Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

Chapter 220

So, Leanne found herself silently cursing Curtis once again in her mind.

Phillip had just made his way over to her when something seemed to click. “Oh, right, it’s your birthday today. I’ve already got your gift, just been too swamped to give it to you.”

“It’s okay,” Leanne quickly replied.

With all the things he was busy with daily, any of those surely mattered more than her own birthday.

“Curtis used to remind me every year, but he didn’t this year, and I almost forgot.” Phillip mentioned casually, as if it was an afterthought. “He’s always been more attentive than me, never forgot to get you a cake every single year.”

Leanne paused.

Curtis had mentioned before that he was the one buying the birthday cakes when they were kids. At the time, she was too upset to believe him.

“Why didn’t he just give it to me himself?”

Phillip chuckled, “The day he wanted to, you were mad at him and wouldn’t open the door. He had no choice but to ask me to help give it to you.”

Mad? Why was she mad? Leanne tried to recall.

was her first year with the Richardson family and her first

Christmas’ greetings. As an adopted daughter, she didn’t attract much attention, and when it came time to Christmas gifts,

to stand by, greet each guest, and then get awkwardly skipped over when they handed out the gifts.

due to her introverted nature, she just wanted to get through the Christmas’ greetings and be

raised an eyebrow and said in front of everyone, “Come here.

all eyes turned

the guests also turned uncomfortable. Some things are better left unspoken, but once

out of place, that embarrassment weighed heavily on

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room. When Curtis knocked, she

Phillip’s voice

was a subtle yet bold way of pointing out

the second year onwards, whenever guests came over for Christmas’

the elders were already waiting

she caught sight of Curtis standing on

stairs.

like he’d just