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

cunning lot, each with more tricks up their

bunch of

Allegra a

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 to me.

popped out of her skull! Being grounded was one thing, but

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

huffed angrily and

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

sobbing her

cleared out, Lowell’s eyebrows knotted in anger as

to hear today’s news.

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unannounced, barging into the room while Elijah was

condition, causing him to reflexively hurl

leave promptly, but instead berated Elijah for his lack of respect and manners. She

collapsed on

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

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

had watched Elijah grow up. Although there was no blood relation, he might as well have been their own flesh