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?”

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

“Chatterbox.”

trying to show

“Don’t need it.”

less than charitable. He was such an ungrateful jerk and it just

floor

sixth was the top. There was no elevator, and each landing

door was marked with

18

09:43

someone was living in thi

like Tarquin’s place, which had no such warm greetings and a

way, what’s your son’s name?” Elysia asked.

just

last name is Bradford?”

to her, his eyes narrowing with a look

eyes widened in shock.

him Tarquin, and now

Tarquin Bradford?!!

looked at her with a hint of disdain, “If you’ve got

to avoid any idle chatter before meeting Elijah.

what is your

and didn’t

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

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