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

After work, Leanne went to the parking lot, where her Phantom was in its usual spot.

Jake didn't get out to open the door for her. She was deep in thought and didn't notice, opening the door herself and getting in.

The car started and pulled out of the hospital parking lot, the familiar scenery whizzing by as she pondered how to investigate Vector Vista Bank.

Having been with the Richardson family for years, she had rarely dealt with Vector Vista. Showing a sudden and unusual interest could tip off someone as sharp and capable as Maddox.

Lost in thought, she suddenly felt something off in the silent car.

She glanced toward the driver's seat.

The orange hues of the sunset flooded the car, illuminating the man's profile, his long arms on the steering wheel, his features sharp and handsome in the play of light and shadow.

It wasn't Jake.

Curtis caught her eye in the rearview mirror, an indifferent gaze meeting hers.

"Just noticed? After being kidnapped by someone, you're still obliviously tagging along. Is your guard up only against me?"

was elsewhere, and if not for her intuition, she might not have noticed the driver change. "Why are you

Jake be a

come to pick up his wife from work, but she hadn't spared him a

pulled the car over. "Come

out and moved to the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt as Curtis said

he was treating her like a child,

when I'm hungry and to use an umbrella when it

raised an eyebrow, his tone playful yet mocking. "And when you see your husband, do you

Leanne turned her gaze forward, her

inches from hers, his voice teasing. "How

joke, Leanne felt a shiver, her toes curling, warmth spreading to her

what will you teach?" she

then, an ill-timed call interrupted

phone, and Leanne glimpsed the caller

the interruption, Curtis sighed and

his high position, Maddox was brief. "Come

did you get a student?" Maddox asked before stopping, well aware of