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

they even had

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guy who’d carried Maja. Having seen her beauty, he felt like leaving without doing something

the sack from Maja’s head and

in terror as he leaned in

in. “Are you really ready to die

man in front of Maja cursed and shoved her

you! Lucky you. Otherwise, I

torch and threw it inside:

filled with hay,

fire touched the hay, it blazed.

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

“lan, lan!”

was shaking and hid

but

Carlene into

her cheeks, collapsed into his arms.

was icy as he carried

and the police had arrived.

panting every few steps. Seeing lan, he blurted

Raymond, where’s

hadn’t seen Maja

Carlene in lan’s arms, he