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 back seat; she climbed right into the passenger side. She didn’t

owed him money, but mainly because he would lock her

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

guy must be after her for

do when he came to

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

twitch flickered at the corner of Elysia’s

the enemy, no move

She could feel his gaze fixed on her

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

worst, but

from Tarquin, but Lowell

Lowell got in the car

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

and said, “The

and nurses around, but the kid’s latched onto

the hospital,

Tarquin, waiting for a nod before starting the car.

his gaze never left Elysia for a second.

word was one thing, but even his

encounters, his gaze was sharp, cold, and devoid of