Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

As lan and Oliver were left alone, the tension in the room was palpable.

Ralap, a man known for his caution, had stationed guards outside of lan's dwelling since the night before.

It was a charade of protection that thinly veiled his true intentions—surveillance. Ralap was after the medicine, a valuable

commodity in their cutthroat world. Now that it was gone, his unease was evident, yet he knew better than to lay a finger on lan.

As soon as the door closed, Oliver stood up, and brushed off the invisible dust from his jeans in a gesture of readiness.

"So, lan, when are we making our move?" he asked, the casual tone belying the gravity of their situation.

lan's gaze drifted toward the window; dusk was only a few hours away. He had deliberately leaked his location to the hounds who

were baying for his blood. It didn't take a genius to figure out they were under K's command.

K's influence seemed to have spread even here. Undoubtedly, K was holding back for sreason—if not, they would have been

wiped off the map with a single bomb, rather than this elaborate hunt within the island's confines.

But tonight, K's men would come. And when they did, amidst the clash with Ralap's forces, lan and Oliver would slip away to find

Maja.

Oliver didn't wait for an answer; he knew the pattern of their conversations well enough. Together, they silently bid their time.

Two hours later, the calm was shattered by the distant sound of gunfire. Ralap sat erect in the parlor, sipping his tea. Upon hearing

the shots, he turned to his most trusted aide.

"Go check what's happening."

But before the aide could move, the sporadic gunfire turned into a cacophony of chaos.

"Boss, I'll cover you. We need to get out of here," the aide insisted as Ralap's expression soured. Had his enemies dared to

Middle Island

gall to cause such a ruckus on Middle Island?" Ralap muttered angrily. "Take Oliver with you back to

consult with the other families. We must

a direct threat to the resources of Inner Island's ruling families. They had to eradicate them

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

him

by the families. Quentin was much more than

all of Forbidden Island's surveillance, and

Elder set the rules that governed Forbidden Island for centuries,

they turned to him

aware that K's men had made their move. He had expected a

but the assault was launched in the Forbidden Island, which was a blatant

darkly,

island forces, and eliminate

enough to take things this far, Quentin was ready to

cby helicopter. At least thirty have been sighted so

anything else has happened within the organization besides the capture

Elder."

had been lost since morning, and it was likely that K's men had

well.

deepened. "Forget it then. Just fight. I want to

of massive ships lay in wait. Philip lounged on the deck of one, swirling a glass

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vessel would pass

he would make

he had no such intention. The island harbored Maja, lan, and the Holy Daughter. His agents at the Mental Hospital

had stumbled upon her trail, and Philip was astonished to

wanted

That he was too consumed by darkness to lead, that his ruthlessness and cunning

those

lips curled into a smile, but quickly his expression morphed into the warm and gentle mask he wore as Phelps back