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

get out much. Security cameras at a bar? What if someone wants a

lips quivered, speechless, her fists clenched tightly as she silently seethed.

chimed in, “Honey, Mr. Slater taking a shine to you is your lucky day. Drink up, and don’t be ungrateful. Do you even know who Mr. Slater is? He could scare you stiff! But hey, if you keep him

realized this greasy old man was someone

she fought back, she knew

always loses against

which was a year’s salary for many, yet only a mere evening’s pleasure for

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

few seconds of silence, Elysia managed another

we go somewhere quieter to chat?” Gage’s interest was piqued at her suggestion, a lecherous chuckle escaping him as he rose to his feet. “Sure, let’s find a nice quiet

room hooted, “Yeah, go deep,

sick to her stomach but kept her

stepped out of the elevator just in time to see Elysia slip through the service door. He stood there, his expression inscrutable.

room, hurriedly following