Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Rain continued to patter against the pavement outside as the car cto a standstill.

The silence within the vehicle was palpable, and Carol knew all too well that her pleas had yet to satisfy Felix.

Her fingernails dug deep into her palms as she lifted her gaze, a strained smile playing on her lips.

"Mr. Brown, shall I get down on my knees for you?"

Her words were laced with jest, yet they sent a shiver through Felix's eyelashes.

Their eyes clashed for the first tin over a month, the sole moment of direct contact in a sea of deliberate avoidance.

At all other times, Carol's gaze never lingered on him.

"You're welcto try," he dared her.

Carol remained silent, keenly aware of Felix's machinations. The depths of his cunning were profoundly unsettling.

Bending her knees, she was ready to kneel without hesitation when he abruptly grasped her wrist.

"Carol, where's your pride?" he taunted.

A genuine laugh burst forth from her, so close to tears it nearly broke her.

"Mr. Brown, what a thing to say. It's not like I've never knelt before."

Felix didn't respond, an irritable mood taking hold as he turned to the driver.

"Go check outside."

through the driver's shirt. Whenever these two were

somber, thick with tension.

this suffocating

car door open and

assessing the woman's injuries, he

there's a woman outside, hurt pretty bad. She needs to get to

ambulance for her. Have someone stay with her," Felix

Zoey's

"Right away, Mr. Brown."

turned back

There was little else she could do. She

shut her eyes, adopting an 'out of sight, out of mind"

to the hospital, and for the duration, her phone, switched off, rang

bed to find Elvis and

open as

their mere presence in a hospital enough to cause

to leave, but her throat

youngest, rubbed her eyes,

idea? You were in critical condition for thirty hours. The doctors

was a close call."

wave of delayed terror washing over

their superior, said nothing. He checked the

settling back down.

questions, yet she was unable to voice a

forward, taking

heard. I rushed back overnight, got leave from the director. Don't worry, I'll head back

blinked to signal

a sense of comfort she hadn't