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!

ties with you six years ago, and I won't have any in the future. Don't even think about me or

for the scratches, nothing else happened. You were dreaming! You need to sober

fled the room

stood there, mulling

testify she was in the study all night? Then

be that he was so drunk that he

decided to seek confirmation from Elijah about where Elysia really spent

still asleep, he couldn't bear to wake him and instead turned to search for

strands of long, black

examined it closely. The color, the length, it all matched Elysia's

her waist-length, jet-black hair was distinctive in its

with him last night, then why was her hair on

not just

indicated

she hadn't been in his bed. She

be wrong.

just wasn't ready to

turned to go after Elysia, but then he

Wait!

Elijah's mother, why did

was her, but the one from the airport six