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.

lot this time, one cigarette

in the morning, Nathan

[Did it work?]

[Yeah.]

get you going for a pig, but damn, did you really need to drink that

lady of class. Was it

an inexplicable irritation, stubbing out

her that much, you can

callous, but Carol was

to? But she doesn’t fancy my face. Damn, I envy you.

[Not sure.]

those two words, he

truth, he knew Carol had been

it, because he had always thought she was frivolous, with plenty of exes,

ways of the

But she wasn't.

cigarette, the

woke, Felix was

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

wasn't there.

felt a wave of

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

blanket; was it carelessness, or had he just not

vision swayed as she made excuses for him

the breakfast. Not seeing him around, she guessed he was avoiding her. After

night, trying to test her chances

knew he had been trapped by the medication when he texted her that morning,

probably to protect her.

to sleep with just any woman, but in his eyes, she

her, and

her heart had been pricked, her complexion pale, her steps

saw Felix sitting quietly at the entrance of

sunlight, he sat there, lost in

eyes, quickly wiped away

what are

had left, but there he

was afraid you wouldn't want to seewhen you woke

upset instantly healed, a smile curved her lips,