Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Carol clutched her cardigan with shaking hands, her heart pounding in the aftermath of the bloody spectacle that unfolded before

her.

Felix, her boyfriend, had been brutal and swift, knocking the assailant unconscious with a few well-placed punches before turning

his attention to her.

Her face was a mask of shock and fear, but that shifted quickly to alarm as she saw Felix sprint towards her.

"Watch out!"

She barely managed to utter those words when he shielded her in his embrace, taking the fall as a rock meant for Carol's head

struck his own.

Pain flashed across Felix's face as he frowned and kicked away the man who had thrown the rock.

The man lay on the ground, howling in pain, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"Felix, do you even realize what you're doing? Why are you protecting her?"

Carol, seeing Felix move to confront the man again, panicked and pulled him back.

"Stop, Felix, please. I'm okay, really. Let's not make this any worse."

She had seen Felix in fights before, where he always seemed in control, but tonight he seemed desperate.

The man tried to speak again but was silenced as Felix's cold boot connected with his chin, dislocating his jaw with a sickening

crack.

Felix's eyes were dark with anger, blood trickling from a wound on his head.

Carol felt a wave of distress wash over her; she was the reason he was hurt.

Trembling and scared, she quickly turned to the taxi driver who was still in a daze nearby.

"Call an ambulance, now!"

shock, he reluctantly drove them to

Carol wasted no tcontacting Abner's assistant, asking him to handle the situation quietly,

letting Abner find out.

needed was for Abner to berate her for getting into

assistant sighed on the other end

I'll make sure they're out of

sigh of relief, holding Felix close and shedding tears of worry as they

doctors immediately started

lay with his eyes closed, resting in her arms, his blood staining her clothes. She felt a

sour pang of

hour later,

to touch the bandage wrapped around

You just got

hand and pulled her into an embrace. "Carol, are you

tears flowed freely as she clung to

especially since they

they find

bad blood. They've been lurking near my place waiting for

teeth, wishing she could just get

looked at her, and suddenly cupped her face, planting a light kiss

"Let's break up."

had just been hurt

pretty badly. The court won't see it as self-defense. I

didn't want to drag her into his

touched, and she

I'll plead with her. She can fix this. After all, if I get hauled off by

They don't

didn't notice the look

expression was detached, as he

with me. You got hurt for me, and that means so much. I really like

but I'm

she gripped his hand tightly, regretting her earlier

mercy, and just a

and she knew that such instinctive actions didn't

she buried her face deeper

her back, seemingly comforting her but

were in was the sone where