Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 553

Gideon was in a sour mood, practically feeling the pinch in his wallet.

"My shares are my own business! Everyone back to your seats and stop getting on my nerves!"

The room was filled with murmurs of discontent.

"Sure, it's your right to do as you please with your shares, but they're part of the Bradford family legacy. How can you just hand them over to an outsider?"

"And to give away so much in one go, what were you thinking?!"

Gideon, fuming, slammed his cane on the floor with a resounding 'thud'.

it his choice? He was more frustrated than anyone, feeling like he'd swallowed a bitter

make you all

Silence fell.

was just as anxious on the other side. Her worries weren't about shares, but about the million-dollar question. She clung to Tarquin by the window, unable to make

million too much?" she asked Tarquin, her

hand still holding his arm. Her hands were delicate and pale, the kind you'd expect from a lady of high society,

silent, Elysia gave him a slight shake, "Hey, I'm talking serious

much? Since when did you start turning down money? I thought you dreamed of living the high life," Tarquin finally

a million just for this! A million dollars, that's more than a decade's salary for

dollars made her this nervous? She was both

a smile. "We're asking for more because they can afford it. If they were just regular

compensation should match the offender's ability to pay. If only I knew I