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.

distance when he was a kid; the man was the talk of the town, triumphant in the

Felix's mother lay broken at his

back then. Now, facing Abner again, Felix was the

across from him, his assistant standing by, and slid a check across the

if money could fix things, there was no need

to walk away from

the check lying on the

was patient, taking a casual sip of

going to be Carol's one day. Walk away

Carol's young, spoiled

whatever amount you

respectfully passed a

Miller, I'm not with Carol for the

was a joke. He'd researched her likes and dislikes, set up the whole scenario, all to use

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

buy a place in Greenfield? If I cut Carol off financially, she'll ccrawling back, unable to handle

a second glance, no matter

Carol would

Miller, you're

frowned, surprised by Felix's

the greediest ones were those who thought

she married him, then half of it would

insist on this route, let's see how it

leaving without another

tight line.