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

Chapter 171

But her response was so swift it reeked of deceit.

Curtis wanted to stop her, to make her look into his eyes and say it again.

Just as he took a couple of steps forward, the group had already reached the summit. Joy and Selina were leading the charge, and upon seeing Leanne, they scrambled toward her.

“Curtis, you scoundrel! I knew you had a hand in her disappearance!”

“I’m beat! We turned around and you were gone; we nearly doubled back to look for you. Skyler said you took a shortcut, and this one,” Selina pointed at Leanne, panting like she’d run a marathon, “ran like her life depended on it!”

“Where’d you guys come up from? There’s a shortcut and you didn’t tell us? Where’s the team spirit?” she added, hands on her hips.

“It wasn’t my doing.” Leanne said smoothly, cheekily shifting the blame, “I was kidnapped.” “I was nearly chewed out by these two along the way.” Skyler arrived, looking equally winded, and with a sigh of resignation, said to Curtis, “You owe me big time for this one.”

Curtis’ expression was unreadable, but when he spoke again, his usual indifference had returned, “That original painting you liked last time, come by and pick it up place.”

from m

my

Skyler was taken aback by the generosity, “Seriously? I was just saying, you don’t have

to-”

Curtis, with a weary look, cut him off, “Got a smoke?”

As Skyler reached into his pocket, Jeremy pulled out a pack and offered it up.

Curtis glanced at the cigarettes and looked up, making silent eye contact. No words were exchanged. He took one and headed toward the cliff’s edge, “Thanks.”

the skies with golden hues, awakening the slumbering landscapes in a dazzling display.

Joy and Selina were suddenly reinvigorated

of sunlight bathed Leanne, the grandiosity seemingly soaking

essence.

expansiveness-as if all her burdens were lifted in that

after all? In the grand

a

a lithe figure suddenly leaped up beside her, startling her enough to nearly toss

never worked so hard

handed him the camera, “Perfect timing. Take

Jeremy had drifted downwind for a smoke while Skyler and his girlfriend, Grace, were cozying up for a couples photo. The girls

took the camera, snapped a picture, and

of shot is that? I wasn’t even ready!

the camera

with the drama. Hurry up and get

kind of people who could give models a run for their money, cycling

on over! Let’s take one

girls, standing like a true gentleman by their side. Skyler and Grace moved

flicked his cigarette away and strolled

the group’s eyes fell upon him, Skyler intuitively wrapped his arm around Grace

next to

why on earth he agreed to make the trip back up to be their go-to guy for the

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from the mountain revealed a world bathed in sunlight, a stark contrast to the night before. Warmth

risers as they decided

water while Suzan took a seat in one of the lounge chairs. Leanne had no intention of making small talk; she simply turned on

her. She remembered a different Leanne from their school days one who was often bullied. There was that high school bully who had a crush on her, and the rumor