Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Could cousins have gone this far, or was he just out of touch, clueless about what the youth of today were thinking?

"Alright then, no worries, Ms. Miller. I guess I can head back now."

Carol thanked her again, feeling a weight lift from her chest.

She shot Felix a text, just a smug emoji. Felix didn't reply. She figured he was probably tied up for Listina was just out of surgery

and all.

Little did she know, Felix was at the cemetery, paying his respects to Listina's late parents and to his own. He saw Carol's message,

of course, but couldn't be bothered to respond.

All seemed to be wrapping up nicely, or so it should have been. But then Nathan dropped a text bomb on him.

[Carol's so into you now, you could probably ask for the Miller family fortune and she wouldn't blink. I mean, if it wasn't for her

dad's cutthroat takeover of the Geo family's company, you and Listina wouldn't have had it so rough. And when the company

tanked, it crushed your mom, right? Are you really just gonna swindle her out of measly few hundred grand? Sometimes I think

you're cold-hearted; other times, I figure you've got principles.]

Felix mulled over that text, unaware that his relationship with Carol was no longer a secret to Abner.

On his way back from the cemetery, Abner's assistant intercepted him and brought him to a coffee shop right under the towering

Miller Group building, where Abner awaited.

Abner once from a distance when he was a kid; the man was the

yet Felix's mother lay

facing Abner again, Felix was the picture of

him, his assistant standing by, and slid a check across the table, much like a scene

or motives; if money could fix things, there was

walk

at the check lying

was patient, taking a casual sip of his

there? That's going to be Carol's one day. Walk away now, and you can walk away

a scene, and I'll make sure you leave with nothing. Carol's young, spoiled by me. Her affections are fickle; she'll get over

time. Fill in whatever

a pen to Felix, who pushed the

Miller, I'm not with Carol for

likes and dislikes, set up the whole scenario, all to use her money to save

in his voice, "You're both young. I'm not asking

Greenfield? If I cut Carol off financially, she'll ccrawling back, unable to

a second glance, no matter how much you

would indeed act

you're

frowned, surprised by Felix's

the greediest ones were those who thought they could have a

she married him, then

If you insist on this route, let's

didn't see Felix as a threat, standing up and leaving without another word. Felix sat there, watching him go, lips pressed

tight line.