Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 506

Elysia pouted, her voice tinged with sympathy, "You know, I kinda feel sorry for you."

In her eyes, it was simple. Most folks would want someone by their side when they're under the weather, let alone going through what he was. Yet, here he was, without a single soul to fret over him.

Pretty sad, if you ask me.

Sure, she wasn't related to him by blood, like Lowell, but she was the mother of his son.

A secret he was oblivious to, but one she was painfully aware of.

Their son tied them together with bonds that couldn't be severed. Directly linked, she felt a tad closer to him than others might.

She wouldn't bother with the small stuff, but when push came to shove, she believed she ought to step up.

whisk Elijah away from him, despite Blossom's advice against it. Helping him now

pity rendered Tarquin silent, his gaze dark and

handle a corpse, so we'll need Lowell's help. Should I

his cigarettes, initially lighting one before remembering Elysia's dislike for the smell and putting it away. Leaning back, he assured her, "You don't need to worry about me. Just take good care

definitely take care of Elijah!

"There's always a way."

"Aren't you worried someone might frame you? If you're pegged as a

brainstorming my defense. If not, it's not

stuck in jail, and

to spend New Year together?" Tarquin

to spend New Year

"I'm not serious?"

can you be serious if you think I want to spend New Year