Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1619

“The baby in Beatrix's belly—is it yours or not?”

Keaton frowned. “...I don't know.”

Winona asked again, “Have you figured out how to solve this?”

Keaton shook his head again, frustrated. “Not yet.”

Winona let out a long breath.

“Ask her to meet you. Tell her you'll go get the marriage license today.”

Keaton's eyes widened.

“I'm not going to marry her! Marriage is not a game. I can't marry her!”

Winona gave him a look. “Can't you lie?”

Keaton looked totally confused. “Huh?”

Winona didn’t offer an explanation, her gaze remains steady.

“If you want to handle this Beatrix situation properly, you'll listen to me. Ask her to meet you today.”

Keaton asked eagerly, “Do you have a way to fix this?”

Winona just said,

“Just get her to meet you. It would be best if you could get her to come to the hospital. I'll talk to her.”

Keaton looked like a big, eager golden retriever.

“If you can fix this for me, I swear, you're a lifesaver.”

Winona pursed her lips. “I don't want to be your saint.”

Keaton immediately asked, “Then what do you want to be? My queen?”

“Don’t start with the ‘Queen’ nonsense. I’m not looking to adopt a grown man, and I’m certainly not looking for a subject.”

Just as Keaton was about to speak, Winona said, “I'm going to see Janelle now.”

She stood up and turned to leave.

Keaton's hand shot out and grabbed her wrist.

Winona glanced down at his hand, her brow furrowing in displeasure.

He immediately let go, looking small and pitiful.

“That... that night... we...”

Winona smoothed her long hair and stated, “Forget it. As far as I’m concerned, it never happened.”

Keaton was speechless. “...”

As Winona walked out of the room on her high heels, she paused at the door and looked back.

Having an abortion was one thing. But to go through with it just to use the remains to get revenge? That was monstrous.

If the Hubers had been some kind of monsters who had pushed her to the brink, then maybe her cruel actions could be understood.

But what had the Hubers ever done to her?

What had Keaton done?

What had Janelle and Richard done?

She had framed Keaton, and he hadn't even held it against her!

Janelle and Richard had been nothing but generous to her. Even knowing their son had been framed, they still gave the Sutton family a huge amount of compensation.

Not only was she ungrateful, she was shameless.

A woman like that deserved to be put in her place.

Keaton might have some complicated history with her, but she didn't.

In other words, Keaton might indulge her, but she sure as hell wouldn't.

As for why she was stepping up...

She had figured it out on the flight back. Janelle treated her like a daughter, so it was her duty to stand up for her.

If she didn't take Beatrix down, she didn't deserve to be called a queen.