Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Clutching the family seal ring in his fist, Oliver turned on his heel and walked away without a backward glance.

With a gentle touch, lan brushed Maja's hair from her sweat-dampened forehead as she lay on the ground, lost in a fitful slumber

that even her dreams couldn't soothe.

His heart ached for her, and guilt gnawed at him for not being able to save her mother.

But right now, protecting Maja was his only focus.

He buried his face in the crook of her neck, a rare moment of vulnerability washing over him.

Ever since they had set foot on Forbidden Island, he hadn't dared to rest, working tirelessly to convince Oliver, investigate the

elders’ secrets, and familiarize himself with the treacherous terrain.

He regretted dragging Maja into this mess.

The situation with Patric had spiraled beyond his understanding. He wasn't omnipotent; even he could make a mistake.

"Oliver, you've got ten minutes. If you're not back by then, I'm leaving without you," lan said into his phone, his voice steady but

firm.

"Okay," cthe terse reply.

Oliver was already a good distance away, his figure gradually swallowed by the smoke and chaos of the battlefield.

lan started the ten-minute countdown on his phone, determined to keep his promise to Oliver.

Leaning against the wall, he held Maja tightly in his arms as the seconds ticked by. Seven minutes passed without any sign of

Oliver, causing lan's brow to furrow with concern.

Two more minutes slipped away, and still no Oliver.

the final minute approached, lan's gaze was

gambled everything, was now lying bloodied and broken, his

the murky sky, Oliver felt raindrops kiss his cheeks. Desperately, he tried

manage to move a

heavy, a figure approached, stopping close

you walk?" It was lan's

shake his head, but he couldn't even muster the

in the gory sight of Oliver's chest wound. It was clear there was no saving him. A direct

merely in

for a brief second,

lips, but his arm fell limp, crashing

lan felt a newfound contempt for Forbidden Island. It seemed

have cto confront Robin,

plunged the knife into Oliver's heart, he uttered only one cold

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Porter family couldn't tolerate Oliver's defiance, and there was no way they

eyes for the last time, Oliver whispered,

distant gunfire and explosions, then turned and walked toward where Maja lay, leaving Oliver's body to

by the rubble of the

reached the entrance to the tunnel, the others

Maja up, he spoke softly, "Anyone who wants to leave with me, cnow. Those who wish

few exchanged hesitant glances. "What about Oliver?" one

reply. Instead, he strode

he had gone. "Mr. Raymond, until our paths

the Porter family, and having temporarily followed lan's

outside; it would be

had the resolve to break free from it

territory.

Maja

growing darker by the minute.

and to his shock, Quentin had betrayed