Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 41

Elysia was taken aback, her eyes wide with surprise.

Tarquin’s face was a thundercloud as he didn’t give her a chance to react. He hauled her into the next empty room.

He pinned her against the door, his body an imposing wall. He looked down, his gaze Intense and unyielding.

Elysia’s back pressed hard against the door, with nowhere to retreat. She stood tall, her eyes vigilant as she faced Tarquin.

“What do you want?!” she demanded, her voice trembling.

Was he finally going to explode? Was the storm about to break? Was he about to demand money from her?

Tarquin remained silent, just staring straight at her with a complex expression. He didn’t know if the woman before him was truly the one he had been desperately searching for. Because of this uncertainty, he didn’t know how to approach her or even what to say.

Elysia, puzzled by his unusual behavior on the ride over, was now convinced that his look was different. Though still icy, it carried a hint of warmth.

Seeing him remain silent, Elysia coughed lightly, “What… what are you doing here? Aren’t you afraid of Tarquin giving you trouble?”

Tarquin just stood there, silent.

Elysia realized that name–dropping Tarquin was useless, so she tried a different tactic,

“Are you here to ask me for money? Look, I… I don’t have any. Besides, it was you guys who picked on my son Emmett first!”

Tarquin remained quiet.

fall on me. And I really don’t have any money. Even if you killed me, I have nothing. If I did, I would have given it to you already. Can you give me some time to scrape

said nothing, and Elysia was starting to panic,

man, Gage? I told you harassed me first;

he

silent, and Elysia was getting irritated, “What do you want, anyway? Can you please say

lips moved, but no sound came

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opened her mouth to speak

feeling a slight pain on her head, like an

doing?” she said, her hands protectively covering her

gave her a complicated look and

was left completely

an eye on her. Don’t

samples and

need results as soon as

holding, hesitated

sure you

“Will do.”

entered the lab with the samples

-commotion.