Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 1978

Chapter 1978

After leaving Mark's place, Shirley received a call from her dad.

"Shirley, Mark said you two had a row. Try to be a bit more understanding, will you? The guy's swamped with lab work. Can't you just sit down and talk it out? You're not one for arguments, what's gotten into you?"

Shirley felt a lump in her throat and couldn't hold back any longer.

"Dad, this is between us younger folks. Please, stay out of it. You said it yourself, I don't like arguing. So, clearly, he's the one at fault."

"What fault can Mark possibly have? We've known the lad for years. Don't be so headstrong."

Tears welled up in Shirley's eyes. "So, without knowing anything, you've decided it's my fault, right?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end before her father spoke again, "I used to tutor Mark myself. Even back then, he was a good kid. I know him well. Just go easy on him."

Shirley hung up, marking the first time she ever hung up on an adult.

Back at her rented apartment, her head was throbbing with pain.

on the coffee table.

met in Maplewood during our club internship? He's

just had an unpleasant argument, and her reaching out

line in the future, she could always break up then. There was no need for suspicion now. But Mark's reply came

leaving Maplewood, our club's mission was over. You chose to sponsor that kid. Shirley, sometimes you're too saintly. You're not exactly rolling in dough, yet you're dishing out $2,000 every six months. I worried you were

his message, Shirley burst

a tidy sum. Sponsoring a

when she

the child, the other

After all, none of

had offered to sponsor, and Shirley's proposition might have seemed like moral

she genuinely felt for the kid, tall and thin, with

for a long time, then, mustering some courage, requested a couple of days off from

onto the highway,

he's willing to pay you $10,000 a month. You won't have to do much, just show up. You want to be independent, and I support

but pressed the accelerator

through the night, she arrived at the entrance

leading up was newly paved but muddy from recent

was life's recent knocks that drove her, but that letter gave her a