Dear Ex-wife Marry Me

Abner called out her name, yet he didn't understand its significance.

His unspoken crush was nipped in the bud before it could even blossom.

Lips pursed, he stared at Shirley without blinking.

Deep inside, a voice told him Shirley was being coerced, but her expression was far too composed, her gaze toward him had turned cold.

Perhaps, as she said, she truly realized he was a burden.

Tears instantly welled up in Abner's eyes as he wiped them away clumsily.

"Shirley, are you serious? You're really going to marry that guy?"

A sharp pain struck Shirley's heart, as if it was about to kill her.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

She had once sworn to support her child through college, but now, she had to turn her words into a dagger and stab it right into his heart.

Abner's understanding of the world was not extensive enough; his focus had been solely on his studies since leaving the rural mountains, naive to the wickedness of people.

If the Albrights wanted to target him, he would be cornered with nowhere to turn.

"I'm serious, I love Mark. We're planning to get married next month. The SATS are in two months, so you don't need to come anymore. My parents don't like you either."

Abner was speechless, his tears continued to fall, but he refused to let Shirley see his misery.

Shirley was older, but she was the one he loved, and he wished to protect her like a champion.

However, it turns out, Shirley didn't need his protection, only seeing his presence as a harbinger of bad luck.

Abner had never felt such injustice. In the mountains, he never felt aggrieved, just numb.

But now, this feeling of injustice was overwhelming, and he wanted to silence Shirley's hurtful words.

But if he did, Shirley would only look at him with disdain.

He stepped back, pale-faced, grabbed a broom nearby, and started cleaning up the spilled oatmeal on the floor.

Shirley didn't look at him, her gaze fixed outside, lost in thought.

Abner didn't dare stay longer. After putting down the broom, he opened the door and left.

His pace quickened as he left the hospital, but he stopped outside, a sour feeling in his nose.

A car stopped in front of him, and a man in a black suit stepped out.

"Abner, you haven't completed today's training."

Abner continued walking with a grim face.

Shirley didn't want him anymore, and he suddenly didn't know why he was striving so hard.

But after taking a few steps, he stopped.

Rejecting these people would mean putting Shirley's life in danger.

He loved Shirley and didn't want her to get hurt.

Tears started falling again.

The man in the suit handed him a handkerchief, his tone indifferent.

"Go back to training."

Abner numbly followed him into the car.

The following training sessions were Even when beaten black

he didn't stop.

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A week later, he received a call from Mr. James, asking him to return to school.

Hope flickered in Abner's heart.

"Mr. James, why aren't the Albrights pursuing this anymore?"

"I've been running around for you, any legs out, but I

managed to pull some stringst

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The light in Abner's eyes dimmed.

Mr. James sighed after hanging up.

Shirley had told him everything, including her marriage to Mark as a deal.

Mr.

didn't want his favorite

suffer, to be entangled

with the likes of the Albright family. But Shirley's next words froze him.

"Ruining me is better than ruining both me and Abner."

Agreeing to marry was sacrificing her lifetime.

Disagreeing would mean Abner's lifetime was also sacrificed.

Mr. James patted her head, his voice hoarse.

"You've suffered."

But with the Albright family's vast influence, they, as ordinary people, couldn't resist.

Especially since Shirley's parents were fully on Mark's side.