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.

they were retreating. Besides Carlene’s sobs, the roar of

they even had

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the guy who’d carried Maja. Having seen her beauty, he felt like

removed the sack from Maja’s head and ripped her clothes off.

widened in terror as he leaned

you really ready

in front of Maja cursed and shoved her away.

you. Otherwise,

a torch and

was filled with hay, clearly

moment the fire touched the hay, it blazed.

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

“lan, lan!”

hid under

the fire, but there

Carlene into his

with handprints on her cheeks, collapsed into

face was icy as he carried

Neil and the police

panting every few steps. Seeing lan, he blurted out a

Raymond, where’s Maja?”

hadn’t seen

Carlene in lan’s arms, he was consumed by