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!

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

a drunken illusion. Except for the scratches,

past Tarquin and fled the room while he was

stood there, mulling over her

she was in the study all night? Then who was in his

be that he was so drunk that he imagined

from Elijah about

wake him and instead turned to

strands of long, black

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

jet-black hair was distinctive in its natural state - shiny, full, and round. It

being with him last night, then why was her hair

just

clearly indicated an

claimed she hadn't been in his

be wrong. It was

just wasn't ready to confront

agitated, turned to go after Elysia, but then he remembered the paternity test and

Wait!

why did the test

it be that the woman from last night was her, but the