Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 195

“Beat it. Scram!” Tarquin barked without specifying at whom, snuffing out the cigarette in his hand and striding toward Elijah’s hospital room with his long legs.

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“Tarquin…” Gideon tried to call out, but Lowell cut him off with a timely gesture, his tone neither warm nor cold, “Mr. Bradford, please head on home and get some rest. Tarquin’s got a lot on his mind right now and isn’t in the mood for chitchat.”

Gideon frowned. “How’s Elijah doing, anyway?”

“He’s out of the woods now.”

Hearing this, Gideon let out a relieved sigh.

So did Allegra.

The rest of the Bradfords, however, had mixed expressions.

In the Bradford family, only Gideon didn’t want Elijah to kick the bucket–he still had plans to use the boy to keep the others in line.

The rest of them, though, wouldn’t mind if the sole heir bit the dust sooner rather than later.

There could only be one heir in the Bradford legacy, and Tarquin had only this one son–the sole heir to it

all.

If Elijah were to die, the spot for the heir would be up for grabs, and all their offspring would have a fair

the

a cunning lot, each with more tricks up

bunch of

Allegra a

I say otherwise. You’re not to step out without my say–so! Your branch of the family won’t be meddling in company affairs for a while. All the projects under your name will

was one thing, but being taken their branch’s projects was tantamount

I’ll stay at home for as long as you want, but you can’t take our projects away. We’ve still got Lionel and his father–they can handle the business. Those projects are our livelihood; if you take them

you acted! You reap

that, Gideon huffed angrily and left, leaning on

to utter a word; they hung their heads and quickly

was left sobbing her heart out.

cleared out, Lowell’s eyebrows knotted in anger as

hear today’s news. Allegra had

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had burst in unannounced, barging

shock had triggered Elijah’s condition, causing him

lack of respect and manners. She even told Elijah his

Elijah collapsed on

otherwise, who knows what might have happened to

happened to him, it wouldn’t just be Tarquin after Allegra–none of

grow up. Although there was no blood relation, he