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?

hadn't felt before now

grabbed his hand and started toward their house,

think it over. They both

stopped in her tracks, saying

about what had happened to

back home, Abner remained silent as Shirley flicked on the lights, revealing his condition more clearly. "Take off

shirt herself.

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

me to believe

his shirt up and pushed him

felt uncomfortable and tried to pull his

for bruises and began gently

Abner's imagination, the skin she touched felt

his entire face was flushed with

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

Perhaps because he had been used to hard labor since he was young,