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 to

the hospital, he finally replied to Carol's

hope for a reply. The notification made her

restaurant? We get fresh ingredients

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

there's

bus and read her

[Okay, the address is...]

sent it

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

who'd never let employees take hleftovers; normally, those perks

few favored longtstaff. Newcomers like Carol were

stand it before, but the thought of winning Felix over - and considering all the hardship he'd faced while

and collected - made her believe

fresh groceries, from meats to veggies, everything

her palms were red from

the elevator creaked alarmingly, she saw it was plastered with small ads. It was a shaky,

floor with

knocked; the buzzer

had chosen this tdeliberately, guessing Felix hadn't

standing there in a simple white sweater, almost haloed

momentarily stunned by his

this is

"It's just a rental."

cozy space, even smaller than her

him extra points and

one

looked inside the bags and raised

Your restaurant

day. Heard it was imported, sold

a week to the grocery store, only buying affordable protein like tofu

always carrying bags with

dealing with the high rollers

That was the allure

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."