Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

They staggered and tumbled, their lips found each other in a clumsy ballet until they reached the edge of the couch.

Carol couldn't bring herself to look at his expression, "Felix."

Before she could finish, he grabbed a shirt from nearby and threw it over her head.

The next moment, Carol felt a sharp pain.

But it was a pain laced with sweetness, her cheeks on fire.

She and Felix had made love.

Her hands found his neck, and she didn’t want to remove the shirt over her head; the darkness amplified every sensation.

"Felix."

Her body trembled, her hands blindly searching until they were caught and intertwined with his, his palms as hot as if they were

harboring flames.

After an hour of passionate chaos, he withdrew.

Carol removed the shirt from her face to discover the room was pitch black.

"Did the power go out?"

"No."

He had turned off the lights.

Carol's voice was soft, almost melting. She was about to take a sip of water when he pushed her back into the embrace of the sofa.

"We're not done yet."

He began to kiss her ear, driving her wild with desire.

They continued until the break of dawn, and by then, she had no strength left, curling up in his arms and falling asleep.

Felix lay awake, gazing at the ceiling before he released her and wrapped himself in a towel, stepping out to the balcony for a

smoke.

this time, one cigarette after

morning, Nathan

[Did it work?]

[Yeah.]

good, right? The doc said that stuff could get you going for a pig, but

it really that hard to swallow

felt an inexplicable irritation, stubbing out his cigarette

like her that much,

Carol was never really on

But she doesn’t fancy my face.

[Not sure.]

he stared blankly at the dark

truth, he knew Carol had been

admit it, because he had always thought she was frivolous,

ways

But she wasn't.

cigarette, the restlessness inside him

Felix was

was breakfast on the table inside, but she felt the remnants of their night still within her. Felix hadn't

wasn't there.

of

in the clothes scattered on the floor and realized she was coming down with a cold. He

blanket; was it carelessness, or had he just

as she made excuses for him

seeing him around, she guessed he was avoiding her. After

last night, trying to test her chances with

had been trapped by the medication

probably to protect her.

with just any woman, but in his eyes, she must have seemed

hadn't even beckoned her, and she had eagerly

her heart had been pricked, her complexion pale,

she saw Felix sitting quietly at

in sunlight, he sat there, lost in

welled up in Carol's eyes, quickly wiped away as

are

left, but there he was,

was afraid you wouldn't want to

curved her lips,