Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Maja couldn't help but chuckle as she hooked her arm through his and they headed for the car.

As long as Abner and Shirley hit it off, her matchmaking wouldn't have been in vain.

Upstairs.

After lan's teasing remark, Abner had straightened up in his seat.

He glanced at the barely touched dishes in front of them and picked up a rib with the nearby cutlery, placing it onto Shirley's plate.

Shirley had planned to linger, but her phone chose that moment to buzz. It was her mother calling.

She pressed the answer button with a hint of resignation in her voice.

"Mom, I really got held up with work at school, I didn't stand him up on purpose. I know, okay, I'll meet him in an hour."

Ending the call, she stood up.

"Abner, how long do you plan to stick around Greenfield? I have a training out of town for the next few days. Next tyou're in

Greenfield, can we grab a meal together?"

Her mother had set her up on a blind date, and she couldn't bail on the arrangement.

Abner also got to his feet. "Letwalk you out."

"I drove here."

"So, can you givea lift?"

Shirley was speechless.

Eventually, they both climbed into the car.

Shirley took the driver's seat, punched in the hotel's address into the GPS, and realized that it was only a mile from her place.

Was he really so close and never thought to call her?

her lashes, hiding the flicker

cycled through several conversation topics in his head but couldn't

them.

you go to

exams, and she had no idea where he

but

"In North America."

year ago, right? Thought

and she couldn't imagine the dangerous games he

scenes.

"Haven't thought about it."

she drove. "Remember when you found out I wanted to be a

too."

she had perhaps said too much about the distant past, something he probably didn't recall, she

got someone you fancy. Is

and he had a sudden urge to throttle

didn't respond, and Shirley

up to the hotel, and Abner didn't immediately exit. He

on

it seemed, had inadvertently provided him

this day and age, you

immediately concerned. "Let's head back and look for

a U-turn and

a crossroads, Shirley suddenly

this place? It's where I took you for your first birthday with me. I cback from school late and

I couldn't find you at home, worried you'd met with trouble. Then the bakery

in his shop refusing

drifting to the store, his lips pressed into

"Yeah, I remember."

were you thinking, standing there not saying a word?

chuckled, her eyes crinkling with

noting her hands on the steering

both teachers, and she grew up pampered as an only

suffered, it was