Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Pregnant and confined to the quietude of her home, Maja dared not inquire about the whereabouts of her husband, lan. Yet, while

she nursed her solitude, he was out gallivanting with other women, even neglecting to return to their shared abode in Greenfield

Gardens.

A surge of fury bolted through Maja from the soles of her feet, clouding her judgment with a haze of blind rage.

She stormed up to them just as lan shoved Queena aside. Maja's hand flew, striking him with a resounding slap.

"Smack!"

There she stood, her chest heaving tumultuously, her eyes catching Queena imploring, "lan, can we just leave together, please?"

The slap almost sent lan, still recovering from a recent illness, into unconsciousness.

Upon recognizing Maja, panic flared in his eyes. "Maja?"

Words swirled in her mind, a tempest of accusations and pain, but faced with the stark reality before her, what could she possibly

say?

She had imagined the missing man was faithful, but here he was, keeping another woman. Seeing was believing, after all.

Taking a deep breath, Maja turned on her heel and walked away.

lan staggered after her, "Maja!"

"Maja, it's not what you think!"

arm, desperate. "lan, cwith me. I can heal you,

her single-minded goal

With a swift motion, he

the two dozen shopping bags in his hands, he pursued Maja with long strides. As he ran,

instructing him to take Queena

on one single

upon hearing this, was reminded of a similar reprimand when Maja had

wave of dizziness, especially when the scent of Queena lingered on him,

to drive him

"Maja!"

to stay conscious, and reached for her

shook him off, her eyes brimming with tears as she headed for

car.

had things gone so

tried once more to hold her hand,

and he fought the urge to scratch at his itchy neck, knowing he'd draw

he pulled Maja into an embrace. "Beck will explain, it's not what you

stilled, her voice hoarse. "What

standing there, his chin resting in her hair,

"lan?"

sensed something was terribly wrong; his shaking

them straight back to Greenfield Gardens, where Beck's people arrived promptly, taking Queena

sentenced to

back to Greenfield Gardens, but by then, lan had fainted, stirring

action.

quickly and had to break the news

Queena's blood, his dependency on her will wane and eventually