Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Gideon's face turned a stormy shade of dark as he bellowed, "Nonsense! It's Tarquin who's done for!"

"Boss..." his right-hand man stammered, hands trembling as he pulled out his smartphone to show Gideon a video.

It was a video of Gideon, under the influence of hallucinogens, confessing to a murder in a rambling apology.

Gideon's brows knitted together tightly. "What the..."

His confidant lamented, "Someone uploaded this video online, and now it's everywhere. It even made its way to international sites, and the backlash is just as fierce there."

Gideon's breathing became labored, and after a moment, he managed to spit out, "Get it off the trending topics, now!"

"We can't. The video's too popular, and there's someone behind the scenes fueling its spread."

As if fearing Gideon hadn't grasped the gravity of the situation, his confidant cried, "Boss, your reputation's in tatters, even internationally."

livid, itching to slap some sense into

team? Tell them to fix this mess, or

defeat, "I tried, but they

hell not? Are they looking

gaze, he blurted out, "Our shares are now in Mr. Thorne's hands. We've

Alpha on the line! Is pulling a video from

but Mr. Thorne's not

eyes bulged,

He's asking for a compensation

beneath him, "Fake? How could they

it's a trap! People from

determined bite, "They said Tarquin visited the restricted area tonight, even descended into the well. Now with Mr. Thorne insisting those ashes are fake, it's clearly a

jaw dropped

"You... you went to Sage

I'll drop your ashes into that well, where they'll never