Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The car came to a stop outside the restaurant. Athena was the first to get out, striding inside with her head held high. As she disappeared through the door, a waiter approached Tyler.

Turns out, Tyler had already made a reservation.

They sat down, Athena turning away to gaze out the window at the lush greenery outside, her expression distant. Tyler, on the other hand, couldn't take his eyes off her. His voice dripped with sarcasm as he spoke. "What's wrong? Now that the mole's gone, you can't even bring yourself to look at me?"

Athena found him insufferable. If he knew the truth, why couldn't he just keep it to himself? No need to say it out loud and make things even more awkward.

But subtlety had never been Tyler's style; he kept needling her, his tone sharp.

"I saw your old photos with Kerwin at your high school. Honestly, he wasn't much to look at.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt Athena's mood turn glacial.

His chest tightened, but instead of stopping, he twisted the knife deeper.

"If you loved her so much, why not go after him? Why hide out here? Wait—don't tell me he's married? Is that it? How sad. Does he even know you've been waiting for him all these years?"

Before he could go any further, the waiter returned with two cups of coffee.

Athena picked up her cup and, without a word, hurled the coffee right at Tyler.

wasn't the first time he'd been doused like this. Some twisted part of him

she placed her empty cup back

"Are you awake now?"

let out a laugh, grabbing a napkin to dab the coffee from

Why did you use me as a stand-in? Was it really

was something more, but Athena wouldn't say. Maybe he'd go his

him—not knowing, not having closure. Hell, he'd even considered getting the mole put back, just to see if it would change anything. But he was too proud to ever say it out

“There's no point in us seeing each other again. If you're going to keep acting like this, I'll throw coffee

bag and turned to leave, but Tyler

in a hurry to run off to your first love? But after all these years, do you even know where he is? He hasn't reached out, has he?

a gift given freely, but

She slapped him, hard.

eyes stung with

at her, lips parted as if to speak, but after

always the jerk,

finally noticed. I stopped coming to

for punishment. I wanted to know how you were

almost laughed in