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 knew

Listina, Nathan's sister, sat in a wheelchair, her legs atrophied since

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

no other kin, though Nathan had a fiancée in the hospital. He worked tirelessly to

days, they'd all hang out together, sharing

on the sidewalk, cursing Greenfield for

snowy night, Listina had knitted Felix a scarf. They were broke but happy, their modest earnings enough to keep them

out of

Nathan turn green with envy, hugging Listina and professing his

had been contagious, their love story a

been jealous. "Lucky you, childhood sweethearts. With

in, "Never seen anyone more handsthan

but truly happy

Listina soon fell ill

treatments drained

cto her one day, saying that he had found out the truth of the car accident

from Carol.

to Listina. He spent hundreds of thousands of

turned to gambling, outsmarting loan sharks - a dangerous gthat left him scarred

Listina. Now, surgery was her only hope, and twas running

get close to Carol,

had thought it was a joke until

Felix reclined with a cigarette dangling from

yet tense.

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

live to

you spent the night at the hotel with Miss

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

if the

hide his jealousy. "What's not to like about her? Even

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

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

the orange a bit

butt into the trash. "I just don't

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