Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1738

By the time Elysia arrived at the police precinct, Keaton hadn't left yet.

He was sitting alone on a bench in the main lobby, his long legs crossed. His face was bruised, his expression violently dark, and the aura around him was terrifyingly cold.

Shane was leaning against the wall several feet away, looking just as bruised and miserable.

Seeing Elysia walk through the doors, Shane immediately straightened up. "Elysia."

Keaton jerked his head up. Seeing Elysia instead of Winona clearly surprised him. Whatever conclusion his mind immediately jumped to made his brow furrow sharply.

Elysia cast a brief glance at Keaton before walking straight over to Shane.

"Are you hurt badly?" she asked.

Shane shook his head.

"Nothing serious. I just need you to sign some paperwork so they'll let me go."

"Alright."

Elysia walked over to the desk officer to handle the bail process. Once the paperwork was signed, she told Shane to head outside first.

Then, she approached Keaton. "Are you okay?"

Keaton scowled back at her.

"Why didn't Winona come? Was she trying to avoid me?"

Elysia paused before delivering the honest truth.

"No. Winona has no idea this even happened. Shane was terrified of stressing her out, so he kept her in the dark and called me to bail him out instead."

Some of the icy tension melted from Keaton's face, but his lips quickly pressed into a thin, bitter line.

"The fact that he could drag you all the way down here proves that Winona must really be head-over-heels for him."

"Hmm?" Elysia was confused by the leap in logic.

Keaton's voice was dripping with sour jealousy.

"If Winona wasn't crazy about him, you wouldn't give a damn about the guy. You certainly wouldn't be rushing down to a police station just because he made one phone call."

Elysia stared at him.

"You obviously like him just fine," Keaton muttered bitterly. "And Winona practically worships the kid."

How could they not like him?

Shane was Winona's biological cousin!

Winona's aunt had passed away early, and Shane was the only family she had left on that side.

Not to mention, he had spent his entire life overseas, so they rarely got to see him.

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