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.

passenger side. She didn’t want to sit with Tarquin. He irked

money, but mainly because he would lock her up at the drop of a

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

after her for the money, but

when he came to

wife? How dare he still go after her? Wasn’t he afraid of the Bradfords? Or did he know that

the corner of Elysia’s mouth, her heart

enemy, no move

Tarquin, Elysia stayed silent as well. She could feel his gaze fixed on her unshifting

and uneasy. At this point, she was almost hoping he would

but

word from Tarquin, but

got in the car and said

looking good. He hopes we can bring Ms. Thorne to the hospital

Lowell and said, “The kid’s sick, don’t stress him

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

the hospital,

waiting for a nod before starting the

his gaze never left Elysia

that he was acting oddly today. Not a word

gaze was sharp, cold, and devoid