Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 39

Lowell had been itching to jump out of the car and rescue Elysia, but seeing Gage

knocked out cold, he chilled out.

Peering through the windshield at the disheveled Gage, he couldn’t help but say to Tarquin, That Gage is a real piece of work. I’m embarrassed to even know the guy. What a disgrace!”

Tarquin glanced outside with a flick of his eyelashes and said in a frosty tone,

“If he’s so fond of going au naturel, let him do a streak around Jindale City three times without a stitch on.”

Lowell’s lips twitched at the thought. In this freezing weather, to streak?

Exhilarating.

Serves him right.

If you’re a real man, you don’t mistreat women. What kind of skill is it to use force?

Lowell got out of the car to meet Elysia.

Just as Elysia pushed open the car door and jumped out, frantic to get away, she suddenly saw Lowell and froze.

Having just leaped out of Gage’s car, she was now being forced into Tarquin’s ride.

into the passenger side. She didn’t want to sit with Tarquin.

him, not just because she owed him money, but mainly because he would lock her up at the drop of a hat, which

of them. Elysia sat in the passenger seat, staring straight ahead, her spine rigid, her mind

her for

when he

wife? How dare he still go after her? Wasn’t he afraid of

the corner of

move from the enemy,

silent as well. She could feel his gaze fixed on

on her scalp from his stare, restless and uneasy. At this point, she was almost hoping he

your worst, but say something!

from Tarquin, but Lowell

arranging Gage’s streaking punishment, Lowell got in the car and said

ago. Corbin’s awake, and it’s not looking good. He hopes we can bring Ms. Thorne to the

looked urgently at Lowell and said, “The kid’s sick, don’t stress him out.”

doctors and nurses around, but the kid’s latched onto you, crying and making

to the

for a nod before starting the

his gaze never left Elysia

felt that he was acting oddly today. Not a word was one thing, but even his looks were different.

gaze was sharp, cold, and devoid of warmth.