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

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

hope for a reply. The notification made her eyes sparkle and a smile curve her

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

They'd just go to waste

there's

the bus and read

[Okay, the address is...]

it to

her people dig up his address already, but she needed an excuse to visit. And now she

barbecue restaurant's boss was a penny-pincher who'd never

favored longtstaff. Newcomers like Carol were lucky to

of winning Felix

so cool and collected - made her believe she could handle it

a variety of fresh groceries, from meats

the tshe reached Felix's doorstep, her palms were red from carrying

creaked alarmingly, she saw it was plastered with small ads. It was a shaky, frightening ride, and she

floor with her heart

knocked; the buzzer had long

had chosen this tdeliberately, guessing

the door, standing there in a simple white sweater, almost haloed in

his

this is where you

"It's just a rental."

swept the small but cozy space, even smaller than her own place but clean

points and placed the

space for one person. Anyone else would make it

bags and

expensive. Your restaurant had leftovers of

day. Heard it was imported, sold at

to the grocery store, only buying affordable protein like tofu and

always carrying bags

inferior, but Felix, when dealing with the high rollers at the BlueSky Bar, never showed

was the allure

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."