Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 201

It was the kind of terror that runs deep in the bones when facing a murderer!

Tarquin frowned at her murderer–staring‘ look, clearly displeased.

Quickly averting her gaze, Elysia shoved a lunchbox into his hands,

“This… This is Elijah’s breakfast. I’ve got stuff to deal with back home, so…. I gotta run.”

With that, she turned and sprinted away, as if a murderer was hot on her heels.

Tarquin watched her retreat, his expression darkening.

Benjamin humed over and asked, “What’s up with Ms. Thome? She seemed all flustered when she left. She didn’t even respond to my hello”

Tarquin pushed the thermos into Benjamin’s arms. “I need a smoke!”

With that he stormed off.

was puzzled. “What’s going on here? You two had a row? She’s all panic–stricken, and you look like you’ve been wronged big time. It’s

that Elysia had saved Elijah, and Tarquin’s attitude towards her had completely changed. They even embraced each other

silver lining that everyone around Tarquin

even more enthusiastic, wishing the

have to suffer

much more than that woman whose whereabouts

a few hours in, they were at odds

balcony, smoking, his

misunderstanding him didn’t bother him much, but Elysia’s misunderstanding

“What exactly

Tarquin’s right–hand man, with a status similar

as Tarquin, similar in personality – both were men of few words and rather

got there, Lionel was already dead, killed by an enemy.”

“Which enemy?”

and assaulted her. The girl reported to the police, but without evidence, nothing could be done. Instead, Lionel and his friends slandered her, claiming she was promiscuous and that she had seduced them for their money, and later tried to blackmail them. The girl was dishonored, her reputation ruined, and she was expelled from school. A few days ago, she found out she was pregnant, so she confronted Lionel and got beaten up and assaulted again. In her rage, she committed suicide. The girl was an orphan, living only with her brother. They were very close, and her brother happened to be

“if those guys harassed his sister,