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 to

his face ashen. With a swift

his hands, he pursued Maja with long strides. As he ran, he even called

instructing him to take

on one single woman, Beck? Are

hearing this, was reminded of a similar reprimand when Maja

lan felt a wave of dizziness, especially when the scent of Queena lingered on him, an itch so

drive him

"Maja!"

tongue to stay conscious, and reached for

with indignant static. She shook him off, her eyes

car.

gone

once more to hold her hand, "It's not what you

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

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

voice hoarse. "What do you

there, his chin resting in her

"lan?"

something was terribly wrong;

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

was sentenced to death,

the gifts lan had dropped back to Greenfield Gardens, but

action.

couldn't concoct an antidote quickly and had

he can't get Queena's blood, his dependency on her