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

Listina, Nathan's sister, sat in

for years trying to afford her treatments, but it

had a fiancée in the hospital. He worked tirelessly to

all hang out together, sharing noodles, cheap beer on chilly

the sidewalk, cursing Greenfield

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

brands out of

Nathan turn green with envy, hugging Listina and professing

been contagious, their love story

jealous. "Lucky you, childhood sweethearts. With

chimed in, "Never seen

was envious but

ill with

the treatments drained their

out the truth of the car accident and that

from Carol.

hundreds of thousands

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

his winnings couldn't turn the tide for Listina. Now, surgery was her only hope,

was to get close to Carol, to somehow

thought it was a joke until Felix actually got Carol's

Nathan's modest living room. Felix reclined with a cigarette

yet tense.

knew the stakes. Felix was the first to beat the

to tell

the night at

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

frowned, as if the

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

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

herself at Felix

a bit too bitter for

flicked his cigarette butt into the trash. "I just don't

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