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.

had crashed at Nathan's before and

sat in a wheelchair, her

by for years trying to afford her treatments,

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, cheap beer

cursing Greenfield for crushing their

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

out of

had seen Nathan turn green with envy, hugging

love

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

in, "Never seen anyone

but truly happy for

ill with a brain tumor. The best hospitals couldn't guarantee

the treatments drained

he had found out the truth of the car accident and

from Carol.

Listina. He spent hundreds of thousands of money, and

sharks - a dangerous gthat left him scarred but

his winnings couldn't turn the tide for Listina. Now,

to Carol, to

thought it was a joke until Felix actually got

living room. Felix reclined with a cigarette dangling from his fingers, his demeanor

yet tense.

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

live to tell

the night at the hotel with

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

if

peeling an orange at the table, couldn't hide his jealousy. "What's not to like about

Sometimes you gotta let go, man. You can't expect to woo her and not

at Felix and him turning up his nose was too

bit

his cigarette butt into

forgotten that everything he