Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

[If you fancy hitting the shops, I'm gto tag along.]

She texted another message, though she knew full well Carol would likely decline.

[No worries, I'm actually doing okay. Maja just rangup too, but she's swamped as usual. Anyway, I've got my own stuff to deal

with here. Gotta go.]

[Alright, you go handle your business.]

Zoey set her phone down, glancing around the office.

She'd been pulling all-nighters for the past two days, and hadn't gone back home, barely taking tto crash in the break room,

freshen up, and change into a clean set of clothes before diving back into the grind.

Now that she had a moment to breathe, her eyes felt like sandpaper.

There was a knock on the door, and in cElvis, clutching a stack of papers. Spotting Zoey still at her desk, his face registered

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"Have you not gone hin two days?"

"Yeah, I've been trying to clear the deck of this month's backlog."

Elvis furrowed his brow with concern, "Zoey, Ms. Pennyfeather didn't expect you to work yourself to the bone like this. By the time

she gets back, you'll be running on fumes."

Zoey didn't respond, standing up with a playful tone, "Fine, I'll head hto rest now. The paperwork I've finished is on the left -

take a gander when you get a chance."

hadn't expected her to agree so

- not towards hbut to the local bar.

gotten into; she wanted

that the Miller family were in hot water, having caught wind of it even before

had his number saved, but Tyler

response, "Who's this?"

"Tyler, it's me, Zoey."

sideways at Fitch,

Fitch since returning stateside. She was the

at

his cousin well. Wendy had been smitten with Fitch for

feelings once before heading abroad,

by marriage with Fitch, she'd eagerly rushed back. Besides, Wendy's possessiveness was

knowing Fitch avoided female company gave her a sense of

her - no other woman stood a

girlfriend. Fitch didn't bother to correct her; it conveniently

advances.

knew that if Fitch desired marriage, both the Stapleton family and the Haskins family would offer no objections - both

were well-acquainted.

Zoey was here, still carrying a torch for Fitch? Wendy would never pull her

can I

heard you'd be at the bar tonight. Mind if I

hit a dead-end with Fitch - probably got blocked -and now

bit tied up at the moment. Maybe sother

you to finish your drink. Is it okay if I just hang

going on with Carol. If something had happened to Carol, Maja would

for Zoey, she looked up, her eyes

over the phone, she still had the gall to csniffing around. She

to dismiss Zoey with

not to notice, instead glancing at Fitch to gauge his reaction. But Fitch remained aloof, unfazed