Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Maja's heart skipped a beat as she sat motionless on the wooden bench of the boat, her eyes staring blankly into the distance.

When Beck boarded the vessel, the first thing he noticed was her faraway gaze.

He immediately walked over and gave her shoulder a gentle pat.

"The sea's chilly, and dawn's breaking soon. You should change out of those wet clothes," he said with a touch of concern.

Maja almost shook her head in refusal, but the first light of dawn was already spreading across the horizon, followed by a shout

that jolted everyone to attention.

"Over here!"

She quickly stood up and made her way towards the commotion.

It wasn't so much that they had found lan, but rather his jacket, aimlessly drifting on the water's surface.

From her vantage point, Maja could see the island's sky, where smoke slowly ascended, hinting at the horrific battle that had raged

the night before.

She withdrew her gaze, ready to plunge into the sea, but Beck stopped her.

"There are plenty of people searching down there. If lan's in the water, he'll be found."

Without a word, Maja grabbed a pair of binoculars and began scouring the sea.

Helicopters buzzed overhead as part of the massive search effort. With such a large-scale operation, even if lan had drifted far, he

should have been found by now.

Maja's brow furrowed as she peered into the deep, vast ocean. Could he have sunk to the bottom?

Ignoring Beck's protests, she insisted on launching a lifeboat to search for lan herself.

simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an

Maja rowed and scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched

a cluster of trees in the distance, and

finally saw the person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as though it had been torn

central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around,

to

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

she steeled herself and yanked the object from

and his body was

the lifeboat and rowed towards

landed, and a team rushed

reached the hospital corridor when

she cto, two days had passed, and she could hear Beck speaking

"So, has the island

covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives

Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in a hidden

the island would have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently into the

raised an eyebrow. If someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct

trouble of detonating bombs?

peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside.

but she won't leave the

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone of

she

door, we're hit by an electric

respond, he noticed

informant away and turned

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes

lan's emergency signal from the island. Beck had felt