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."

Don't forget, murder's a felony! Plenty of people know I'm here

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,

hair back. "Kill you? Please. I'm not about to get my

Simple as that. If you don't, well, you stay hungry and thirsty until you change

warily. "What do you

from my dad," she replied smoothly. "Hand it over, and

set into a ring for his proposal

a drop of water in ages, and the torment was

choice. "Fine! It's in my study. Bookshelf, third shelf

sick, picturing a slimy toad fawning over a swan-how

the study. She found the compartment, pulled out the safe, punched in the code, and

had a lot of jewelry, being a celebrity, but this

Still, she tucked it away carefully-this belonged to her father, Keaton, and she needed to return it safely. She'd never forgive herself if it got

her room, she hid the sapphire, planning to return it to Keaton when

basement. True to her word, she poured Zane a glass of