Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 2017

Shirley was held tight in his embrace, frozen in the moment until she caught sight of Abner standing not too far off, her body stiffening instantly.

Abner, still with his backpack slung over his shoulders and his hair in disarray, looked as if he had just gotten back.

Shirley had spent the entire night at the hospital, and logically, Abner should have headed home to rest. Yet, there they were, bumping into each other at 4 a.m. beneath the dim streetlights of their neighborhood.

Without a second thought, Shirley pushed Mark away and strode towards Abner.

His lips were bruised, a purplish hue under the streetlights, and his arms bore multiple scars.

"Abner, what on earth happened?"

Abner's gaze, however, skimmed past her to Mark.

He saw them, clinging to each other. Was Shirley thinking of getting back together with Mark?

of panic surged through him. The pain he hadn't felt before now seemed to engulf him, making his

grabbed his hand and started toward their house, but Mark chose that moment

over. They both need

stopped in her tracks, saying

was more concerned about what had

remained silent as Shirley flicked on the lights, revealing his

herself. Seeing the bruises on his skin, her pupils dilated. These marks

noticed his late returns home, assuming he was buried in his studies. "Abner, what's going on?

You expect me

his shirt up and pushed him down on

pull his shirt down, but

for bruises and began

the medicine or just Abner's imagination, the skin

his entire face was

Now, those men in black suits were being even more demanding, pushing him into

days training with them. Perhaps because he had been used to hard labor since he was young,