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.”

morning sun burst forth, painting the skies with golden hues,

were suddenly reinvigorated by the spectacle, their excited screams echoing through

bathed Leanne, the grandiosity seemingly soaking into

essence.

expansiveness-as if all her

love matter, after all? In the grand scheme

was but a

posed for a perfect selfie, a lithe figure suddenly leaped up beside her,

never worked so hard for a sunrise!”

timing. Take a picture for us.”

while Skyler and his girlfriend, Grace, were cozying

the camera, snapped a picture, and

kind of shot is that? I wasn’t even ready! Joy exclaimed, furning as she reached

the camera

readjusted the lens and settings. “Always with

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

called out, “Hey, come on over!

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

cigarette away and strolled back

him, Skyler intuitively wrapped his arm

to Leanne

the shutter, he couldn’t help but wonder why on earth he agreed to make the trip back up to be their go-to guy for the day

Chapter 172

descent from the mountain revealed a world bathed in sunlight, a stark contrast to the night before. Warmth embraced them, a comforting change to the chill they

bustling with early risers as they decided to

in one of the lounge chairs. Leanne had no intention of making small talk; she simply turned on the tap and filled

emanate from 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