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

finally replied to Carol's message with a simple,

reply. The notification made her eyes sparkle

restaurant? We get fresh ingredients every day, but I can only

live? I can bring you some, with the manager's blessing. They'd just go to waste otherwise, and it could

Sometimes there's

the bus and read her text,

[Okay, the address is...]

sent it

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

never

for a few favored longtstaff. Newcomers like Carol were lucky

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

so cool and collected - made

she purchased a variety of fresh groceries,

the tshe reached Felix's doorstep, her

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

with her

the buzzer had

chosen this tdeliberately, guessing Felix hadn't

in a simple white sweater, almost haloed

by his calm,

this is where you

"It's just a rental."

cozy space, even smaller than her own place but clean and warm. It spoke volumes about its

mentally gave him extra points and placed the bags

kitchen was tiny, barely enough space for one person. Anyone else would

inside the bags

restaurant had leftovers of

it was imported, sold at a

to the grocery store, only buying affordable protein like tofu

carrying bags

him would usually feel inferior, but Felix, when dealing with

the allure

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."