Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 52

The Thorne family was caught between a rock and a hard place. They couldn’t bear the thought of discarding a hefty money, so they came up with the plan for Elysia to marry in her sister’s stead.

Afraid that the switch would come to light, they even forced Elysia to sign a nondisclosure agreement.

Feeling cornered, Elysia saw it as repaying the Thorne family for twenty years of upbringing.

Blossom and Winona were clueless about all of this.

They only knew that Elysia, a brilliant student, suddenly dropped out to get married. Two years into the marriage, her husband dropped a bombshell to accuse her of infidelity and shamed her.

Elysia let out a sigh in the shadows, “I don’t blame him for what happened.”

Looking at it from Tarquin’s perspective, she did cheat.

“You’re still defending him? If it’s not his fault, whose is it? He nearly killed you! If it weren’t for your stubborn refusal to name him, Winona and I would’ve stormed his place and made him pay!” Even now, Blossom was fuming with indignation, “If you really were that loose, fine, but even we wouldn’t have the right to judge. But you were innocent back then! You were bullied at the airport while waiting for him, and you were the victim. He, as your husband, should’ve cared, not sentenced you without a chance to explain. That’s not what a real man does! Even if he felt you were tainted and wanted a divorce, he shouldn’t have tarnished your reputation and gave you the stigma for all to mock.

you, I don’t believe for a second he’s had a good life these past years!”

Elysia fell silent.

all. Over the years, Tarquin had to play both father and mother, all while engaging in a constant battle of wits

was heading to the hospital in droves.

Elijah, they were

Elijah’s condition was and how long he

20.07

have left.

four children. Three daughters and one son.

Allegra Bradford, then it was Verity followed by Saffron and the son,

ago, met his demise alongside his wife in

Tarquin might have met an early end too. Just like his marriage, which was claimed to bring him joy but in reality, they matched him. with a

crisis, Tarquin took the reins in a dire moment and

years, the Bradford Group’s market value soared by more than

industries across the globe, they had a finger in every pie. Thus,