Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1232

Zane was absolutely livid.

"Oh, I'm the villain, and he's the perfect gentleman?!" he spat, voice shaking with rage. "If he's such a great guy, maybe he shouldn't be dragging you along to mess with deadly viruses and their cures while telling you he loves you!"

He jabbed a finger in Elysia's direction, eyes wild. "Do you even realize how dangerous this virus is? One slip, and you could get infected! And let me tell you, it's not pretty-just pure agony!"

"He's putting you in harm's way. He doesn't care about you at all!"

Elysia's face flushed with anger. She clenched her fists and fired back, "Tarquin didn't manipulate me into this! It was my idea to help with the research!"

"He only let me join because he knows there's no stopping me-not because he doesn't care!"

"But you—" she pointed right back at him, voice trembling, "You know how dangerous this is? You know how much people suffer after they're infected? Yet you still unleashed this on the world! How could you be so heartless?!"

Zane's voice rose to a guttural roar. "I did it for you! I was trying to make more money so you could have a better life!"

"For me?" Elysia let out a bitter laugh. "Don't kid yourself. You did it for you!"

a fancy excuse to ease your guilty

to hide how much the truth

couple shaky breaths, forcing herself to

to you. And don't even think about

spun on her heel and

hard, sending him stumbling backward. Zane lost his balance

daggers at Zane. "Keep

scrambled up, spitting blood and fury. "She'll be mine one day, just

Zane's jaw, knocking him down again—-this time, two

let the boss get his own hands dirty over a nobody like Zane? That was like using a sledgehammer to crack

wiped the blood from his mouth, got up once more, and sneered at the entourage. "What, you gonna hide behind

name and all that money, you'd be

brat-you don't

but Tarquin

"Are you done talking to him? Let me have a word in private. Benjamin's upstairs waiting for you-go see

her a