Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Felix took a deep breath and planted a soft kiss on her cheek.

"The lasagna's still in the oven. I'll finish up. You just chill and catch up on your show, and no scratching."

She felt a tingling sensation in her heart, "Okay."

He rose and returned to the kitchen, finalizing dinner for the two of them.

Later that evening, as they nestled into the couch watching a reality TV show, Carol was itching like crazy. She reached up to

scratch her neck, but Felix caught her hand and pressed it down.

She pouted playfully. When he released her hand, she pretended to scratch again. He pressed it down once more.

After five or six rounds of this cat-and-mouse game, even a fool would realize she was doing it on purpose. Felix didn't say a word;

a little teasing was harmless.

After the show, he helped her with her bath. Her face, neck, and back were covered in small, itchy bumps. The medication had

been taken, but its effects hadn't kicked in yet.

Carol wrapped her arms around his waist, playfully splashing water on him, and then tried to hug his neck but he dodged her.

"You've got the breath of a durian."

Her face flushed, and she immediately grabbed the toothbrush to freshen up, forgetting about her injured hand. The pain turned

her face pale.

together, and

her act, scratching her neck once again. Felix caught her hand

asleep; he watched the shadows dance across the room and

laughter, a smile

experiencing a feeling she hadn't known before. She was

grew. She knew that once Listina's operation

news to Abner.

might not accept her true identity. She

his chest, "Felix, back when you worked at the BlueSky Bar, did

guy from the wrong side of the tracks? And did they ever

got caught by her family, ended up with a

again."

inwardly and

the story you told is rare. Most

getting at and hugged her

"Let's get ssleep."

beginning to probe, and she

a rich girl, I'd give

intertwined her fingers with his. This

"Sleep now."

a pang of disappointment, thinking he didn't believe in

went by, and the doctor had indeed

the money at the hospital, but he never did. He was silent the whole

its potential for success.

from the hospital.

Listina down, sometimes staying out all

without him left her tossing and turning in

though he still managed to prepare breakfast every morning, she worried about him,