Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1

“Trust me! I’ll take care of you and make you the happiest and most honored woman in the world!”

The man’s firm promise echoed in her ears as Elysia Thorne shook her head in panic.

“No, no… Ah…”

With a sudden surge of strength, the man pushed forward and Elysia let out a scream and fell unconscious out of pain.

When she came to, the room was empty, but the lingering scent of their intimate moment still hung in the air. Tissues strewn about and clothes in disarray told the tale of the madness that had just occurred.

She bit her lip and clutched the sheets, her vision gradually blurring with tears…

She was a married woman, and was here at the airport to pick up her husband. But she just lost her virtue just like that before she could even see him!

What did this mean?

Was this infidelity within her marriage?

How was she supposed to face the world now? How could she face her husband?

If she told him she came to the airport to pick him up, that there had been chaos, and in the confusion, a man had dragged her into a dark lounge where this unspeakable act

happened…

he believe her?

he still accept her?

marriage continue?

didn’t know what she had done wrong in a past life to deserve such a fate. She had grown up without the love of her parents, her life a complete mess. She had hoped to change her destiny through education and had finally

Elysia to

groom–to–be was

foster parents couldn’t bear to see their biological daughter suffer, yet couldn’t refuse the generous dowry, so they used

getting engaged and married, no one had asked for her

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had asked if she was willing. They had decided for her and thus destroyed her

and bemoaned, but ultimately,

married, and escaping that cold family was a good thing. Since she was married, she

husband Tarquin Bradford had been abroad for treatment of his leg, and she had lived in the house alone, never once straying. This marriage, which

day of Tarquin’s return, this had happened. What was she to do? Her cell phone suddenly rang. It was

asked for you to return.”

beat, her anxiety