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

at the throne.

were a cunning lot, each with more tricks up their sleeve than you could

of

Allegra a venomous

branch of the family

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

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 away, how are

should’ve thought about that before you acted! You reap

and left, leaning on his

one else dared to utter a word; they hung their heads and quickly left

sobbing her heart

had cleared out, Lowell’s eyebrows knotted in anger as he cast a cold glare in their direction.

was shocked to hear today’s news. Allegra had really crossed

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Heath reported, Allegra had burst in unannounced, barging into the

triggered Elijah’s condition, causing him to reflexively hurl things

and manners. She even told Elijah his mother was long dead, and had

collapsed on the spot.

Elysia was there; otherwise, who knows what might have happened to

to him, it wouldn’t just be Tarquin after Allegra–none of them would let

no blood relation, he might as well have been their own flesh and