Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

"Abner?"

"Yeah, you haven't come back yet, and I was getting a bit worried."

Shirley rubbed her temples, squinting her eyes to look at her screen. It was indeed Abner calling.

"Sorry, I'm downstairs..."

Her words became slurred as she continued.

Worried, Abner hurried downstairs, searching from their building all the way to the grocery store at the entrance of their neighborhood before he finally exhaled in relief.

Shirley was asleep with her head on the table, surrounded by several bottles of wine and an open box of Teddy Grahams.

His heart softened, and he almost laughed, but still, he bent down to help her up.

"Shirley?"

She seemed to wake up, yet not quite fully, leaning into his embrace as they staggered forward.

She knew it was Abner, the kid she had taken in, and though not sure if it was just her imagination, it seemed like Abner had grown taller.

When he first arrived, he was around 5'10", but now he seemed to have reached 6'.

As they entered the elevator, she stumbled slightly, supported by his embrace.

Shirley, being only 5'5", could only prevent falling by holding onto his hand.

The elevator took them directly to their apartment, where Abner helped her sit on the couch.

her face still

with a blanket and, after a moment's thought,

you remove your

slightly on the couch

and skincare products,

he bent

until he had wiped her face clean with a washcloth did he breathe a sigh

her into bed, he

looked at the makeup-stained cotton pads on the coffee table and swept them all into the trash.

her long eyelashes while he removed her makeup occasionally crossed his mind. This

scolding, but surprisingly, Mark didn't tell on

The kid was just so well-behaved, and his grades kept improving,

have good

kid's handwriting and

what a waste it would have been

Abner had

and so had his overall demeanor, making

wasn't much for socializing, which Shirley only realized when she accidentally found a dozen love letters in his

in surprise, hearing him cooking in the kitchen,

dating someone

stiffened, quickly coming over to take the letters from her hand,

letters are from

don't know who

differently with Shirley than

I wouldn't mind if