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?

now seemed to engulf him, making

toward their house, but Mark chose

over. They both

stopped in her

was more concerned about what had happened to

as Shirley flicked on the lights, revealing his condition more clearly. "Take off your

he had just witnessed, turned his head away, pretending not to hear. Shirley stepped forward, pulling up his shirt herself. Seeing the bruises on his skin, her pupils dilated. These marks weren't fresh;

caught up with work that she hadn't noticed his late returns home, assuming he was buried in his studies. "Abner, what's

You expect me

shirt up and pushed him down

pull his shirt down, but she

and began gently

it was the medicine or just Abner's imagination, the

his entire face was flushed with

had given Mrs. Davis two million dollars. Now, those men in black suits were being even more demanding, pushing him into

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