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

of

Allegra a venomous look.

the family won’t be meddling in company affairs for a while. All the

eyes nearly popped out of her skull! Being grounded was one thing, but being taken their branch’s projects

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,

before you

and left, leaning

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

was left sobbing

out, Lowell’s eyebrows knotted in anger as he cast a cold glare

to hear today’s news. Allegra had

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barging

Elijah’s condition, causing him to reflexively

didn’t soothe him or leave promptly, but instead berated Elijah for his lack of respect and manners. She even

collapsed

knows what might have happened to

of danger, but if anything had happened to him, it wouldn’t just be Tarquin

Although there was no blood relation, he might as well have been their