Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem



Several ships refused to obey orders and continued sailing.

They were all under the command of the second in command at the company, who now seemed to disregard Clayton as a leader!

Fuming, Clayton stormed into the second in command's office and landed a punch on him right away!

The second in command wiped the blood from his nose, didn't fight back, and with a grim face said,

"Consider that punch a repayment for all the years you've mentored me!"noveldrama

Clayton was so angry he was practically gasping for breath and tried to go at him again, but his assistant held him back, "Boss, take it easy." Clayton, seething with rage, pointed at the second in command and yelled,

"You backstabbing jerk, I trusted you, gave you all this power, and you dare betray me! You had the audacity to break the rules I set, smuggling contraband!"

The second in command was someone Clayton had personally promoted, someone he had trusted to manage the company's affairs. That's why the contraband could be shipped out without Clayton's knowledge!

"People die for wealth as birds die for food, we're not wrong, you're just too stubborn," the second in command coldly responded. "You're going to ruin Hawkins Sea-freight! Order those ships to turn back now! Otherwise, I..."

Clayton was cut off by his ringing phone.

He glanced at the caller ID and stepped out with the phone.

"Hello, Lloyd, I..."

"Can you talk right now?" the caller interrupted.

"Yeah, go ahead."

The caller was excited,

"Man, you've done a great deed again. Among the contraband you turned in, there was a portion of national secrets. Lucky you caught it in time, it could've threatened national security! The higher-ups specifically asked me to give you a call, to extend their thanks."

Clayton was bewildered, "When did I turn in contraband?"

"Today."

Clayton: "..."

The caller was an old comrade, so Clayton didn't keep him in the dark and told him everything.

After hearing it, the caller was just as stunned,

"It was indeed contacted in your name to the National Security Agency. The contraband was swapped out with regular supplies from one of the Hawkins family's cargo ships.

We knew about the trouble brewing under your command and thought you discovered it and swapped it quietly, not to tarnish Hawkins Sea-freight's reputation."

Clayton quickly asked for the ship's number, which was indeed one of the ships he was trying to intercept!

Clayton was both excited and shocked, wondering who could be so capable?

Secretly swapping out the contraband to turn over to the nation, not only saving Hawkins Sea-freight's reputation but also adhering to maritime laws and conscience, was brilliantly executed!

If it were up to him, he would have done the same!

Clayton felt like he had found a kindred spirit, excitedly saying,

"I didn't do this, can we find out who did?"

This was a clever and talented individual!

"It wasn't you, then was it the Patel family? I heard the Patels went back to Oceanopolis today, probably hearing about your recent troubles and going back to support you."

Clayton deeply respected the Patel siblings; they were good to Pamela and kind to him as well.

"It couldn't be them; they would've informed me beforehand."

"...Then I'll have our friends at national security check who contacted them."

"Alright, make sure to let me know once you find out!"

After hanging up, Clayton felt his anger subside significantly!

The contraband hadn't made it out, and he felt relieved.

Moreover, discovering a like-minded and talented ally excited him!

It was like a lone wolf finding an ally out of the blue!