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!"

cwith me. I can heal you, really, I can

her single-minded goal to win

With a swift motion, he knocked Queena

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

him to take

one single woman,

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

call, lan felt a wave of dizziness, especially when the scent of Queena

drive him

"Maja!"

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

her mind buzzing with indignant static. She shook him off, her

car.

had things gone so

her hand,

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

Maja into an embrace. "Beck will explain, it's

hoarse.

couldn't utter another word, standing there, his

"lan?"

was terribly wrong;

Greenfield Gardens, where Beck's people arrived promptly,

of murder, Queena was sentenced to death, never

Greenfield Gardens, but by then, lan had fainted, stirring the

action.

antidote quickly and had

If he can't get Queena's blood,