Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 75

Keaton wiped the sweat from his brow and swallowed hard before speaking again, “Buddy, you seriously saved my skin today!”

Tarquin remained silent.

Keaton tried to steady his racing heart and asked, “So, what’s your take now? If she’s been sent by the Bradfords, we’ve got to watch our backs. Can’t let her anywhere near Elijah.”

“I know.”

“But I heard from my sis that she’s pretty sharp. If she’s got skills, keeping her away from Elijah might be a loss for him.”

That was the crux of the matter.

Tarquin was torn between giving her the cold shoulder and considering Elijah’s well–being. He couldn’t afford to miss out on any chance to heal Elijah, no matter how slim that hope might be.

Keaton probed, “Didn’t you have someone dig into her background?”

but came up empty.”

But Elijah is the last of the Bradford

a woman to get to you, not Elijah. So, I reckon even if she gets close to

cigarette ashes thoughtfully. “If she really is a Bradford pawn, then Gideon’s played a

ordinary woman approaching him would stand no chance. But this woman, an expert in child psychology, who could help Elijah recover? That alone made it impossible for him. to just

if she could truly cure Elijah’s mood swings, he’d owe her his life. In other words, if she won Elijah over, she wouldn’t need to

be completely under her

hesitated, “You’ve got a point, but… you can’t just assume she’s Gideon’s spy after one encounter, right? Maybe Gideon just took a fancy to her know–how in psychology and decided to

prejudice against her had deepened because DNA tests proved she wasn’t Elijah’s biological

when he saw a photo of her with Gideon, it was natural for him to lump them together. Even when she approached him to explain the meeting,

thought, Keaton might not be entirely wrong.

with Gideon and the money he gave her only suggested a high likelihood of her being a Bradford spy.

it was just

have the resources to hack into Bradford Group’s computers? To pull off stealing so many deals overnight?