Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 58

“He’s not giving you now but he’ll give it later. And you will know the deals when he gets you to talk about the terms and let you see Elijah.” Gideon said.

Elysia was left utterly baffled. And then her confusion only deepened. For Gideon had suddenly produced a wad of cash and placed it before her.

“Consider this a little token for our first meeting.” He said.

Elysia gaped, “What on earth are you getting at? I have no idea what you’re up to.”

Gideon continued as though he hadn’t heard her, “Let’s keep our little encounter between us for now. I’ll be in touch.”

With that, he stood up and left.

Elysia hurried after him, only to be stopped by his bodyguard. Frantic, she pleaded, “I don’t know him, and I don’t understand anything he said. I can’t take this money! Please, let me

return it to him.”

But the bodyguard remained unmoved, blocking the doorway.

Only when Gideon’s car had pulled away did the bodyguard step aside, then climbed into another car and followed suit.

she could do was return to the café to count the cash. A whole

about to thump

was she given

Elysia, she’d followed along and had been waiting outside. Upon seeing that

came in.

did that old man want with

shook her head, “I don’t know.”

He didn’t

money toward Blossom, “Look, this

in shock, “All this cash… Why did he give it to you? You’re not some

a foster daughter in the Thorne family.

“I told you, since I’ve been back, I met a man who

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so much like Eliot and Ivan. For a moment, I thought he might be Eliot’s real dad, but I wasn’t sure. A lot has happened since. The old man

that guy’s grandfather who was thinking you’ve come back to hold the man accountable and trying to pay you off?”

that guy would pay me, so he’d

that