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 talk of the town, triumphant

him, yet Felix's

then. Now, facing Abner again,

standing by, and slid a check across the table, much like a scene out of

Felix's background or motives; if money could

much to walk

stared at the check lying on

a casual

going to be Carol's one day. Walk

a scene, and I'll make sure you leave with nothing. Carol's

in whatever

the assistant respectfully passed a pen to Felix, who pushed the

with Carol for the

a joke. He'd researched 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. Do you know

cut Carol off financially, she'll ccrawling

won't even spare you a second glance,

Carol would indeed

Miller, you're

by Felix's defiant

times before; the greediest ones were

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

insist on this route,

and leaving without another word. Felix sat there, watching

tight line.