Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 127

Elysia couldn’t quite wrap her head around the situation.

“U thought you were loaded? I mean, your car alone is worth.a fortune, so surely you can afford a decent place. But this… this is pretty rough.”

Tarquin’s expression remained blank as he replied, “I’m broke and going belly up.

“What? You’re broke?” Elysia gasped in disbelief.

“Got a problem with that?”

“No, it’s just… how does someone just go broke overnight? When did this happen?”

“Last night.”

Elysia was speechless.

To avoid exposing his true identity. Tarquin had brought Elysia to this old family home after his son Elijah was discharged from the hospital the previous evening. This was the house his mother had lived in before she moved abroad.-

“How come I can’t see any sign of you being upset about this huge ordeal?” Elysia asked cautiously. Most people would be down in the dumps for a while after such a blow. Some might never get over it.

But looking at him, there was no trace of the grief you’d expect from someone who had just lost everything.

“How do you know I’m not upset?” Tarquin countered.

“I can’t see it.”

“You’re not my close ones, so should I parade my sad feelings in front of you?”

thinking there was some sense in his words. But something inside her twisted, and she found herself offering comfort, “Life’s a roller coaster, you know. Ups and downs are part of the

“Chatterbox.”

trying to

“Don’t need it.”

internal monologue was less than charitable. He was such an ungrateful jerk

sixth floor and stopped

walk–up with six floors, and the sixth was the top. There was no elevator, and each landing had

602; its door was marked with a cheery “Welcome” sign, and the doormat

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of frequent use. Clearly, someone was

Tarquin’s place, which had no such warm greetings and a mat that looked brand spanking new. He

what’s your son’s name?” Elysia

but we just call him

your last name is

his eyes narrowing with a look that hinted at deeper meanings.

widened in

called him Tarquin, and now

Tarquin Bradford?!!

eyes grew larger, Tarquin looked at her with a hint of disdain, “If you’ve got

any idle chatter

swallowed hard, “What… what

squinted and

name is