Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1155

Keaton burst into the room like he had just discovered a new planet.

"Zane's definitely up to something. If you want to get to the bottom of what's going on with Winona, you need to keep an eye on Zane. Trust me on this!"

Tarquin frowned, "Get to the point!"

Keaton leaned in closer, "I've done some digging. Turns out, Zane's got a thing for your wife."

Tarquin's expression darkened immediately, "..."

Keaton continued, unwavering, "Zane's been crushing on Elysia since college, but it was a secret crush. She didn’t have a clue."

"But then he got involved with Winona. I suspect it was all about money."

"Back in college, Winona was loaded, but Elysia? She was just scraping by."

"Zane's kept his feelings for Elysia buried deep, but I picked up on it."

"You remember what happened with Gage Slater, right? That was Zane's doing."

Tarquin's face grew even darker. Of course, he remembered Gage.

Gage was Nola Slater's uncle, and he'd tried to assault Elysia. Someone had taken him out of commission after that.

"You're sure it was because of Elysia that Gage got what was coming to him?"

"Definitely. Zane and Gage didn’t have any beef. It was all about Elysia."

Tarquin's expression turned stormy.

After Gage's incident, the Slater family had poured a fortune into tracking down the culprit, even posting a bounty on the dark web.

Plenty of hackers and hitmen had tried to crack the case, but no one found the perpetrator.

Even Lowell had come up empty-handed.

Who would have guessed it was Zane!

Just considering the Gage incident, Zane was no ordinary guy. He'd managed to stay under the radar when so many others had failed!

How could someone from a simple background have such skills?

Before Tarquin could fully process this, Keaton added,