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."

planning to kill me? Don't forget, murder's a felony! Plenty of

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

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

that. If you don't, well, you stay hungry and

her warily. "What do

sapphire you took from my dad," she replied smoothly. "Hand it over,

That sapphire was worth a fortune-he'd planned to have it set into a ring for his proposal to Elysia. He definitely didn't want to give it to

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

my study. Bookshelf, third shelf down, far right—there's a hidden

picturing a slimy toad fawning over a swan-how dare he even

the safe, punched in the code, and retrieved the sapphire. It was even more stunning in

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

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

she hid the sapphire, planning to return it to Keaton when she brought

True to her word, she poured Zane a

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