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.

when he was a kid; the man

him, yet Felix's mother lay broken at

hated that face back then. Now, facing

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

about Felix's background or motives; if money could fix things, there was

much to walk

stared at the check lying

taking a casual sip of

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

leave with nothing. Carol's young, spoiled by me. Her affections

no time. Fill in whatever amount you

the assistant respectfully passed a pen to

with

her likes and dislikes, set up

note of authority in his voice, "You're both young. I'm not asking you; I'm telling you.

in Greenfield? If I cut Carol off financially, she'll

spare you a second

would indeed

Miller, you're welcto

frowned, surprised by Felix's

were those who thought they could

she married him, then

insist on this route, let's see

didn't see Felix as a threat, standing up and leaving without

tight line.