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.

Nathan's before and

in

years trying to afford her treatments, but it was clear her condition was irreversible. The

no other kin, though Nathan had a fiancée

days, they'd all hang out together, sharing noodles, cheap beer on

sidewalk, cursing

were broke but happy, their modest earnings enough to keep them

brands out

turn green with envy, hugging Listina and professing his intent to marry

their love story a picture of

sweethearts.

"Never

but truly

Listina soon fell ill with

the treatments drained

the

from Carol.

of thousands

- a dangerous gthat

the tide for Listina. Now,

to Carol, to somehow extract the

joke until Felix actually

room. Felix reclined with a cigarette

yet tense.

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

to tell the

you spent the night at

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

as if the

not to like about her? Even if it was just a fling, it's a

go, man. You can't expect to woo her and not give something in return. Life's not that

thought of the Miller heiress throwing herself at Felix and him

found the orange a bit too bitter

in a foul mood, flicked his cigarette butt into the trash. "I

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