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.”

forth, painting the skies with golden hues, awakening the slumbering landscapes in

sprawled on a large rock, Joy and Selina were suddenly reinvigorated by the spectacle, their excited screams

the grandiosity

essence.

in the brilliant light, feeling a sense of expansiveness-as if

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

a fleeting moment in life.

beside her, startling her enough to

breath, “Man, I’ve never worked so hard for

him the camera, “Perfect timing. Take a picture

and his girlfriend, Grace, were cozying up for a couples photo. The girls were

camera, snapped a picture,

wasn’t even ready! Joy exclaimed, furning

the camera

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

the three girls, followed by individual poses. Joy and Selina were the kind of people who could

“Hey, come on over! Let’s take one big group photor

by their side. Skyler and Grace moved

his cigarette away and strolled

group’s eyes fell upon him, Skyler intuitively wrapped his

to Leanne

shutter, he couldn’t help but wonder why on earth he agreed to make

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world bathed in sunlight, a stark contrast to

early risers as they decided to pause

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

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 was he had