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 knew

Nathan's sister, sat in

been scraping by for years trying to afford her treatments,

though Nathan had a fiancée in the hospital. He worked tirelessly to cover Listina's medical

her hospital days, they'd all hang out together, sharing

sidewalk, cursing Greenfield for

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

out

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

contagious, their love story a picture of youthful

"Lucky you, childhood sweethearts. With

"Never

was envious but

as Listina soon fell ill with a brain tumor. The best

the treatments drained their

saying that he had found out the truth of the car

from Carol.

of thousands of money,

loan sharks - a dangerous gthat left him scarred but

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

to

was a joke until Felix

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

yet tense.

of gambling, knew the stakes. Felix

to

spent the night at the hotel with

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

frowned, as if the memory was

table, couldn't hide his jealousy. "What's not to like about her? Even if it was just a fling,

man. You can't expect to woo her and not give something in return.

heiress throwing herself at Felix

orange a bit too bitter for his

his cigarette butt into the trash.

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