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.

alcohol, and her

moment's thought, took out his phone to look up how to remove

you

on the couch but then became

products, but he recognized the words

the steps he found, he bent over

clean with a washcloth did

after tucking her into bed, he

making sure she was under the covers before turning off the room's light. Back in the living room, he looked at the makeup-stained cotton pads on the coffee table

at his papers, the image of her long eyelashes while he removed her makeup occasionally crossed his mind. This was Shirley's first time getting drunk,

but surprisingly, Mark didn't tell

kid was just so well-behaved, and his grades kept improving, making James sigh

have

this kid's handwriting and

would have been if you hadn't take

had shot up in height, barely

his overall demeanor, making him quite popular at

when she accidentally found a dozen love letters

him cooking in the kitchen, she couldn't

dating someone at

over to take the letters from her

letters

don't know who put them

differently with Shirley

wouldn't mind if