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

to Carol's message with a simple,

for a reply. The notification

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

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

there's even

read her text, his

[Okay, the address is...]

sent it

but she needed an

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

like Carol were lucky to escape

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

and collected - made

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

reached Felix's doorstep, her palms were

with small

with her

she knocked; the buzzer had long

this tdeliberately, guessing Felix hadn't

in a simple white sweater, almost haloed in

his calm, handspresence before

this is where

"It's just a rental."

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

mentally gave him extra points and placed the

barely enough space for one person. Anyone else would make

the bags and

restaurant had leftovers

Heard it was imported, sold at a

shopping habits, once a week to the grocery store, only buying affordable

always carrying

guy like him would usually feel inferior, but Felix, when dealing with the high rollers at the BlueSky Bar, never showed

That was the allure for

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."