Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 13

“Please, just go. I need some alone time.”

Tarquin sighed, knowing he had no choice but to step out for the moment.

As he closed the door behind him, his expression shifted dramatically. He was about to call out for Nola when she suddenly appeared at the foot of the stairs, her eyes red with

emotion.

Seeing him emerge from Elijah’s room, Nola hurried toward him, her concern etched across her face, “Tarquin, how is Elijah doing now?”

Despite his icy demeanor, Tarquin refrained from lashing out. After all, Nola was the one who had saved Elijah’s life. It was Nola who had stumbled upon Elijah, who was abandoned at their doorstep, that gave him a second chance at life

At first, Tarquin had his suspicions.

Was it really just a coincidence that Nola found Elijah? Had she hidden Elijah’s birth mother to get closer to him and orchestrated the whole rescue to win his gratitude?

It was a common plot straight out of a TV drama

Nola’s discovery was indeed a stroke of luck, and she had nothing to do with the disappearance

the void of maternal affection, causing rumors to swirl that he had feelings

was known only to those closest

never led Nola to

as he had told his

e was a

the white bandage wrapped around Nola’s arm. “I’m sorry about Elijah hurting you,” he

threw a tantrum when he saw me today. Is it because I’ve been away shooting for too long that he became

for Elijah and

glared at her, knowing full well that Elijah’s episode was triggered by her telling him that they would marry. With a cold voice, he said, “No, he’s missing his

clenched her fists in secret. Both Tarquin and Elijah longed for the same woman, and it gnawed at her

exhilarated, thinking that she finally had a

not grow up in a single–parent home

informed her that he was still legally married. To

yes, but