Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1343

Elysia frowned.

“I really underestimated that bastard Zane. Using the Bradford family name, he networked his way to the top—it’s like he built his own little empire!”

“Tarquin told me he even owns Central Pharmaceuticals now,” she added.

Winona’s eyebrows knit together. Sure, she’d had some small wins lately, but when it came to business, the thought of it still made her blood boil.

The Bradford family was hollowed out now—her family’s fortune, even the money she earned from acting, was all but gone. Zane had siphoned it off until there was barely anything left.

When they divorced, Zane walked away with nothing on paper, but it hadn’t slowed him down one bit.

Tarquin jumped in,

“If Zane embezzled Bradford family money, we can help you get it back. And if you want to keep him locked up a bit longer, we can arrange that, too.”

Winona was grateful. Zane had stolen her father’s life’s work—if she could get any of it back, it would be a miracle.

“Thanks, Mr. Bradford, but don’t worry about it. Keeping him locked up forever isn’t a real solution.”

Tarquin warned,

“Zane’s committed enough crimes that when he gets out, every agency in the country will be watching him. It’s not safe for you to go after him personally.”

Winona scoffed, “The sooner the state takes him down the better. Every day he’s free, he’s just a plague on everyone around him!”

Tarquin didn’t say any more.

The reason they hadn’t acted sooner was partly to help Winona vent her anger, and partly because they needed Central Pharmaceuticals as leverage against some mysterious adversary. But now, Winona had gotten her revenge, and the antidote was in hand. It was time to really deal with Zane.

He’d heard Zane was willing to trade the lives of a hundred thousand people for his own. Human life meant nothing to him. People like that didn’t deserve to walk this earth.

And he was curious—who would take that job anyway?

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