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."

to agree so readily

- not towards hbut to the local bar. She needed

into; she wanted the

the Miller family were in hot water, having caught wind of

had his number saved, but

response, "Who's this?"

"Tyler, it's me, Zoey."

paused, glancing sideways at Fitch, who was accompanied

returning

Fitch at every

his cousin well. Wendy had been smitten with Fitch for ages. Considering

before heading abroad, faced

of a potential union by marriage with Fitch, she'd eagerly

avoided female company gave her a sense of

being rebuffed, it didn't matter to her - no other woman stood a chance. While abroad, she'd made sure to

often posing as Fitch's girlfriend. Fitch didn't bother to correct her; it conveniently

advances.

the Stapleton family

were well-acquainted.

torch

can I do for

I swing by for a chat? There's something I need to

have hit a dead-end with Fitch - probably got blocked -and now she was turning

up at

finish your drink. Is it okay if I just hang in the

was going on with Carol. If something

for Zoey, she looked up, her eyes flashing with derision. That woman

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

to dismiss Zoey

to notice, instead glancing at Fitch to gauge his reaction.