Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The ground sloped upward, a small incline that seemed insurmountable. Perhaps the person who had hit Zoey was still lurking

somewhere up there.

Descending meant navigating through the uneven, pockmarked grass.

Rain had turned the path into a slippery mess.

But Zoey couldn't afford to care—she had to survive. The will to live burned fiercely within her.

Her life had been hard-won; she couldn't let it end so easily.

She dragged herself forward, feeling as if her bones were on the verge of coming apart.

She didn't know how long she crawled. The trail she left behind was tinged with blood, but the rain washed it away.

Tbecan unbearable weight, and eventually, she lost all sense of it, focusing only on crawling a little further, just a little

further.

Cars passed by ahead. She must be nearing the roadside, but she couldn't muster a shout.

All she wanted was for someone to save her.

Anyone would do; she just wanted to live.

In a sleek black car, Carol sat in the back, leaning against the window. Felix sat beside her, while a chauffeur drove them.

Tonight, Felix had decided to play the magnanimous role, offering Carol a chance to get sair.

But it was just a drive, a whirl around the block, and after half an hour, they would return. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Carol's gaze caught the silhouette lying on the ground in the distance, and her brow furrowed.

"Stop the car."

The chauffeur didn't dare to stop, instead shooting a glance at Felix through the rearview mirror.

of the Miller

Millers would be cast out

knee, his demeanor calm and collected. He had an air of sophistication

man he once was seemed to

perhaps he'd always been this heartless, and his previous persona was all an

wouldn't listen to her, Carol turned

"Stop the car."

the document

do you want to

person. Ever heard of it? Saving a life is more

frowned, not getting her

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it amusing how the chauffeur, who once followed the Miller family's orders, now only

deep breath and reached for the door handle, but

need to

slowly closing, an unmistakable sign that there was no room

since the incident,

had shaken her awake. She realized how blind she

long ago, but she'd mistaken it for playful flirtation, a man's pride, and hadn't

to him slowly taking over the Miller

prison, the remaining Millers lived at the mercy of Felix

"There's a woman lying over there.

how you

tapped his fingers on the document, his relaxed

reddened, but she struggled to keep calm. She was raised in a gilded cage and

pitiable in front of

then again, she supposed the most pitiable

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

word was no longer as hard to say,

saw the change in his expression and knew

his so-called dear cousin from afar—Listina

the Miller family's connections, Carol had managed to