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?”

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.”

to show

“Don’t need it.”

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

floor and stopped

floors, and the sixth was the top. There was no elevator, and each landing had two apartments. Across

marked with a cheery “Welcome” sign, and the

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someone was living in thi

which had no such warm greetings and a mat that looked brand spanking new.

your son’s name?” Elysia asked.

but we just

your last

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

widened in

called him Tarquin, and now

Tarquin Bradford?!!

a hint of disdain, “If you’ve

any idle chatter

what is

and didn’t reply.

her head, “It’s not too much to ask what your name is if you