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.

he was a kid; the man

him, yet Felix's mother lay

back then. Now, facing

a check across the table, much like a scene out of a cliché

if money

to walk

check lying on

was patient, taking a casual sip of his

Carol's one day. Walk away now, and you can

sure you leave with nothing. Carol's young, spoiled by me.

time. Fill in whatever amount you want on

respectfully passed a pen to Felix,

with Carol for the

and dislikes, set up the whole scenario, all to

young. I'm not

to buy a place in Greenfield? If I cut Carol off financially, she'll ccrawling back, unable to handle life without

a second glance, no matter how

Carol would

Miller, you're

surprised by Felix's defiant

greediest ones were those who thought they could

just because Carol liked them. If she married him, then half of it would be

on this route, let's see how it

as a threat, standing up and leaving without another word. Felix sat there,

tight line.