Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 98

Elysia pursed her lips and said, “Look, we’re all adults here, no need to spin tales. It was your son who shoved mine first! Everyone saw it.”

The onlookers huddled around, exchanging glances and whispers, none daring to utter a word.

As it happened, Tarquin was in the area conducting an inspection.

The mall was part of the Bradford Group’s portfolio, and he made a point of personally checking on each establishment monthly.

Lowell spotted Elysia and said, “Well, if it isn’t Ms. Thorne. Talk about fate, eh? I heard she went shopping with Ms. Blythe, never imagined they’d grace us with their presence. Must be divine intervention! The big guy upstairs knows you’ve been all knotted up about Ms. Thorne lately, and arranged a little serendipity for you.”

Tarquin shot back with a dry. “Silence is golden, Lowell.”

Lowell chuckled, “Seems like Ms Thorne’s caught up in some trouble. Should we go have a look?”

“Playing the knight in shining armor, are you?”

Lowell blinked, “No, of course not. That wasn’t my intention.

But he was definitely hoping Tarquin would play that role.

Lowell figured she had something special. After all these years, she was the only one

a normal life again, then Elysia would be golden in Lowell’s eyes. Regardless of whether she had an agenda with. Tarquin, as long as she wasn’t after his life, that was fine

see him suffer over

uncertain.

like her?” Tarquin asked out of the blue, catching

not funny.”

her, I’ll

as he said, “You might as well put

her, and you

like her, I can approach her and extend an olive branch.”

magnanimous words, Lowell was close to losing his

not like that. I… I may have been

you.”

“Oh?”

but he said nothing more, aware that Tarquin harbored no feelings for Elysia.

stabilized Corbin’s condition, didn’t she? I

at him with half–closed eyes but said nothing

argument. A few women were making quite the scene, haughtily proclaiming,

fact that we didn’t kick your kid out of the park is mercy enough!”