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.”

hurt a lot?” Curtis asked.

spoke lightly, “When is being sick

Curtis strained his voice and uttered the words with

her hands

to revisit, the emotions from those times too

to his departure overseas, it was

into hell, adapting both physically and mentally was a challenge. That was when Leanne

first, thinking it was just

was on Curtis’ birthday that Leanne saw a photo of

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photo she didn’t realize

Suzan to Emberland and she knew they were

she loved Curtis more

playing with her fingertips. “Many people

How could it be?

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

a testament to how

her condition nearly impacted her work, but she eventually pulled

to her parents who had fought so hard for her,

her to live just so she could fall

she

she show him weakness again, giving him another reason to mock her?

be holding Suzan, laughing at my

sentence made Curtis’ already fragile

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