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?

lowered her lashes, hiding the flicker

through several conversation topics in his head but

them.

you go

after finishing his exams, and she had

had tried to find him, but that

"In North America."

ago, right? Thought about

that quiet, awkward boy, and

scenes.

"Haven't thought about it."

up Shirley's face as she drove. "Remember when you found out

too."

had perhaps said too much about the distant past, something

mentioned you've got someone you fancy. Is it

stiffened instantly, and he had a

and Shirley

Abner didn't immediately exit. He dawdled for three whole minutes before saying, "I think I

on

it seemed, had inadvertently provided

you were helpless without

concerned. "Let's head back and look for

a U-turn

crossroads, Shirley suddenly

It's where I took you for your first birthday with me. I

I couldn't find you at home, worried you'd met with

in his shop refusing

hard, his gaze drifting to the store, his lips pressed

"Yeah, I remember."

not saying a word? They

eyes

her hands on the steering wheel,

she grew up pampered

it was