Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Arter Felix left the hotel, his phone buzzed with a call from Nathan.

"Hey Felix, where you at? You didn't crash at your place last night?"

"Yep."

Felix flicked his lighter and lit up a cigarette, expertly exhaling rings of smoke. "How'd you know I didn't make it home?"

"Well, I swung by your pad last night. I brought sburgers for late-night grub, but you were MIA, so I just wolfed it down solo.

Did you finally seal the deal with that heiress you've been chasing? The Miller Group's golden girl?"

Nathan was in the loop about Felix's latest conquest, the sole heiress of the affluent Miller Group. Hooking up with her could be a

gchanger - it could mean getting his foot in the door of a fortune.

The CEO of the Miller Group was known for doting on his only child, the apple of his eye.

"l didn't."

Felix was blunt, a glance at the sky told him it was tto wrap this up. "We'll talk when I get back."

It was Saturday, and Nathan had the day off, so he lingered at hwaiting for Felix.

Felix arrived swiftly, bumping into Nathan by the dumpsters. Nathan was tossing out the trash, navigating around puddles of filthy

water that demanded careful stepping to avoid.

His face lit up at the sight of Felix.

"Coming straight from the hotel, huh? Spill it, man, did you really resist the temptation? You've got sserious willpower if you

passed up a night with Miss Miller. You toldshe wasn't exactly the shy type."

"She's not," Felix admitted, recalling Carol's forward advances with a visible distaste.

Nathan's face soured with envy. "Man, I swear, if I had your looks, I'd be juggling girlfriends left and right."

Nathan was your average Joe, standing at five foot nine, the epitof ordinary. But he was Felix's best bud - the brother he never

had.

They strolled to Nathan's place in the alley, a humble, snug home, but it was his - no rent like Felix had to deal with.

crashed at Nathan's before and

in a wheelchair, her legs atrophied since

been scraping by for years trying to afford her treatments, but it was

Felix, had no other kin, though Nathan had a fiancée in the hospital. He worked tirelessly to cover Listina's medical

Listina well. Before her hospital days, they'd all hang out together, sharing noodles,

sidewalk, cursing Greenfield for crushing

night, Listina had knitted Felix a scarf. They were broke but happy,

brands out

scarf, Felix had seen Nathan turn green with envy, hugging Listina and professing

had been contagious, their love story

jealous. "Lucky you, childhood sweethearts. With your looks, your kids will

"Never seen anyone

was envious but truly happy for

happiness was short-lived as Listina soon fell ill with a brain tumor. The best hospitals

the treatments

one day, saying that he had found out the truth of the

from Carol.

Listina. He spent hundreds of thousands of money, and he didn't complain

sharks - a dangerous gthat left him

the tide for Listina. Now, surgery was her only hope,

only shot was to get close to Carol, to

a joke until Felix actually

room. Felix reclined with a cigarette dangling

yet tense.

seen Felix's darker days of gambling, knew the stakes. Felix was the first to beat the loan sharks at their

to tell

spent the night at the hotel

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

if the memory was

at the table, couldn't hide his jealousy. "What's not to like about her?

expect to woo her and not

of the Miller heiress throwing herself at Felix and him turning up his nose

bit too bitter for

mood, flicked his cigarette butt into the trash. "I just

heart belonged to Listina, and he hadn't forgotten that everything