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.

a bottle of hand soap, hurling it at the back of Elysia’s head. The soap was in a fancy white porcelain bottle, and had Elysia not dodged in time, it would have surely cracked

the floor, gasping for breath as she faced Gage. His lustful demeanor

threatened, his voice laced with fury. He had failed to bed Elysia multiple

unattainable she seemed, the more

rage, Gage approached Elysia, looking at her as if she

to find help from the hotel staff, but the hallway was eerily deserted. She couldn’t risk leading Gage back to her room, not wanting to endanger Blossom and the

one of the private rooms swung

a second thought, Elysia darted inside and slammed the door shut behind her. She braced

eyes that turned to her showed surprise, then shock, and a hint of something more profound.

an exceptional poise about her. Raised in the countryside, she had the pure and unblemished look of a pristine gemstone, untouched by society’s harshness, invoking an almost instinctual

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the head of the table and puffing on a cigarette when Elysia burst in. He furrowed his brows. He had come for a meal,

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

Keaton stood up

Upton also stood up, but Keaton