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

were suddenly reinvigorated by the spectacle, their excited screams

the grandiosity seemingly soaking

essence.

of expansiveness-as if all her burdens were

after all? In the grand scheme of

love was but a fleeting moment

leaped up beside her, startling her

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

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

Grace, were cozying up for a couples photo. The

snapped a picture, and

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

the camera

settings. “Always with the drama.

a group shot of the three girls, followed by individual poses. Joy and Selina were the kind of people who could give models a run for their money, cycling through

“Hey, come on over! Let’s take

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

flicked his cigarette away and strolled

eyes fell upon him, Skyler intuitively wrapped his arm around Grace and stepped aside, making room for

next to Leanne

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

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stark contrast to the

as they decided to pause

Leanne had no intention of making small talk; she simply turned

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 on her, and the rumor was he had once dragged her into the boys’ bathroom.