Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 366

What was she so afraid of, so worried about?

She feared he would discover the child! Feared he would fight her for custody! Feared he would use the child to bind her, turning her into a caged bird!

She despised him! She didn't like him one bit!

He was willing to spend the rest of his life making amends, but she wanted no part of it!

She didn't want to be with him! Wanted nothing more to do with him!

She wouldn't stay, and neither would her child!

Elysia snorted in defiance, sticking to her resolve of 'deny till you die',

"I never slept with you, and last night wasn't me in your bed! Yes, I did scratch you, but I didn't climb into your bed! I spent the entire night in the study, and Elijah can vouch for me!"

It just so happened that Elijah found her in the study that morning; surely he would assume she had been there all night.

Before Tarquin could even respond, Elysia added,

"Accidents happen, and feelings can be misleading, especially under the influence of alcohol. Your so-called feelings for me only prove that I resemble someone in your heart, but I am not her!

had no ties with you six years ago, and I won't have any in the future. Don't even think

for the scratches, nothing else happened. You

that, Elysia pushed past Tarquin and fled the room while

there, mulling over

testify she was in the study all night?

he was so drunk that he imagined it

seek confirmation from Elijah about

couldn't bear to wake him and instead turned to search

bed, with several strands of long, black hair,

examined it closely. The color, the length, it all matched

distinctive in its natural state - shiny, full,

last

not just one

strands clearly indicated

in his bed.

be wrong. It

to confront

go after Elysia, but then he remembered the

Wait!

was Elijah's mother, why

last night was her, but the one from the airport six years ago