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.

tightly together, and

scratching her neck once again. Felix caught her hand

Felix wasn't asleep; he watched the shadows dance across the room

a smile curling on his

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

affection only grew. She knew that once Listina's operation

news to Abner.

and Felix might not accept her true identity. She had to start laying

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

of the tracks? And did they ever

her family, ended up with a broken arm, and was shipped off overseas. Never

again."

cursed inwardly and

the story

she was getting at and hugged her a bit

"Let's get ssleep."

to probe, and she felt blocked at

I were a rich girl, I'd give up everything

her sentence, she instinctively intertwined her fingers with his. This time, however, he

"Sleep now."

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

went by, and the doctor

braced for Felix to question her about the money at the hospital, but he never did. He was silent

refused surgery, fearing the risks despite its potential for success. Carol, learning from past mistakes, kept

from the hospital.

trying to calm Listina down, sometimes staying out all night. Carol's hand had healed,

him left her

morning, she worried about him, knowing he