Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1344

Zane was gasping for breath, his throat dry as sandpaper. "Give me some!"

Winona lounged on the couch across from him, setting down a bottle of red wine and a pair of glasses on the coffee table.

"Do you even remember what this wine means?" she teased, swirling the bottle in her hand. "If you can answer that, I'll pour you a glass."

Zane frowned, his mouth opening and closing as he struggled to find the words. Nothing came out.

Winona shook her head and sighed. "Honestly, you forget everything. Even this?"

"This is the wine we saved from our wedding," she reminded him. "We agreed to keep it sealed until one of us was on our deathbed. Only then could we open it."

Before Zane could even process her words, Winona grabbed the corkscrew and popped the bottle open, not giving him a moment to react.

She poured herself a glass without letting it breathe, took a generous sip, and smacked her lips. "Mmm... That's good. Real good."

across his face. "Wait, are you are you planning to kill me? Don't forget, murder's a felony! Plenty of people know I'm here with you. If you

begging, bargaining. He'd realized by now that Winona was dead set on making him suffer. But he was sure she wouldn't dare kill him. After all, the whole world knew he was in her hands. If she killed him, she'd

back. "Kill you? Please. I'm not about to get my hands dirty for

continued. "You cooperate, you get a glass. Simple as that. If you don't, well, you stay hungry and thirsty until

warily. "What do

took from my dad," she replied smoothly.

fortune-he'd planned to have it set into a ring for his proposal to Elysia. He definitely didn't

hadn't had a drop of water in ages, and the torment

glanced at the wine in her hand, then made his choice. "Fine! It's in my study. Bookshelf, third shelf down, far right—there's a hidden compartment. Inside's a safe. The code

felt sick, picturing a slimy toad fawning over a swan-how dare he even think

didn't bother responding, just headed upstairs to the study. She found the compartment, pulled out the safe, punched in

had a lot of jewelry, being a celebrity, but this gem was on

it would look as a full set. Still, she tucked it away carefully-this belonged to her father, Keaton, and she needed to return

sapphire, planning to return

back to the basement. True to her word, she poured Zane