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

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

consult with the other families. We must deal with this external threat as

the resources of Inner Island's ruling families. They had to

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

Elder; tell him

Quentin, a man revered by the families. Quentin was much more than

the keys to all of Forbidden Island's surveillance, and therefore

Island for centuries, and his word was

turned to him

men had made their move. He had expected a confrontation

the assault was launched in the Forbidden Island, which was a blatant disregard for all the island's

darkly, wiping the blood from his

forces, and eliminate

this far, Quentin was ready to meet

thirty have been sighted so far," reported an

"Find out if anything else has happened

Elder."

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

well.

it then. Just fight. I want to see if K

ships lay in wait. Philip lounged

watched helicopters swarm

lockdown; no vessel would pass by for days,

if he obliterated the island, he would make it

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

had stumbled upon her trail, and Philip was astonished to find her

wanted to see her,

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

to those around

his expression morphed into the warm and gentle mask he wore as