Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The housekeeper cinto the den with a message that set Fitch's teeth on edge. “Sir, Ms. Bennitt is at the front gate. Should I let

her in?”

Fitch felt an immediate distaste at the thought of seeing her. He had pegged her as a stable sort, never imagining she could stir up

such scandal.

“No,” he replied, his voice sharp with finality. After his brief response, he grabbed his coat from the rack and exited through the

back door.

It wasn’t until he pulled up to the pet store that he realized why he had driven there.

Ozzy was gone, and in a way, it was on his conscience. It only seemed right to get a new puppy for Zoey as a gesture of

atonement.

But as he walked among the rare breeds, his gaze kept being drawn to a memory of a scrappy little gray mongrel that somehow

seemed more sincere, more beautiful than the ones before him.

Hesitating only a moment, he chose a pristine white pup and, carrying it in a crate, inquired about Zoey’s whereabouts.

Learning that she was in the hospital, he immediately set off in that direction.

Halfway there, he realized that he wouldn't normally do such a thing for anyone else. His brow furrowed as he pondered whether it

was his involvement that had dragged Zoey into this mess to begin with.

Pressing the accelerator, he continued toward the hospital.

Zoey's fever had broken, and she was awake, though her lips were cracked and bloody. She said nothing, staring blankly at the

ceiling, haunted by dreams of Ozzy wagging his little tail, and then of Wendy heartlessly dropping him from a height. Pain throbbed

wasn't a place

everything she tried to hold onto inevitably slipped away, even a

broth and placed it beside Zoey.

and tried to sit up, her stomach churning at the sight and

her stomach,

her distress, Cornelia nodded. “I'll leave for now and check on you later. The nurses will bring your meals. Try

you've lost too

Zoey had

attempted a smile but

leaned back and zoned out, wearing a hospital gown with the window ajar, letting

threaten to break her.

the door snapped her back to reality, followed by its

look up.

and a familiar presence made her turn. Standing by the door was

been yesterday, Zoey wouldn't have been able to stay composed,

was exhausting, painful, and she never seemed

tiny white dog inside. “To make it up to you,” he said, his voice as detached as ever, even in this Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on

moment of supposed amends.

Zoey blinked, uncomprehending.

cto see

soup and

her turn to deliver the word he had hurled at her the night

“Get out.”

eyelashes quivered, his brow furrowed.

for a cup and throwing it at his forehead with all the

out,” she repeated, her voice eerily

to react, to rage, but then he saw something in

noticed how much she had withered, the standard-size hospital gown hanging loosely on

at him, the light that used to shine from

frozen, unable to comprehend

a while, the best he could muster was, “Don’t

offer compensation, a gesture of politeness in response to