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!"

desperate. "lan, cwith me.

single-minded goal

expression darkened, his face ashen. With

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

instructing him to take

keep an eye on one single woman, Beck? Are

was reminded of a similar reprimand when

when the scent of

drive him

"Maja!"

called again, biting his tongue to stay conscious, and reached for her

him off, her eyes brimming

car.

things gone so terribly

hold her hand, "It's not

to scratch at his itchy neck, knowing he'd draw blood if

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

voice hoarse. "What do

standing there, his chin resting in her hair,

"lan?"

was terribly wrong;

Greenfield Gardens, where Beck's people arrived promptly, taking Queena to jail.

Queena was sentenced to death, never to be

brought the gifts lan had dropped back to Greenfield Gardens, but

action.

concoct an antidote quickly and had to break

him up; that's all we can do. If he can't get Queena's blood, his dependency on her will wane and