Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The drive back to the manor was quiet-Athena remained silent the entire way, wrapped in her own thoughts. Anna, too, said nothing.

When they arrived, Tyler gently helped Athena out of the car and walked her up to her room, his arm steady around her shoulders. She didn't protest or even utter a word.

He called for the doctor, who came to tend her wounds. Afterward, Tyler knelt down, soaking a towel in warm water, and began to carefully clean the dirt from her feet.

Athena was exhausted her whole body ached. When Tyler cradled her foot in his hand, the heat from his palm almost stung. She tried to pull away, but his grip was gentle yet firm, refusing to let go.

"Don't move," he murmured. "Let me clean you up. You need to rest—you can't take a shower right now."

Athena glanced at him and managed a soft, "Thank you."

Tyler paused, a little thrown by her sudden formality. He finished drying her feet carefully, then slipped away into the bathroom to clean himself up.

His own ankle was only mildly sprained, so he took a quick shower before returning to the bedroom.

her, wanting to ask her about what had happened that night. But when he heard her quiet, even breathing, he hesitated—and let the questions fade away as he drifted off to sleep

days, of that boy who seemed to step out of a sunlit memory-laughing, running across the basketball court,

had shaken her so badly. Her emotions were

mind: today she would finally tell Tyler the truth, expose

to the stairs. Tyler had come

seen.

contain herself, Elsa piped up,

to go-why should

went out for a walk last night and ended up hurting herself She won't be joining you for the camping trip today-I'm staying here to look

laughed. “Didn't know you had such a soft spot for

his coffee. "Can't just leave her here

Everyone said he was a player, that

had Kerwin to protect her. Now she

She used to have a