Colby kept his cool and asked, "Like what?"

"Rapid-fire questions!"

"Alright, how did you feel when you first laid eyes on the bride?"

"She was adorable."

"???" Adler blinked in surprise. "You thought she was adorable the first time you saw her?"

That doesn't add up.

Adler distinctly remembered that first encounter outside an auction. Sophie had an aura and stance that screamed 'queen ready to defend her throne.'

Cute? Not even close.

Angelo was scratching his head too. Sure, Sophie was stunning, but calling her cute was a stretch, to say the least.

Jenna rubbed her chin, not fully satisfied with the answer either. But thinking about how "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," she moved on. "If your first love and your wife were both drowning, who would you save?"

"Sophie is my first love."

"Come on, sis! Can't you ask something juicier, with a bit more substance?"

Adler was losing his patience.

of silly questions

a kid could

out of ideas! Should we move on to the next

"Fine."

a tray of bizarre foods she'd prepped earlier and laid them on the table. "Alright, finish a ghost pepper, a bitter melon, and a cup of

are we doing this,

full spectrum of flavors before

supposed to face

Adler and

already munching on the ghost pepper, followed by the bitter melon, white vinegar, and sugar, all

guy is

to bow down

brother has really made it. A true Costello through

back, "Your

"Minor detail! No biggie!"

watch, Adler fretted, "We've got five minutes left! Anything else? If not,

more! The

sticking to

bodyguards with Sandy. "Beat these guys in five minutes, and you can take

"What? Those two muscle-heads?"

Adler could

sleeves and stepped out. The screams of the bodyguards echoed back, followed

"Good enough atent

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