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.

Cynthia got too close to the exit,

guarding Cynthia

likely having attempted escape multiple times, had grown accustomed

trouble now was that lan couldn't communicate

a threat.

was

as he turned to his associates

before you got here. The material is incredibly tough. Unless we cut off her

"Check for sensors by the

the walls and

this lady won't make it out before the blast. She'd

tense silence as these words hung

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

someone nearby but clueless as to who it

her daughter,

mouth.

Maja called out, "Mom."

No response.

but she was paralyzed, her body refusing to

her rescuers just in front of

of her nose, a suffocating heaviness in her chest, and

"Maja!"

and hurried to her

"Maja, don't scare me."

was choked with emotion. They had only just reunited, and