Chapter 256

Leanne didn’t say another word. She walked past him, reaching for the door handle. The lock beeped, signaling it was unlocked.

But then, he gently tugged at her sleeve from behind.

She’d been whisked away for a spontaneous dinner, donning a simple white loungewear set with a cardigan thrown over it. The soft cashmere gave her a look of both cleanliness and warmth.

Curtis longed to hold her and borrow a bit of her warmth to bring him back to life.

But he was too much of a mess.

She was pristine and he was a wreck.

“How long have you been having these things? His voice was hoarse, almost too faint.

Leanne turned, puzzled. “What do

you mean?”

Curtis lifted his left hand. The prescription boxes in the bag seemed like they got drenched

in the rain, some sopping wet, giving her hand a soggy feel on touch.

Seeing the medication, Leanne paused.

After a moment, she finally spoke. “Over a year.”

“When did it start?”

“After you left.”

it hurt a lot?” Curtis asked.

lightly, “When is being sick

you..” Curtis strained his voice and uttered the words with

hands into fists.

to revisit, the emotions from those times too

coldness to his departure

and mentally was a challenge. That was when Leanne started suffering

hadn’t realized she was depressed at first, thinking

on Curtis’ birthday that Leanne saw a photo of him with Suzan on social

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photo she didn’t realize was

Suzan to Emberland and she knew they were together. But seeing the truth in person was

it was then that Leanne realized she

playing with her fingertips. “Many people with depression

could it

me? If I was making you so miserable. Why didn’t

knew about Leanne’s depression, a testament to how few people

of it, her condition nearly impacted

of duty to her parents who had fought so hard for her, she managed to climb out of that

for her to live just so she could fall apart over

could she

once, why would she

be holding Suzan, laughing at

sentence made Curtis’ already fragile composure crumble.

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