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."

to get Maja out first. The goons from K's outfit

arms, lan made his

the

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

thousand cameras watched

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

she had worried over, had

had just stepped out of the basement when a barrage

were returning

the car, he noticed Patric had cto, his eyes fixing lan with a deep

holding Maja

Patric chuckled coldly.

think you can get out of here

you

smirk as he pointed to

made a deal with K, let him plant a

grabbed Patric's collar, anger

lost your

his hand

about neither of us leave?

his fate, unafraid

knife from nearby,

like lan was determined to find the

tracker close to his heart

a surgeon. A slip of the knife, and

meant Eric would be

lan would have killed his own elder