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.

letter was still lying on the coffee table. After some thought,

in Maplewood during our club internship? He's

had an unpleasant argument, and

Mark had no intentions towards Jessica. If things ever crossed a line in the future, she could always break up then. There was no need for suspicion now. But

rolling in dough, yet you're dishing out $2,000 every six months. I worried you were trying to 'keep up appearances.' Yes, the kid's situation

message, Shirley burst into

professor, saving up a tidy sum. Sponsoring a child was no

back, when she

child, the other club

all, none of

Shirley's proposition might have

the kid,

some courage, requested a couple of days off from her professor, went downstairs, and drove

she merged onto the highway,

dad's grooming me to take over, and 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 that. You don't have to be a stay-at-home wife. So,

but pressed the accelerator

she arrived at the entrance to the mountain village she

newly paved but

life's recent knocks that drove her, but that