Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 214

“You… Can’t you use your head for once?”

Nola was hopping mad. “How can I even think straight right now? Tarquin’s ghosting me. He won’t take my calls or reply to my texts, and he won’t see me! Now he’s all fired up over some woman, and I’m freaking out here!”

“Calm down! This whole mess is nothing but good news for us!”

‘Really?”

Think about it. If it were you, would you stick your neck out for some kid you barely know, almost get yourself killed in the process, and then keep meddling? No way!”

Nola blinked a few times, confused.

Aileen continued, “After this scare, Elysia won’t dare to mess with Elijah’s business anymore. Who would joke with their own life?”

Nola’s eyes widened, finally getting the point!

“Exactly! If Elysia backs off, Tarquin won’t have anything to do with her. And he might even get mad at her for not helping Elijah anymore!”

is out of the picture, I’ll

“Got it!”

the only one banking on this. The whole Bradford family, even Blossom, had this

driving Elysia home. Lowell had called her, asking her to keep

her eyes, “If it’s too much, let’s just stop poking our noses into other people’s business. You couldn’t even be sure to save Elijah, and you

feeling woozy, said in a weak voice, ‘I’m

say you’re fine, but you almost got hit by a cart” Blossom was both angry and anxious, tears streaming down her face

tears but found she didn’t

her tears away and asked, ‘Elysia, what’s

“I… feel dizzy.”

panicking, pulled over to the side of the road. Touching Elysia’s forehead, Blossom felt

no, you have

there was a clinic nearby Blossom quickly helped Elysia out

showed

to give Elysia

come in? A little later, and it could have been too late! Fevers can kill,