Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Tears streamed down Maja's cheeks in heavy drops as the weight of her predicament bore down on her.

What was she to do? After all the trouble to find her mother, was she to leave her in this cold, dreary basement?

Who could be so cruel? Who was responsible for this?

Her lips tightened, a cold fury settled in her eyes. Never before had she felt such a desire to take someone's life.

"Maja."

lan wrapped his arms around her, feeling utterly helpless.

He had planned for every contingency, but he hadn't expected the stronghold where they held Cynthia to be so impenetrable.

Gunshots still echoed in the background as he lifted Maja into his arms.

She tried to struggle, but her strength was failing her.

"I'm sorry, you need to rest."

With a swift chop to the nape of her neck, lan knocked her out.

Maja's eyes widened in disbelief before she slipped into unconsciousness.

Behind them, Cynthia remained seated behind the door, oblivious to the chaos outside, her detached expression unchanged.

lan signaled to his men with a calm voice.

"Have the mute caretaker that looked after her continue to do so."

"Understood."

get Maja out first. The goons from K's outfit were already on

arms, lan made his way

in the silence of the basement, the two stunned guards already dragged away by

it always was for her, a silence that felt as if she was

a thousand cameras watched her, like

closed slowly, Cynthia remained unaware that someone had tried to rescue

she had worried over,

stepped out of the basement when a

men were returning

Patric had cto, his eyes fixing lan with a

holding Maja

Patric chuckled coldly.

you can get out

you done?"

a smirk as he

let him

grabbed Patric's collar, anger flashing in his

you lost your mind,

swatted his hand away,

of us leave? Let's stay here on

his fate, unafraid

collar and grabbed a knife from nearby, slicing open the fabric over Patric's

was

to his heart as a safeguard against

surgeon. A slip of the knife, and Patric

died, it meant

would have killed his own elder