Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 288

Seeing his son's serious face, Tarquin pressed his lips together in silence for a moment before deciding to come clean.

"I did lie to you before, and I don't actually know your mom. I have no idea who she is. She and I... we had a one-night stand, and that's how you came into existence."

Elijah's breath hitched, and his eyes widened in disbelief! He looked incredulously at Tarquin, "What?"

Tarquin continued, "When I returned to the country to take over the Bradford Group, I upset some powerful interests. They sent someone after me, and I was drugged. In the urgency of the moment, going to the hospital wasn't an option, so that's how I ended up with your mom. It was dark, and I couldn't make out her face. By the time the danger was over and I went to look for her, she had vanished. So for the past six years, I've been searching for her, but to no avail. I don't even know what she looks like."

Elijah paused, stunned. This sounded just like Elliot and Evan's mother's story.

"You, you were at the airport when it happened?"

"Yeah."

Elijah shot up from his chair, holding his breath before asking, "On the day you returned?"

"That's right."

Elijah was dumbfounded.

the day he returned to the

he met Elijah's own

What did this mean?

breathing became rapid, "How many

so worked up, Tarquin grew anxious, fearing for his well-being, he stood up

nearly roared, his face turning beet

it was only your mom... She's the only one I've ever been

held his breath, staring straight

only been

was

all over, even

the next second, he burst

aback and quickly pulled his son into his arms,

both shocked and confused. He had just said he had only been

Elijah's tears were during his episodes, amid extreme agitation and