Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 165

“Dig deep and find out who did this to Gage!” Tarquin blurted out suddenly.

Lowell snapped back to the present, his expression growing stern.

“Right, I’ll make a call.”

After visiting the Slater family, Tarquin had made a point of seeking out Gage to get the lowdown.

Gage had confessed that the attacker made it clear he was targeted because he had been bullying Elysia,

The attacker had threatened that if Gage messed with Elysia again, next time he would be signing his own

death warrant!

Gage had even tried to bribe his way out, offering the attacker ten times the payoff to let him off the hook, but the attacker just sneered and said, “Money isn’t my only motivator. I’m not some gun for hire that jumps at the highest bidder!”

So, it was all because of Elysia. Someone was avenging her.

It could be that the attacker knew Elysia personally, harbored deep feelings for her, and after learning of Gage’s repeated harassment, decided to take matters into his own hands.

Or it could be that the person who paid for the hit knew Elysia.

And that the attacker and the client had a close bond, leading the former to act in defense of Elysia.

know her, they were almost sure of one thing: Elysia was just an ordinary woman.

influential people she knew were Winona and

came from an esteemed academic family, and with her demeanor, she wasn’t the type

even in Jindale

who was taking up arms for her?

have strong feelings for Elysia, considering Gage’s sensitive status and

Tarquin.

no one would dare make a

time someone breached the Bradford Group’s security system, sent him an invitation, and hijacked his billion–dollar deal overnight…

And it was very likely someone she

this person,

to get to the bottom of

hung up the phone and delegated the tasks, Tarquin said, “Focus on

Zane? But he doesn’t have that kind of money. Not Zane, not even the

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was still on about Zane stealing their

our security might not be him, but the one who hurt

the attacker? But he knows full well Gage is connected to us. Would

nothing he wouldn’t dare if Gage crossed a line. Forget about emasculating him; he’d kill him if pushed

Thome is Zane’s breaking point?”