Chapter 425

Emmeline’s cheeks puffed with indignation. “I don’t sound like that!” she protested.

Taehyung accepted the bite Minnie offered, and they both dissolved into laughter.

“We’re just teasing you,” Minnie assured and quickly raised her glass in a spontaneous toast. “Go to hell, Richard!” she declared with fierce enthusiasm.

Emmeline lifted her own glass, echoing the sentiment with equal fervor. “Go to hell!”

Everyone’s glasses met in the center of the table with a crystalline chime.

They resumed eating in companionable silence that lasted only briefly before Minnie spoke again.

“This might sound strange,” she began thoughtfully, “But I can’t shake the idea that even hell is too good for your ex-husband, Emmeline.”

Emmeline looked up from her plate in surprise, suddenly the focus of everyone’s attention.

“Most people in hell are dangerous criminals with some level of dignity,” Minnie continued. “But Richard’s thing...” She held her thumb and