Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 26

“Down this bottle, and It’s on me,” drawled Gage Slater, Nola’s second uncle, the infamous sexual predator of Jindale City, the epitome of a sleazebag.

Hideous, disliked, yet a notorious player.

Elysia didn’t know him from Adam, and she blinked in confusion at his proposition. “Me? Drink It?”

“Yep, you. Not a drop left, you hear?”

“But… isn’t that a bit appropriate? It’s your tab, and this bottle isn’t cheap.* “When I say it’s fine, it’s fine. This bottle’s a grand, you drink it, it’s on my dime.” As Gage spoke, his lecherous gaze roamed over Elysia, unashamedly ogling her. Elysia realized she’d run into a real lowlife. She fought the urge to punch him and forced out an apologetic grin,

instead

“Sorry, but I had some cold medicine before coming here. Can’t mix it with alcohol.” The man’s mood soured at her excuse. “Then take the bottle with you. We don’t want it.” Elysia was stunned. “The bar has rules. Once a bottle’s opened, it can’t be returned.”

“Heh, did I ask you to open it? You decided to open it on your own. If it can’t be returned, you’re footing the bill.”

Elysia held back her anger and said, “You asked me to open it; that’s why I dared to. There should be security cameras in this room to check.”

the rm erupted into laughter,

she doesn’t get out much. Security cameras at a bar? What if someone wants

she silently seethed. She had never been to a

be ungrateful. Do you even know who Mr. Slater is? He could scare you stiff! But hey, if you

this greasy old man

her, and if she fought back, she knew she’d be

Joe always loses against big money.

a year’s salary for many, yet only

that cost, she might as well be dead. She didn’t have that

seconds of silence, Elysia managed another

quieter to chat?” Gage’s interest was piqued at her suggestion, a lecherous chuckle escaping him as he rose

room hooted, “Yeah, go deep,

her stomach but kept her composure

the elevator just in time to see Elysia slip through the

the room, hurriedly following behind her, muttering, “Baby,