Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1237

"We've had strict orders from the top-absolutely no information leaves this room. And you went ahead and brought in an outsider to look at classified files? Who gave you that kind of nerve?!"

"If she lets anything slip, are you ready to take the fall for that?"

"Do you even realize how ugly things get when the public starts to panic?"

Benjamin kept his cool, trying to explain.

"I only asked her to help because she's got some real expertise in herbal medicine. She's good-really good. And she's my friend. She's trustworthy, I promise. She would never leak confidential info."

Sabrina shot him a look dripping with sarcasm.

"Trustworthy? Based on what her pretty face?”

She'd been in a bad mood all day, especially after Tarquin called her out earlier, so now she was taking it out on Benjamin.

"Expertise, huh? Where'd she go to school? Which hospital does she work for? If she's so amazing, why isn't she with the American Medical Association?"

"If she can't even get into the AMA, maybe you've got a weird definition of 'amazing,' Dr. Benjamin!"

Benjamin frowned, annoyed, but didn't fire back.

Elysia stepped in quickly,

to her-I'll handle

the

only hurt

over some hot-headed girl in her twenties with no

wanting to back Benjamin up,

Sabrina.

of the virus yet, but

up. "You managed to identify

The formula's on the laptop-take a

into the study, eager to

open suspicion, then followed them

that Elysia had figured it all out-hell, the association's team of experts had been stumped for two days! How could someone without even a medical license have managed what

up Elysia's handwritten

recognized a few of the herbs,

that doesn't make sense their properties

Elysia explained,

bit of

It's just

snatched the list from

a Stevenson, she'd grown up around