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 throne.

lot, each with more tricks up their sleeve than you could count.

of schemers!

Allegra a venomous look.

back to your house and stay in there till 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 be transferred

of her skull! Being grounded was one thing, but being taken their branch’s projects was tantamount to taking their lives!

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

before you acted! You

Gideon huffed angrily and left, leaning on his

utter a word; they hung their

left sobbing her heart out.

anger as he cast a cold glare in their direction.

today’s news. Allegra

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reported, Allegra had burst in unannounced, barging into the room while

causing

promptly, but instead berated Elijah for his lack of respect and manners. She even told Elijah his mother was long dead, and had died a horrible

her, Elijah collapsed

there; otherwise, who knows what might have happened

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

up. Although there was no blood relation, he might as well