Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 68

Gage made a grab for Elysia with his greasy hands, intent on pulling her into a hug.

Elysia quickly stepped back, her heart pounding. “Touch me again, and I’ll scream for help!”

“Scream? Go ahead,” Gage sneered, a leering grin spreading across his face. “I’d like to see who’d dare stop me. Tonight, if I don’t have my way with you, I’ll eat my hat!”

With those words, Gage lunged at Elysia like a predator.

But as fate would have it, his foot slipped, and he met the floor with a less–than–graceful

thud.

“Fuck!” Gage cursed, wincing in pain.

Seizing the moment, Elysia dashed towards the bathroom door to escape.

hurling it at the back of Elysia’s head. The soap was in a fancy white porcelain bottle, and had Elysia

stood frozen, staring at the shattered white porcelain on the floor, gasping for breath as she faced Gage.

swear I’ll finish you,” Gage threatened, his voice laced with fury.

unattainable she seemed, the

rage, Gage approached Elysia, looking at her as if

the hallway was eerily deserted. She couldn’t risk leading Gage back to her room, not wanting to endanger Blossom and the three little

of the private rooms swung

door shut behind her. She braced herself

eyes that turned to her showed surprise, then shock, and a hint of

beautiful, with an exceptional poise about her. Raised in the countryside, she had the pure and unblemished

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Elysia burst in. He furrowed his brows. He had come for a meal, and here she was again, after swearing

was seated beside him, and the moment he saw Elysia, his eyes narrowed into slits. As a notorious playboy, he was immediately smitten with her.

at Tarquin’s expression, Keaton stood up and approached Elysia. What’s wrong, miss? What

up, but Keaton waved