Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 639

Axel's response was blunt, "No news at all."

Tarquin's heart skipped a beat!

Just after getting into the car, he frowned and asked, "No leads on a little girl resembling Elijah?"

"Yeah, I've gone through all the girls Elijah's age in Jindale City, not a single suspicious one!"

Axel then added, "Could the info about the daughter be a red herring by the mystery person to throw you off?"

Tarquin lit a cigarette, taking a deep drag. The tension around him was palpable; even the air in the car seemed to drop.

Lowell was sitting in the driver's seat, glancing at Tarquin through the rearview mirror, not daring to make a sound.

looking. If she's not in Jindale City, then expand

this daughter actually existed. But what if she did? What if he really had a daughter out there? He

comfort he had was that if this daughter did exist and was indeed with the mystery person, she was

head, he cautiously suggested, "Tarquin, maybe you should head to the office. It's

there was a backlog of work and many projects needed Tarquin's approval to proceed. But Tarquin had been staying at the hospital with Elijah and Elysia since the holiday, and hadn't been to the office, driving the executives to the brink of

Elysia and the kids. Flicking off

stood by the window, watching Tarquin's car leave the neighborhood. His

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noon, as Elysia was just finishing up lunch, the doorbell rang. Blossom egged her on to answer the door, "It's gotta be Elijah's dad. Go and talk to him. If you chicken out now, don't bother

ladle to serve the soup, and went to wash her hands before opening the door. Taking a deep breath to muster her courage, she swung the door open and blurted out, "Be honest, do you

stretched on, and he didn't reply. Elysia's heart sank as she looked down,