Chapter 195

Leanne tossed and turned in bed, the faint glow of the streetlights casting shadows across her room. Insomnia had become a frequent, unwelcome guest, and her mood seemed to be tethered to Curtis, as though she was a marionette and he held the strings.

Deep down, Leanne knew she wasn’t heartless enough, not the ice queen she sometimes. wished she could be. Despite her best efforts, the remnants of his fiery love had still stirred an indescribable bitterness within her heart.

How could she be indifferent? In her twenty-something years, she had loved only him, and he had once claimed every corner of her soul.

He had given her love so intense that it bordered on obsession, but he had also taught her the bitter taste of hatred.

The vast landscape of love had different meanings for different people. For Leanne, it was all about Curtis.

The first love wielded an unshakable power over one because it defined what love meant to him.

The first kiss, heart-to-heart gaze, what he believed love was like, and how he loved. someone were all sculpted alongside the first love.

Every person he loved later carried an indelible trace of that crush of the first love.

For Leanne, love had come to mean vulnerability to pain.

To love someone

one was to willingly hand them the blade that could strike at your very heart. So, while Curtis could afford to be fearless, she lacked the courage to face that kind of pain again.

Her survival instincts, honed since childhood, shaped her worldview. Much like her approach to finance, stability always trumped risk.

when she rolled over. Picking it up, she saw a message

is pretty down. He has drunk too much and is

the couch, legs jittering with anxiety,

you think she’ll come?”

she wouldn’t.

Chapter 195

a heart of diamond, unyielding, impenetrable.

of hope,

of concern.

Devin exclaimed, slapping Curtis

a string of digits. No message,

asked, puzzled and

his voice as thin and pale as the moonlight outside. “Don’t

morning, the doorbell woke Leanne. Peering through the peephole, she saw Curtis standing there with breakfast

to her morning routine. When she was ready to leave,

unspoken emotions, but they quickly vanished, replaced by his

early still. Have some

like she didn’t hear or see anything, ignoring him and heading toward the

she overheard a woman’s voice, tinged with surprise and delight. “Oh,

“Was just swinging by with an extra serving. How did

The cupcakes were the best, so soft and creamy, and that passionfruit pudding, sweet and tangy, my son

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