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.

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

as she faced Gage. His lustful demeanor was bad enough, but his violent tendencies

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

seemed, the more he wanted

at her as if she

but the hallway was eerily deserted. She couldn’t risk leading Gage

of the private rooms

thought, Elysia darted inside and slammed the door shut behind

fell silent at her sudden appearance. The eyes that turned to her showed surprise, then shock, and a hint of something more

poise about her. Raised in the countryside, she had the pure and unblemished look of a pristine

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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, and here

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

up and

up, but Keaton waved them