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

Chapter 169

Chapter 169

Curtis knelt down in front of her, gently lifting her legs onto his knees. His fingers worked with a fi

firm but gentle strength, kneading the tense muscles in her calves to help them.

relax.

Leanne tried to pull away. “Don’t touch me…”

Out of nowhere, Curtis broke the silence. “During the two years I was in Starlake, I didn’t run into Suzan even once.”

The topic came without warning. Leanne wasn’t sure if she was too stunned to react or if she simply knew there was no escaping him now.

She didn’t interrupt, and Curtis finally began to pour out his heart.

“You never came to see me. If you had, you’d know how swamped I was. Barely sleeping five hours a night, grabbing whatever fast food I could, no time or energy to look for another woman. You didn’t even notice I lost weight.

Not a single woman set foot in my place, except for the cleaning lady. There’s a picture of you by my bed-the one I took with my phone in Northwood. If you’d come, you would’ve seen it.”

have. I took a bunch, but the

the place. Leanne listened in silence, not understanding where

and day out.

ask

word was the least

his teeth

let out a laugh at the absurdity. “What kind of

by telling me all this now?” Leanne’s voice was calm and detached. “What more do you want to deceive me about?

escaping his lips. He felt he

“It

was your true love. That marrying me was just

she was void of emotion, incapable of feeling hurt or sorrow. But how could she not be hurt? To be told such things by the man she

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he dared not revisit that fateful day. He regretted those words the instant they left his mouth.

and fragile then, as if she had

haunted Curtis every time he thought of it, making sleep

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