Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1839

The whole Isaac ordeal was finally behind them, so Adler and Jenna threw a little shindig back home to celebrate. But honestly, it was just an excuse to get everyone together, catch up, and swap stories.

Fiona and Alec were at the table, looking a bit bored while the adults indulged in a bit of nostalgic boasting about the good old days at the Aldridge Estate.

"Remember Colby in his prime?" Adler said, laying it on thick. "Back then, just his presence overseas was enough to make people quake in their boots! Can you believe he's now a stay-at-home dad?"

Adler shook his head, chuckling, "Time sure has a way of changing things, doesn't it?"

Fiona leaned over to Alec, whispering, "Will your dad ever stop with the tall tales?”

She'd heard these stories so many times she could probably tell them in her sleep.

Alec replied with

kept muttering, "Griffin never has stories like that. He hardly says a word." "Yeah, Griffin's the quiet type, always

Griffin and Odie were sipping their drinks, catching bits of the kids' chatter,

clue what things were like back in the day. If they did, they'd think

here,"

made her way over, asking, "What's

pat on the

Odie nodded towards Colby, who was pouring water for Sophie, and asked, "What's your take on

not much of a chatterbox. He's a bit

he was like every other dad, doing school runs and taking family trips during breaks. Mostly, he and her