Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 572

Upon reaching the second-floor study, Axel tossed Gideon into the room, slammed the door shut, and stationed himself outside.

Now, it was just Gideon and Tarquin, grandfather and grandson, alone in the room.

Initially, Gideon was a mix of panic and defiance, but then he burst into laughter, "Yes, it was all me! Hahaha, I've been slowly poisoning Elijah over the years, at least seven or eight times. The poison was slow-acting, not lethal, but painful enough to make him suffer!

Every time he got poisoned, Elijah must have felt terrible, especially during the initial days when the poison was at its strongest. He'd sweat buckets and grimace in pain, haha.

But, oh, how naïve you were, always thinking his illness was due to his obsession with his mother!

And why did I poison Elijah? It's all because of you!

If he didn't have you as his father, he wouldn't have suffered so much!

innocent either. All the suffering

knew exactly how to hit Tarquin where it

while before speaking, "You haven't changed a bit, always ready to do anything for your own agenda, even if it means harming your own flesh

great-grandson. Is power really that important to you? Is

of you

their suffering on me!

me, I wouldn't have thought of harming you!" "Hah!" Tarquin scoffed

to deal with it. Stop bringing up irrelevant matters!" Tarquin clenched his jaw tightly, holding back his rage

on using Elijah to control the rest of the Bradford family, wouldn't want Elijah dead. There

Gideon surely knew who it

hesitation, Gideon accused, "It was that scoundrel downstairs! He's the

the blame to his confidant, but Tarquin was clearly

"I want the truth!"