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.

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

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

was eerily quiet with just the two of them. Elysia sat in the passenger seat, staring

for the

would she do when he came

didn’t he know she was Tarquin’s wife? How dare he still go after her? Wasn’t he afraid of the Bradfords? Or did he know

twitch flickered at the corner of Elysia’s mouth,

the enemy, no move from me.

feel

stare, restless and uneasy. At this point, she was

but say something!

a word from Tarquin, but

got in the car and

called a while ago. Corbin’s awake, and it’s not looking good. He hopes we can bring Ms. Thorne

She looked urgently at Lowell and said, “The kid’s sick, don’t

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

me to the

turned to Tarquin, waiting for a nod

his gaze never left

word was one thing, but even his looks were different.

their previous encounters, his gaze was sharp, cold, and devoid