Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1205

Zane's face soured the moment he heard that.

Ridley had always been into the art of tea-well, back in college, it was more like an obsession. To impress her, Zane had thrown himself into learning every blend and brew he could get his hands on.

There was this legendary Mount Fidelis tea-think of it like the rarest, most expensive single malt scotch you could imagine, the kind that's locked away in vaults and never even hits the market. It used to cost a small fortune per ounce, but after the government banned its harvest, it became priceless-literally impossible to get.

Zane had pulled every string, called in every favor, and still, the best he'd ever managed was a couple of tins of authentic Houkui tea. As for the Mount Fidelis stuff? That was on another level. He never even dared to dream.

Now here was Tarquin, acting like it was no big deal-not only did his family have some, but he brought it out to serve his guests, and was even talking about giving some away. That kind of effortless, deep-rooted wealth and confidence made Zane's skin crawl.

Standing next to Tarquin, Zane felt like a cheap magician trying to pull quarters from behind people's ears.

"Mr. Bradford, what happened to your neck?" Ridley suddenly asked, concern in her voice.

Zane glanced over instinctively.

Tarquin, smug as ever, tugged at the neckline of his hoodie so Zane could get a good look.

this? Elysia got a little playful last night.

to be their mother, after all, and this was not the kind of conversation she wanted to be

frowned so hard his brows nearly touched. His eyes locked on

that? She bit

adults. No one needed

he hadn't shared with Elysia

the table, forcing himself to stay calm. Losing

eyes full of disdain. He looked like he was barely

down yet-if she were

minutes later, Elysia finally came

in a matching beige loungewear set, her hair loose and unstyled, face free of makeup. She was wearing the same kind of

noticed the silk scarf wrapped around her

dots: Tarquin's hickey, the scarf, Tarquin's smug remark. He bit

twisting the knife a little deeper in

where's Winona?" he asked,

She'll