Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 153

Oriana gazed at the shocked expression on Elysia’s face and, assuming she was scared, repeated with a smug look, “Tarquin Bradford!”

Elysia frowned. “What’s your deal with Tarquin?”

“That’s none of your business, but rest assured it’s way closer than whatever you’ve got going with him. I bet you couldn’t even get a seat at Mr. Bradford’s Thanksgiving table.”

Elysia’s his wife, for Pete’s sake!

Elysia mentally snapped back, fuming, but didn’t dare voice her thoughts out loud. After all, their marriage was a secret, bound by a confidentiality agreement.

“Did Tarquin send you to confront me, and to make me confess to framing Gage?” Elysia asked.

Oriana’s brow furrowed; she didn’t dare admit it outright. Although Tarquin’s ties with Nola Slater were special, it was Nola who had sought her out, not Tarquin.

“You don’t need the details. All you need to know is that if you don’t confess, you won’t be leaving here without a scratch today”

Elysia retorted, “So even if I confess, I can’t leave unharmed, right?”

Of course not! Once Elysia confessed, she would suffer even more! This was just the beginning; Oriana hadn’t even started playing hardball yet.

you won’t

least if you

bluffing. If she wasn’t, what was Tarquin’s angle? Was he making trouble for

the case, Tarquin was nothing but a

her gaze calculating, and said, “You’re so eager for me to confess because you’ve got a mission, right? Well then, we

was suspicious.

to confess, it’s not impossible.

wary, “What

you want, as long as you let me go

“Let you go? No way!”

more important for you, hurting me or

no chance of fighting back. She would only lose out if she tried to force her way through. She needed to outsmart them. First, she had to free her

a flicker of interest crossing her eyes before she mocked, “You think you

to reunite you

two!”

even remember who I am now, but I have

moment of hesitation, Oriana seemed tempted. The lure of returning to Keaton’s side was