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.

smoked a lot this time,

in the morning, Nathan sent

[Did it work?]

[Yeah.]

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

it really that hard to

irritation, stubbing out

like her that much, you

callous, but Carol was never really

she doesn’t fancy my face.

[Not sure.]

words, he stared

Carol had

admit it, because he had always thought she was

ways of the

But she wasn't.

lit another cigarette, the restlessness

Carol woke, Felix was already

remnants of their night still within her. Felix hadn't

wasn't there.

woman, she felt a wave of petulance rose

on the floor

was it carelessness, or had he just not

swayed as she made excuses for him in her

him around, she guessed he was

coming over last night, trying to test her chances

he had been trapped by the medication when

probably to protect her.

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

hadn't even beckoned her, and she

as if her heart had been pricked, her complexion pale,

the ground floor, she saw Felix sitting quietly at the entrance of

in sunlight, he sat there,

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

are

thought he had left,

"I was afraid you wouldn't want to seewhen you

a smile curved her