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.

couldn't stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an

binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that

trees in

branches, her heart felt

the central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the air and

to take a

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to bring lan

something, blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

steeled herself and yanked the object from his

and his

him onto the lifeboat

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

barely reached the hospital corridor when she

and she could

"So, has the island been thoroughly

days, we've covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives

twenty locals survived. We also discovered

would have been reduced to

If someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the

trouble of detonating bombs?

a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to approach her

We wanted to bring her back, but she won't leave the

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone of

can't she leave the

the only door, we're hit by an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints to

he noticed Maja waking

informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow

receiving lan's emergency