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

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.”

picture I have. I took a bunch, but the memory card got lost.”

train of thought was jumping all over the place. Leanne listened in silence, not understanding where his

in and day out. If you don’t believe me, you can

can ask him.”

to herself, Caleb’s word

needed him to, he’d probably lie through his teeth and say it was him

help but let out a laugh at

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

a wave of helplessness wash over him, a deep sigh escaping his lips. He felt he was his own worst enemy, “Don’t you

“It

Suzan was your true love. That marrying me was just settling because you couldn’t have

was void of emotion, incapable of feeling hurt or sorrow. But how could she not be hurt? To be

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dared not revisit that fateful day. He regretted

and fragile then, as if she had accidentally wandered

back haunted Curtis every time he thought of it, making sleep