Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

lan stepped closer, only to notice a red light blinking on the anklet strapped to Cynthia's leg.

He tugged at the device, and a man's voice emerged from within.

"Cynthia, you trying to make a run for it again?"

"Why the urge to flee, why so disobedient?"

"Do you really wantto break your legs?"

The man's voice, despite its softness, sent chills down lan's spine.

Cynthia, now deaf to the world, seemed to sense the anklet's alarm.

She desperately tried to rip the device off her ankle to no avail.

"Fuck off!"

"Fuck off!"

Her fingernails dug into her flesh, but the anklet wouldn't budge, the man's voice still echoing from it.

"Gone blind, gone deaf, do I need to render you mute too?"

"Get any closer to that door, and you'll get zapped again. Just stay put, stop struggling."

That's when lan realized this basement was no ordinary place.

It wasn't just blocking external signals. It was rigged with various switches.

got too close to the exit, it

been guarding Cynthia had been hit by this very

Cynthia, likely having attempted escape multiple

trouble now was that

was a threat.

of all, lan was running

face grew grim as he turned to his associates and asked, "Can't

here. The material is

for sensors by

basement seems mundane, but the walls and the

choice might be to blow this place, but this lady won't make it out

room fell into a tense silence as these words hung in the

at the floor, his bodyguard added, "The floor's made of the

sat on the ground, aware of someone nearby but clueless as

she was mere meters away from her daughter, blind and

mouth.

Maja called out, "Mom."

No response.

but she was paralyzed,

in front of her, doomed to remain caged, seemingly

sting at the tip of her nose, a suffocating

"Maja!"

hurried to her side, holding

"Maja, don't scare me."

was choked with emotion. They had only just reunited, and before he could say anything, she was spitting