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.

known each other for so many years. I know what

healthy baby boy. Then you can dote on your grandson and enjoy your twilight years,

his daughter kneel down,

married soon after. But a year into their marriage, Yvonne stopped visiting her parents.

was too busy. Then, without any warning signs, Yvonne becpregnant, and everyone

on, like the

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

alive, she wouldn't want

for the

don't you think everyone out there is a hypocrite? They always tellto let go, but would they be able to if it were

back. I need her to tellin person why she did what she

hand trembled, and he slowly closed his

what to say anymore, his fingers starting to shake. Bernard raised

tablecloth off the table.

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

abroad together. Ssay her true love was

that she marriedout of

violently again, his grip tightening on the

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

her first love

just a month before she took

his lips, shaking with anger, "Bernard,

she kill herself?