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 knew the

Listina, Nathan's sister, sat in a wheelchair,

trying to afford her treatments, but it was clear her

fiancée in the hospital.

hospital days, they'd all hang out together,

on the sidewalk, cursing Greenfield

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

brands out of

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

had been contagious, their love story a picture of youthful

childhood sweethearts.

"Never seen anyone more

but truly happy

fell ill with a brain tumor.

the treatments

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

from Carol.

hundreds of thousands of

loan sharks - a

couldn't turn the tide for Listina.

shot was to get close to Carol, to

had thought it was a joke

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

yet tense.

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

live to

at

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

if the

"What's not to like

You can't expect to woo her and not give something

at Felix and him turning up his

orange a bit

butt into

to Listina, and he hadn't forgotten that