Dear Ex-wife Marry Me

She’d tried so hard not to step on his toes–wasn’t that enough?

Maja kept quiet, her head down.

The kidnapper hung up and kicked her.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, did you hear that? You’re worth nothing to your husband.”

A rough hand grabbed her hair, forcing her to look up.

The man studying her face swallowed hard.

“Damn, she is a looker. How can lan not appreciate such beauty?”

He hoisted her up, shoved a sack over her head, stuffed a rag–into her mouth, and carried her into the factory.

Inside, Carlene was also bagged, but her mouth wasn’t gagged. She was crying.

“Let me go! Let me go!”

“What are you idiots waiting for? Let’s scram! lan’s going to be here any minute; you want to stick around and get killed?” The man carrying Maja shouted. He’d been cocky on the phone with lan, but that was all for the two million ransom.

They’d never seen that much money–enough to make them risk it all, even death.

But given the chance, who would choose to kick the bucket?

Maja was swallowed by the massive sack, which was pitch black inside.

could tell they were retreating. Besides Carlene’s sobs, the roar of a helicopter was

were serious; they even had a chopper ready.

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Maja. Having seen her beauty, he felt

sack from Maja’s head and

eyes widened in terror as he leaned in to kiss her.

another kidnapper stormed in. “Are you really ready to die for a piece of

man in front of Maja cursed and shoved

you. Otherwise, I would’ve

and threw it inside:

was filled with hay,

touched the

a few minutes after the kidnappers left, lan kicked the door open. He’d heard

“lan, lan!”

hid under

were busy trying to put out the fire, but there was too

Carlene into his arms.

handprints on her cheeks, collapsed into his arms.

as he carried her

then, Neil and the police had arrived.

few steps. Seeing lan, he blurted

where’s Maja?”

hadn’t seen Maja

Neil saw Carlene in lan’s arms, he