Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Leonard didn't say a word as he picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip, only to start coughing violently.

Bernie passed his handkerchief over to him. It had been years since he and Leonard had shared a meal like this.

Leonard was still coughing, looking like he might pass out at any moment.

Bernie thought to himself that the man across from him had truly aged. Back when Yvonne was making a fuss about marrying

Leonard, the man could still crack a whip, though he'd only done it for show and never had the heart to actually hit anyone.

Even when Bernard had knelt outside their house for two days, Leonard had watched from the window, turning to Yvonne to say,

"Just watch, he'll leave after two hours at most. Don't forget what the seer said, you two aren't meant to be. He'll only bring you

trouble."

"Dad! Stop talking nonsense; what era do you think this is, still believing in that stuff?"

"You don't believe the seer’s predictions? When your mother couldn't conceive, he foretold she'd have a daughter."

Yvonne fell silent then, her heart aching as she looked at Bernard kneeling outside.

Leonard scoffed, convinced the young man wouldn't last much longer. But what he hadn't anticipated was just how stubborn both

Bernard and Yvonne were.

Eventually, as Bernard wobbled on the brink of collapse, Yvonne couldn't bear it any longer and dropped to her knees alongside

him.

many years. I know what kind of man

dote on your grandson and enjoy your twilight years, wouldn't that be

doted on Yvonne, and seeing his daughter kneel down, he couldn't bring himself to object

couple got engaged and married soon after. But a year into their

said she was too busy. Then, without any

on, like

had been holding and pressed it down on the table with one finger, "Bernard,

she wouldn't want to see you

didn't immediately reach for the letter

They always tellto let go, but would they be able to if it

I need her to

slowly closed his eyes.

starting to shake. Bernard raised his hand and

tablecloth off the table.

know what people are saying? They say Yvonne betrayed me, that the child wasn't mine,

love? They spent a year abroad together.

me, that she marriedout of

tightening

glint of frenzy in his eyes, "Everyone's saying it. Otherwise, why would a

kill herself? Isn't it a strange coincidence that her first love was accidentally gunned down at

a month before she

pressed his lips, shaking with anger,

did she kill herself? Why did she leavein such agony?