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.

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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.

The fate of the Miller family rested in the hands

were displeased, the Millers would be cast out into the

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

once

been this heartless, and his previous persona was all

chauffeur wouldn't listen to her,

"Stop the car."

slowly placed the document down, not

do you want to

"Save that person. Ever heard of it? Saving a life is more meritorious than

frowned, not getting her

signaled the driver with a calm

cto a

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

reached for

need to

an unmistakable sign

since the incident, but seeing his face still made her feel

her father's imprisonment had shaken her awake. She realized how blind she had

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

him slowly taking over

prison, the remaining Millers lived at the mercy of Felix just

clenched. "There's a woman lying over there. I want to

that how you

relaxed

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

pitiable in front of

the most pitiable she'd ever been was already

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

was no longer as hard to say, her

saw the change in his expression and knew who it

was his so-called dear cousin

a tumor in her brain, and through the Miller family's connections, Carol