Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

After all these years, the letter paper had grown so fragile that Athena handled it with the gentlest touch, afraid it might crumble in her hands.

The letter itself was remarkably brief. Back when their final exams ended, Kerwin had asked her to go home and wait for him-he said he had something important to tell her that night.

She'd gone home just as he asked, waiting faithfully, but he never showed.

Months passed before she saw him again. By then, Kerwin was already away at college. It turned out he'd left the country for several months-his mother had fallen ill abroad and passed away, leaving his father devastated.

Kerwin had gone to support his father, forgetting his phone in the rush. That's why Athena couldn't reach him, no matter how many times she tried.

When they finally met again, Kerwin was mostly himself. He apologized over and over, doing everything he could to make her smile. Athena ended up letting it go- she couldn't hold it against him.

That night, she had kept her promise and waited for him, just as he'd asked, only for Kerwin never to come.

Eventually, they got together anyway.

The first word in the letter was simply her name-Kerwin's familiar greeting: "Athena."

He always said her name with a kind of gentle breeze in his voice, and the moment she saw it written there, tears began to spill down her cheeks.

The letter didn't say much else—just one simple question: Would she be his girlfriend?

After they'd started dating in college, Kerwin once asked if she ever got his letter. She told him she'd never received it.

He never brought it up again, and Athena never imagined that, after all these years, the letter would finally find its way to her.

There were only five short lines. Athena read them over and over before carefully folding the paper and tucking it back inside the envelope.

As she stood, she heard Tyler's voice behind her.

"Athena?"

find her still here he'd thought she'd

He couldn't help but feel a

Are you upset because

was obvious from her red-rimmed eyes that Athena had been crying, confirming Tyler's suspicion-she must be upset about

of

on, let's go. I'm not going to

seem to hear him. She turned and walked off in the

and called out again.

The studio remained silent.

almost laughed—he really had been too nice to

ever show up

froze mid-step, stopping in her

in relief. So she was

stubborn. I told you, I'm done arguing."

back to the hotel. When he went into the bathroom to shower he

only been

shower-I'll make it up to

lifted her eyes, her gaze landing on

her expression softened ever so

chin up on his hand. "Go

Athena stepped closer and reached out, gently tracing

that, I'll take care

lowered her

you don't want me, I can

someone else,"

was the slam of the door-loud