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!"

to his arm, desperate. "lan, cwith me. I can

frayed, her single-minded goal to

darkened, his face ashen. With a swift motion,

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

to take Queena

one single

reminded of a similar reprimand when Maja had secretly visited

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

to drive him

"Maja!"

biting his tongue to stay conscious, and reached for her

She shook him off, her eyes brimming with tears as

car.

things gone so

her hand,

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

an embrace. "Beck will explain,

hoarse. "What

word, standing there, his chin resting in

"lan?"

sensed something was terribly wrong;

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

of murder, Queena was sentenced

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

action.

an antidote quickly and had to break the news to

he can't get Queena's blood, his dependency on her will wane and eventually vanish. It's