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.”

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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.”

golden hues, awakening

suddenly reinvigorated by the

the grandiosity seemingly

essence.

brilliant light, feeling a sense of expansiveness-as if all her burdens

did love matter, after all? In the grand scheme of mountains and seas,

a fleeting

posed for a perfect selfie, a lithe figure suddenly leaped up beside her, startling her enough to nearly toss her phone

breath, “Man, I’ve never worked

handed him the camera, “Perfect timing. Take a picture for us.”

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

camera, snapped a

even ready! Joy exclaimed, furning as she reached

the camera

lens and settings. “Always with the drama. Hurry up and

and Selina were the kind of people who could give models a run for their money, cycling through a multitude of poses in a minute

“Hey, come on over!

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

strolled back

wrapped his arm around Grace and stepped aside, making room

next to Leanne

he couldn’t help but wonder why on earth he agreed to make the trip back up to

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a stark contrast to the night before. Warmth embraced them, a comforting change to the chill they had faced during their

with early risers as they decided to pause for al break and grab some breakfast.

seat in one of the lounge chairs. Leanne had no

by the air of confidence that seemed to emanate from her. She remembered a different Leanne from their school days one who was often bullied. There was that high