Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 10

Moreover, Lowell had checked them out; they were just an average family of four and were unlikely to pose any real threat to him.

It was all in his head.

Tarquin’s guard came down, and with it, his interest in Elysia waned.

“Handle it, Lowell,” he instructed, his attention shifting back to the texts on his phone and left

her aside.

Lowell produced the compensation agreement they had prepared earlier, “Miss, since you’ve admitted the kid is yours, and with the evidence we have, it’s time to pay up.”

Raising a kid alone is tough, but it’s no excuse to get off scot–free.

Tarquin wasn’t some kindhearted philanthropist who’d let a multimillion–dollar car get trashed without demanding restitution.

The parents should be responsible for kids‘ misdeeds, and that was the price she should pay as the mother of her undereducated kid.

Elysia’s face tensed. She believed Evan wouldn’t cause trouble for no reason, but wrecking someone’s car was indeed his fault.

Elysia asked sheepishly, “How much does he want?”

“Fifty million.”

up several octaves, “Fifty million? Is he out of his mind?!”

was taken

don’t want to settle this privately, we can always

blurted out quickly.

police got. involved, they’d surely take her in as the guardian, and

fifty million?” she

current market value for

bill Lowell offered and glanced at it, her lips

settling, and I can pay, but I don’t have that kind of money. Can we

dare decide alone and looked

coldly, “How

stammered, “5… 500, maybe?”

Lowell were

to five hundred, she had

to leave, clearly not interested in wasting more time

Elysia panicked, “Wait!”

or turn back.

herself, and blurted out, “You want money? Fine, but

confused,

them off! Your jacket, your shirt, all of it,

everyone else were