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 in the business

Felix's mother

hated that face back then. Now, facing Abner again, Felix

a check across the table,

money could

walk away from

at the check lying on the cold tabletop,

was patient, taking a casual sip of

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

leave with nothing. Carol's young, spoiled by me. Her affections are fickle; she'll get over

whatever amount you want on the

passed a pen

not with Carol

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

I'm not asking you;

buy a place in Greenfield? If I cut Carol off

then, she won't even spare you a second glance, no matter how much you

wondered if Carol would

you're welcto

surprised by Felix's

before; the greediest ones were those who thought they could have a piece

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

on this route, let's

threat, standing up and leaving without another word. Felix sat there, watching him go, lips pressed

tight line.