Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 21

Tarquin’s threat worked.

Elysia’s big, doe eyes were open wide, filled with indignant rage as she glared at Tarquin. But she didn’t dare to make another move. And that just made her feel even more wronged.

The jerk was right there, and she couldn’t lay a finger on him or even give him a piece of her

mind!

With no outlet for her fury, Elysia burst into tears, “How can you be so cruel? Haven’t you done enough to ruin my life? What do you even want from me? What are you trying to do?”

Tarquin was taken aback watching her sob. His mind flashed back to that night when Elijah’s mother cried beneath him. The room was dark, he hadn’t seen her face clearly, and the drugs had made everything hazy, even her voice.

But when he kissed the tears from her eyes, he felt them. He didn’t know why seeing this woman cry made him think of her, but in that instant, his heart softened with pity and a strange desire to reach out and wipe away her tears.

The next second, however, his brows furrowed again.

She couldn’t be her. Elijah’s birth mother was far gentler than this wild woman before him.

Even in his drugged state, he knew she was like a gentle cat without a temper.

fierce as a

deeply, Tarquin’s gaze turned impatient once more as

you think you are to tell me what to do? You’ve made my life

and her sobs grew louder. She thought she could forget the pain and the humiliation, but his face

he was back to haunt her. Was she indebted to him in a past

uncertain, anchored to Jindale City, and she was

was so miserable.

a blind eye by turning her into his

bear and

her children’s birth, this was the first time Elysia had lost all control. The children had been her salvation from

desperately searching for, nor could he understand her ramblings. He thought her life must’ve turned upside down because

him more irritated with her.

remorse but harboring resentment instead? Her way of thinking was all wrong.

he hadn’t needed to question her, he would’ve thrown her

Tarquin threatened, his

a feral growl, ready to bite.

time, and you’ll never see your kids again

on her

“Try me.”