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 was the talk of the town,

flocked to him, yet Felix's mother lay broken

facing Abner again, Felix was the picture of

check across the table, much like a

motives; if money could fix things, there

walk away

stared at the check lying

a casual sip of

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

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

time. Fill in whatever

passed a pen to Felix, who

I'm not with Carol

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

young. I'm not asking you; I'm telling you.

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

won't even spare you a second

Carol would

you're welcto

by Felix's defiant

were those who thought they could have

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

you insist on this route, let's

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

tight line.