Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Felix strolled down to the bottom of his apartment building, wiping his lips with the back of his hand.

He felt the urge to pull out a cigarette and smoke, but he resisted.

An itch in his throat seemed on the verge of spilling over, and his heart was also feeling off-kilter.

After settling into a seat on the bus, his phone buzzed with a call from Nathan.

"Felix, those goons from last time, I've dealt with them. Hundred bucks a head."

"Yeah."

"Look, man, you gotta sort out an identity for Listina pronto. With Carol being her daddy's princess, if her dad gets wind of your

romance and starts digging, Listina's cover will be blown."

"All sorted, don't worry about it."

Nathan spat disdainfully on the other end before bursting into laughter.

"Right, right, why do I even fret? You've always been reckless. I gotta jet, work's calling."

"Uh-huh."

Felix ended the call, gazing out the window.

He had orchestrated the last incident with those thugs trying to take advantage of Carol. Under such duress, her judgment would

grow foggy, her feelings for him would intensify swiftly.

It was the classic suspension bridge effect in psychology; a person's heartbeat quickens in a scary situation, and if someone else is

there, it's easy to misattribute this accelerated heartbeat to attraction.

of a crush on him, and after that incident, her feelings

nightlife. Clinging to her, showing an all-in attitude, would bore

to appear heartfelt without

deeper and deeper.

let down and then forgiven, her standards

Felix leaned back, eyes

night before, clearing the air and

windows.

handsman, no

out his phone, he checked a

as he scanned the notes,

Carol, down with a cold,

sent over was still warm. She

thanks for the

even if he saw the

seemed used to his aloofness by now, assuming he was just busy, juggling so many jobs that he couldn't spare a

his phone.

said he

there was a knock; a delivery guy with her

felt a twinge of disappointment but brushed it off, considering

her cold was no simple affair. By

immediately called Felix, who was now at Nathan's company, the two enjoying a rare simultaneous

alleyway.

call, Felix leaned back,

lit cigarette hung from his thin lips, his eyelids

quipped, "Not gonna pick up? That's Ms. Miller ringing you up, right? You

ringtone for her?"

"Yeah, it's annoying."

because he didn't

She must be so lovestruck to fall for