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

Curtis changed his shoes and walked over to her, his gaze softening as he tilted his head to examine her expression. "Have you been crying?" Leanne wanted to deny it. She thought that the emotional surge from her nightmare earlier didn't count as crying.

Before she could respond, Curtis continued, "You were crying when you called me, weren't you?"

Despite her efforts to appear nonchalant, he had detected the subtle quiver in her voice.

People can deal with hardships; it's the comfort that really touches their heart. The unease Leanne had managed to quell found its way to the surface again.

Uncharacteristically, she clung to him, wrapping her arms around his waist and nestling into his embrace.

Curtis was surprised. "Miss me that much?"

He often joked about his charm, and Leanne pinched him on the waist in response.

"I dreamed about my parents," she said, revealing her deep-seated trauma. The untimely death of her parents was a wound unlikely to ever fully heal "I'll stay with you tonight."

Curtis carried her back to bed. The cat, sprawled belly-up on the bed, lazily flicked its tail in greeting.

"Another little lazybones," Curtis chuckled as he scooped up the cat and placed it in its plush, seldom-used cat bed, saying to the puzzled feline, "You're a big kid now. Sleep on your own."

The bedroom was dimly lit. He shut the door, slipped under the covers, and Leanne curled into his arms.

his chest, the faint smell of cologne mixed with a hint of whiskey on him, "You haven't changed

was that maybe tonight could be an exception, allowing him to taint her bed just

of his eyebrows,

mind," Leanne said, preemptively inching away

laughed at her defensive move, playfully accusing, "Let's just sleep tonight, no

Leanne was speechless.

expression. "Of course, if you can't resist me and decide to make a move, I might just surrender. After

"Alright, I'll stop teasing."

her back into his arms and held her tightly, his hand gently patting her back as if

ulterior motives,

seemed to engulf her again, and Leanne quickly

deep-set eyes, his

soothing kiss on her forehead, Curtis blinked and

in his embrace. Leanne calmed down, her breathing slowly evening out as she fell

arms.

peacefully

door. Rubbing her eyes, she got out of

Curtis' clothes, and Leanne brought them in

and narrow waist as well as the defined muscles tapering down into the towel