Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Maja's baby bump was starting to show, and lan, not one to take any chances, had scheduled a check-up at the hospital for the

next day. He wanted everything to be thoroughly examined.

"Beck tookfor a check-up before, it's not necessary," Maja protested gently.

"Let's do it again, I'll be with you this time."

lan knew that if they overlooked this check-up, Maja would be the one to suffer later, and he couldn't bear the thought of that.

Maja finally nodded in agreement, watching as he busily researched on his phone, poring over what foods she should eat and what

to avoid.

He'd only recently been brought back into the picture, and the role of a soon-to-be father had him frazzled, unsure of what to do.

His only recourse was calling the doctor for advice and scouring the intefor information.

He even secretly joined a dads-to-be group, behind Maja's back.

The group was a mixed bag of about thirty guys, all strangers to each other.

The usual banter was about their wives, and lan intended to ask for tips on soothing Maja's mood swings during pregnancy, but the

group was already abuzz with their own tales.

[Pregnancy is such a , man. One minute it's pickles, the next it's ice cream. I'm slammed at work and now I've gotta cater to

her whims, too. My mom was right; you can't be too nice to women, or they'll walk all over you,] one complained.

like a big deal to me. Pregnancy isn't the

shrugged.

gender war online is crazy. Women think they're princesses. Our mothers didn't even step foot in a

healthy babies.]

darkened as he

after a night shift that got him.

was normal.

a horror story. A pregnant wife working nights, biking

so capable,

off a firestorm in the

carrying on the family name, why would I need her? Plenty of women out there willing to have

wife's pregnant with our third, and after two girls, I

with women is just a lapdog. But what's the point of being a lapdog in a men's

eyes bulged in disbelief. How on earth did these guys even find

the group immediately and

had been resting on his lap, noticed his

Did the doctor

made our appointment; I'll be with you

"Okay."

rubbed her belly, full

1 AM, his skin crawling

into pain.

him, and he rose to cover Maja with a blanket before heading downstairs to the living room. The itch was

by an excruciating pain that seemed to

hearing the commotion, cdownstairs, wrapped in a robe. lan had only recently

so lan's nighttjogging was

Jeff

boiling. Barely holding himself together, he