Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Carol had been around the block more than a few times, but she had never cacross a guy with Felix's background. It was the

rarity that intrigued her.

The harder Felix played hard to get, the more she found herself unable to let go.

As the old saying goes, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

During the day, she waited tables at a cozy barbecue restaurant, her thoughts drifting constantly to Felix. Her dedication was

unwavering.

Cnightfall, she'd return to her stuapartment to hone her culinary skills. But having never so much as boiled water before,

after three days all she could muster was ketchup spaghetti.

She snapped a picture of her creation and sent it to Felix with a message, [Had dinner yet?]

Felix was at the hospital, too preoccupied to even consider opening her message. He was holding Listina's hand, staring at her

without blinking.

The doctor cin with a grim reminder, "It's quite serious. We only have a 30% chance of success with the surgery. If we could

get an international specialist, the odds could increase to 70%, but it's expensive, and there's a heap of recovery costs to

consider."

The doctor knew Felix, who had been a constant figure at the hospital, sometimes even showing up in the middle of the night. He

knew Felix juggled multiple jobs to make ends meet since his parents had passed. It was a tough situation.

"lI understand, thank you," Felix replied once the doctor had left. He stood up, kissed Listina on the lips, and sighed softly. "I wonder

if you'll blme when you wake up."

But he had to take action, or Listina would die.

supposed to

the hospital, he finally replied to Carol's message with a simple, [Looks

a reply. The notification made her

get fresh ingredients every day, but I can

can bring you some, with the manager's blessing. They'd just go to

there's even

read her text, his

[Okay, the address is...]

sent it to

address already, but she needed an excuse to visit. And now she had a

penny-pincher who'd never let employees take

longtstaff. Newcomers like Carol

thought of winning Felix over - and considering

collected - made her believe she could handle

of fresh groceries, from

Felix's doorstep, her palms were red

she saw it was plastered with small ads.

with her

the buzzer had

chosen this tdeliberately, guessing Felix hadn't

there in a simple white sweater, almost haloed in

his calm, handspresence

is

"It's just a rental."

small but cozy space, even smaller than her own place but clean and warm. It

gave him extra points and placed the bags on

space for one

inside the bags

restaurant had

was imported, sold

once a week to the grocery store, only

always carrying

feel inferior, but Felix, when dealing with the high rollers at the BlueSky Bar,

was the

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."