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.

wasn't supposed

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

been waiting an hour, almost losing hope for a reply. The notification

you I work at the barbecue restaurant? We get fresh ingredients every day, but I can only make

some, with the manager's blessing. They'd just go to waste otherwise, and it

there's even

bus and read her text, his eyelashes fluttering

[Okay, the address is...]

it to

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

penny-pincher who'd never let employees

Newcomers like Carol were lucky to

the thought of winning Felix over - and considering all the hardship

and collected - made her believe

evening, she purchased a variety of fresh groceries, from meats to veggies,

Felix's doorstep, her palms were

with small ads. It was a shaky, frightening ride, and she emerged

floor with her

knocked; the buzzer had

this tdeliberately, guessing Felix hadn't eaten dinner

standing there in a simple white sweater, almost haloed

stunned by his calm,

is where you

"It's just a rental."

than her own place but clean and warm. It spoke volumes

gave him extra points and

for one person. Anyone else

bags

expensive. Your restaurant

it was imported, sold

researched his shopping habits, once a week to the grocery store, only buying affordable protein like

always carrying bags with

Felix, when dealing with the high rollers at the

That was the

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."