Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1760

Callum had returned!

The same Callum who had been deeply in love with Winona since their college days, and who had vanished without a trace while investigating her whereabouts. If Shane was just a fake rival, Callum was the real deal.

When Keaton received the news, he was still dead asleep in his bed. Tarquin called to break it to him. "Keaton, Callum is back."

Keaton was still half-conscious, his eyes glued shut and his voice heavy with sleep. "Who?"

"Callum," Tarquin repeated.

Keaton mumbled the name, his brain slowly booting up. "Callum..."

The next second, he bolted upright in bed, all traces of exhaustion vanishing. "Callum is back?!"

"Yes."

"When?"

"This afternoon," Tarquin said. "He told me he tried calling you, but you didn't answer."

Keaton checked his call log and saw a missed call from an unknown number. "I slept right through it. I'll call him back in a minute. Is he okay?"

"I haven't seen him in person yet. I heard he's missing two fingers, but otherwise, he's fine."

Keaton's brow slammed into a furious frown. "Missing two fingers?!"

"Yeah. Zane's men cut them off."

Keaton frowned and sighed. "He went through hell because of her. She’s been worried sick about him all this time. Now that he's back, she must be so overwhelmed and heartbroken for him, she..."

Suddenly, Keaton froze mid-sentence.

The realization hit him like a freight train as he remembered Callum's feelings for Winona.

Callum had been in love with her since college. When Winona first started dating Zane, a devastated Callum had dragged Keaton and their friends out to drink his sorrows away. Later, Callum abandoned the financial sector and moved abroad to enter the entertainment industry as a director—a life choice entirely driven by his heartbreak over Winona.

And when he found out Winona had vanished, Callum risked everything, utilizing every resource at his disposal to track her down, which ultimately led to him being tortured by Zane.

Callum's love for Winona was real. It was profound, and it had spanned many years.

Furthermore, whether it was his family background, his flawless character, or his career—Callum was the perfect match for Winona!