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

Chapter 249

She looked like a little kid, bullied and bruised, desperately seeking the comfort of a haven to lick her wounds.

But Leanne’s home offered no such solace. The protectors of her peace had long since departed.

She spent the entire afternoon in bed, transitioning from the bright daylight to the deep night without a wink of sleep.

An unease crept over her while lying in the enveloping darkness, yet she lacked the energy to reach for the light switch.

She stared out at the twilight sky through her window, and the occasional passing cars reminded her that life went on, even as she felt stuck in a stagnant pool of silence.

It seemed her mind was empty, yet flooded with thoughts all at once, from the nightmare of her former workplace to the years she spent with the Richardson family, from her wedding day to the realization of being trapped in a deceptive agreement.

She revisited her entire life.

Fate never seemed to be on her side. Every time she got love, she ended up losing it, and everything she wanted always seemed to go against her intentions.

Then, the neighbor’s kid knocked on her door.

The plump little fellow announced, “Hey, Leanne, my mom made pot roast. Come over for dinner!”

Before she could politely decline, he enthusiastically grabbed her arm and dragged her over to his house. Leanne was still in her slippers.

a modest and warm couple. The lady of the house, apron-clad, greeted her, “Leanne, come on in. Dinner’s almost ready. Hey, Dave, get Leanne something to drink.”

emerged from the kitchen with drinks like milk, juice, and

was kind, a trait

replied, “Milk’s fine, thank you. I really

your place for meals enough

proudly, showing

play with, but puzzle-solving was never

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gave up, her progress

spirits, only to plunge again as

aside.

six or seven simple dishes, but it was

That soup would’ve been perfect with asparagus in

“Leanne doesn’t like asparagus. She prefers

Waldron quickly moved a plate of lettuce

then smiled. “Thank

dined with them, yet they knew her preferences as if they were