Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1571

“I can't believe it. That son of a bitch was faking it the whole time!”

“He's a master actor! He's more full of it than a Thanksgiving turkey!”

“Tell me, if you don't love me, why did you even chase me? For the money, haha, just for the money, he could put on an act for so many years, and he even wanted to kill me!”

“I don't get it. Even if he didn't like me, we've known each other for so many years. Don't we have any kind of friendship at all?”

“After all those years living together, didn't that mean anything to him?”

“He actually wanted to kill me. He's so cruel. How could he be so cruel? Tell me, how could he be so cruel?" She choked out, her voice dissolving into a fresh wave of sobs.

As Winona Newsom spoke, she started to cry.

Keaton Huber pulled a tissue and handed it to her.

“If you need to cry, just cry. I… I won't laugh at you.”

Winona stubbornly retorted, “I'm not crying! I can't shed another tear for him!”

Keaton countered, “You're not crying for that scumbag. You're saying goodbye to this chapter of your life. Once you're done, it's a fresh start. Go on, let it out.”

Hearing this, Winona let out a loud wail and burst into tears.

Keaton scooted closer to her. “You can borrow my shoulder.”

Winona leaned on his shoulder and cried, “I'm just so sad. I get sad every time I think of him. That bastard!” She let out a broken cry, her voice hitching.

Keaton: “I get it.”

Winona cried, her voice full of grievance, “I'm afraid of worrying my parents, Elysia and Blossom, so I don't dare show it in front of them.”

“I haven't told anyone else, either. I keep telling myself I've moved on, but whenever I think of him, I still get angry and sad. I really…”

Keaton patted her head. “I understand completely. I used to be the same way, didn't tell a soul. But bottling it up only hurts yourself. It'll eat you up inside.”

Winona bit her lip, large tears rolling down her cheeks. “I was with him because I loved him. I was only with him because I loved him!”

“I'm not telling you to be a bad girl. This is just from my experience. It's a tried-and-true method. If we weren't good friends, I wouldn't even be telling you this!”

“Look at yourself—you’re a knockout with a bank account to match. There’s an endless line of elite bachelors who’d sell their souls for a single night with you. Go out there and find a rebound. I guarantee you'll feel better afterward. You…”

Before Keaton could finish, Winona suddenly pulled away from his embrace. Her face burned with heat as she stared at him.

Keaton froze. “...What's wrong?!”

Winona suddenly lunged, tackling him onto the couch and straddling him.

Without a word, she started trying to take off her clothes!

The long dress didn't have buttons, and she seemed to forget the zipper was in the back. She fumbled around her front for a while before finally grabbing the hem of her skirt and pulling it up…

Seeing the top of her pale thighs instantly sobered Keaton up. He quickly stopped her. “What are you doing?!”

Winona's eyes were hazy with drunkenness. “Sleeping with you!”