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 of

fondness for Nola, Tarquin always treated her with courtesy. He even allowed her to visit Elijah regularly to fill the void of maternal affection, causing rumors to swirl that he had feelings for her. Some

known only

birth mother, and he never led Nola

had told his son, he didn’t like her.

e was a

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

reassured him, “It’s nothing, really. I’m just worried about Elijah. He threw a tantrum when he saw me today. Is it because I’ve been away shooting

care deeply for

triggered by her telling him that they would marry. With a cold voice, he said,

Both Tarquin and Elijah longed for the

thinking that she finally had a ticket into Tarquin’s

not grow up in a single–parent home and offered to marry him- even

bluntly informed her that he was still legally married. To marry again

yes, but marriage,