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 be

the hospital, he finally replied to Carol's message with

an hour, almost losing hope for a reply. The

barbecue restaurant? We get fresh

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

Sometimes there's

and read her text,

[Okay, the address is...]

it to

needed an excuse to visit. And now she

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

favored longtstaff. Newcomers like Carol were lucky

it before, but the thought of winning Felix over - and considering all the hardship

made

a variety of fresh groceries, from

reached Felix's doorstep, her palms

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

with her

the buzzer had long

had chosen this tdeliberately, guessing

door, standing there in a

momentarily stunned by his calm, handspresence before collecting

this is

"It's just a rental."

gaze swept the small but cozy space, even smaller than her

him extra points and placed the bags on a

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

the bags and raised an

expensive. Your restaurant had leftovers

Heard it was imported, sold at a

the grocery store, only buying affordable protein like tofu and eggs. He

always carrying bags with

when dealing with the high rollers at

was the allure

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."