Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1167

Elysia stood beside Zane, her voice trembling with anger as she bit out her words.

"When you and Winona got together, you stood right in front of everyone and declared you'd take care of her, that if anything ever happened to Winona, we'd hold you accountable!"

"And now, Winona’s been missing for over a year, and you just realized it?!"

"Today you text me saying that you were deceived all this time too, huh!"

"You claim to love her so much, yet you couldn’t even tell if the woman on the other side of the camera was your own wife?!"

"How exactly do you love her, huh?"

Zane faced Elysia’s wrath, his expression filled with guilt and pain. "I’m sorry."

Elysia’s voice rose to a near shout, "I don’t want to hear your apologies. I just want to know how you loved her! Speak up!"

"You jerk! Give us Winona back! You should never have been with her in the first place!"

"Winona loved you so dearly, she treated you so well!"

"Such a wonderful person Winona was, sob... You jerk! Zane, you’re not even human! Sob..."

Elysia’s anger boiled over, and she broke down into tears.

Her sorrow was palpable, and Zane felt a pang of regret, just as he was about to reach out to console her.

Suddenly, a forceful blow sent him sprawling backwards!

Zane staggered, landing hard on the ground with a groan of pain.

Tarquin stepped in, shielding Elysia, shooting Zane a look that could kill!

Zane’s brows knitted in frustration!

But when Tarquin turned back to Elysia, his demeanor shifted entirely, his gaze soft and comforting.

"Don’t cry, sweetheart. I’m here now."

Elysia buried her face in his chest, sobbing harder, "He’s not even human, sob..."

Tarquin echoed, "Right, Zane’s not even human!"

"He’s a jerk, sob..."

"Right, Zane’s a jerk!"

"He’s a total scumbag, sob..."

"Always dressing up like a floozy, flirting with every man she sees, shameless!"

"I’m telling you, if your daughter dares to make a fool of my son, she’ll never set foot in the Livingston family again! We’ll cut her loose!"

Zane, eyes wide, got up and yelled at Caroline, "Mom! What nonsense are you spewing?!"

The older woman was like a wildcat,

"Am I wrong? She’s been gone this long, it’s obvious she’s run off with some other man! For all we know, she could have a love child by now!"

"You..." Zane was so infuriated he couldn’t even form words.

Priscilla was a blunt force; she’d moved to the city from the countryside only after Zane and Winona got together.

With her improved living conditions, she thought herself a queen bee!

Not able to control Winona, her daughter-in-law, she resorted to slander!

"I’m sorry, Mom, I’m sorry, Elysia, my mom she..."

Zane was still apologizing when Caroline suddenly lost it, shrieking and charging forward.