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?”

herself offering comfort,

“Chatterbox.”

just trying to show some

“Don’t need it.”

was such an ungrateful jerk and it

to the sixth floor

building was a walk–up with six floors, and the sixth was the top. There was no elevator, and each landing had two apartments. Across from him

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

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Clearly, someone was living

greetings and a mat that looked brand spanking new. He must be a newcomer.

what’s your

but we just call him

So, your last name is Bradford?”

with a look that hinted at

eyes widened in shock.

Tarquin, and now

Tarquin Bradford?!!

at her with a hint

wanted to avoid any idle chatter before

“What… what

and

her head, “It’s not too much to ask what your name is if you let me take care of your son,