s my fault,” Curtis’ voice was rough as he wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his forehead against her shoulder, his breath quivering with each exhale, “I’m a real son of

a bitch.”

Leanne stayed silent, turning her face away, her gaze fixed on some distant point, unwilling to look at him.

She couldn’t tell if Curtis’ remorse was genuine or just for show, and frankly, she didn’t want to know, “Are you done? If so, just leave. And don’t bother me again.”

“Anne, that day…” Curtis tried to explain, but Leanne erupted without warning, “Don’t call

me that!”

her muscles tensed in

whispered in tender moments, now felt like a cruel branding on her

trying to soothe her, “Your don’t like it, I’ll never say it again.”

between them, pushing against him as if facing a ferocious

“Don’t touch me!”

her struggling form, “Just hear

is there to say? Haven’t you

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a knock at the door, and

Leanne’s eyes darted

pierced Curtis deeply.

back to him, “Leanne, look at me. Don’t look at anyone else. Trust me. There’s

Even now, he was trying to tell her there was nothing

really think she was that dumb, or that the past three

says their radioactive water is drinkable, would you trust

desperately wanted to explain, but the issues between him and Leanne were like tangled balls of yarn, knotted and impossible

sense something was

from who knows where,

feet, rushed to

away