Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 205

Elliot was in the midst of a typical day of kindergarten when the smartwatch in his pocket buzzed, with a squint, he excused himself and headed to the bathroom.

His attention had always been on Tarquin and people around Tarquin, making it easy for him to spot when Gideon reached out.

Gideon’s confidant messaged him. Hey, my boss urgently needs your skills. We’ve attached a token of our sincerity. Please check it

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Elliot squinted at the image that popped up, taken aback by what he saw.

Gideon wanted to use that it

Item for a deal?

Did Gideon even grasp its value? Did he know how rate it was?

Even Elliot and Tarquin didn’t have it!

Rumer had it Tarquin had been on a wild goose chase for this item, with no luck so far.

But with this item, what couldn’t they achieve?

What was Gideon planning that he needed Elliot, when he had such a trump card?

After a moment, Elliot typed back, [With that in your hands, you could do anything. Why come to me?]

reply came swiftly, My boss said it’s great, but it’s a one–shot deal. Using it on the wrong thing would

him

was

help you with three tasks, within my moral and legal boundaries, and within

the response came, [Deal! How shall

you a location later Just leave it there, and

My boss hopes you can swiftly uncover who breached the Bradford Group’s security

again, tasked with investigating

table! But he couldn’t

needed careful

information

looking forward to a fruitful collaboration]

didn’t respond, lost in thought as he stared at the photo of the item.

is going

against Tarquin! And this item was exactly what Tarquin had

Gideon was

Tarquin would surely

make

all, as precious as the item was,

toyed with his

news that Gideon was trading the item for the

meeting, stormed out upon hearing it. Back in his office, he demanded. “Is this reliable?”

the dark web,