Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 67

Elysia’s heart sank like a stone dropped into the depths of the ocean. One moment, she was a nobody, and the next, she had somehow transformed into the wife of a billionaire.

If it were anyone else, they’d probably be over the moon, right?

But her? She just wanted to cry.

The higher Tarquin’s pedestal, the more power he wielded, the less she felt capable of standing up to him.

To everyone else, he was a titan, and if he refused to divorce, what could she possibly do against him?

Oh heavens, she thought, why not just take her out of her misery?

Elysia’s sudden transformation into a picture of gloom didn’t go unnoticed by Blossom, who mistook her friend’s expression for shock at the bombshell news about Tarquin.

“You know, even though Tarquin’s as handicapped as your hubby, stories about him could fill books,” Blossom said, not realizing the irony of her words. “He’s never shown his face around town–no one knows what he looks like–but legends of him are everywhere.

But, my dear, he’s like a prince from a fairy tale, and we’re just average Janes. There’s no need to be scared at the mention of his name. We don’t cross paths with his kind, and he doesn’t know us from Adam, so no worries!”

Elysia felt the urge to cry even more. How could she not know him?

She was his wife!

any wife, but one accused of infidelity, who had so angered him that he demanded she leave with nothing but the clothes

he was refusing to divorce her,

she to do?

for Blossom and the kids, Elysia quickly made an excuse to leave. “I need to use the restroom. You guys go ahead and order; I’ll be right

door in

rather use the one

“Yeah, sure.”

order. I’m not picky; I’ll eat anything.”

20:12

that, Elysia hurried out

on cornering Tarquin at his office to force a

was perched at the peak of the pyramid while she was stuck

heaven and earth–how could she

have vandalized Cupid’s temple in a past life, and now her love life was an obstacle

married, yet she

wanted out, and he refused

cursed, a

A familiar male voice suddenly

snapped out of her thoughts

was Gage Slater.