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

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

for a reply. The notification

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

can bring you some, with the manager's blessing. They'd

there's even

the bus and read her text, his eyelashes

[Okay, the address is...]

sent it to

dig up his address already, but she needed an excuse to

never let employees take hleftovers; normally,

Newcomers like

couldn't stand it before, but the thought of winning Felix

collected - made

a variety of fresh groceries, from meats to veggies,

her palms were red

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

with her

knocked; the buzzer had

tdeliberately, guessing

in a

his

is where you

"It's just a rental."

gaze swept the small but cozy space, even smaller than her own place but clean and warm.

points and placed

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

looked inside the bags and

restaurant had leftovers

Heard it was imported, sold at

habits, once a week to the grocery

always carrying bags

when dealing with the high rollers at the BlueSky Bar, never showed a

the allure for

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."