Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The next second, Zoey burst into a coughing fit, spattering blood onto his crisp white shirt.

His face turned dark as thunder, and with one swift motion, he shoved her aside.

Zoey stumbled, clutching at her stomach as waves of searing pain threatened to overwhelm her. Her fingers clung desperately to

the bed-sheets beneath her, as if she was holding on to consciousness itself.

Fitch eyed the crimson stain spreading on his shirt.

A knock cfrom the door at that moment.

“Mr. Haskins, Miss Mia has been crying non-stop.”

He inhaled deeply and peeled off the bloodied shirt; as he was about to pick a clean one from the wardrobe, he heard her plea,

“Just get it over with, will you?”

What did she expect? To be force-fed chili until she got stomach cancer?

If he really wanted her dead, a packet of rat poison would do the job.

“You want it over with?”

Slipping into a fresh shirt, he adjusted the cool metal of his watch around his wrist.

It was nine in the evening.

“Go outside and kneel. Once Mia calms down, I'll let you back in.”

sheets as she heard

back to her, Fitch moved towards the door,

she called out,

with a frown creasing his brow, he

pace, stepping out and closing the door

watched the door shut; her eyelashes cast long shadows as she curled up on the bed, with

did not throw a tantrum but instead reached for a knife, threatening

own throat.

tried to intervene, but she

“Don’t touch me!”

at the foot of the stairs, and said with an icy voice,

with tears

don’t you? You want to marry her, make her my

the man she loves after

Fitch took the knife from

up, her eyes swollen

If you marry her,

placed the knife on the table beside them, “So what do

onto the couch, Mia buried her head in her hands, “I want her to die. I

I've been through these past few days, and

I can’t forget what he did to me. I've

will laugh at me.”

rested his hands on

mom knows about it in

her teeth, “Is that what matters? I want

send her abroad, and you'll

Why should I

stood up, her cheeks flushed with rage, “I've changed my mind. I want her