Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 709

Tarquin frowned, "Who?"

"Declan."

Tarquin's eyes narrowed sharply!

He didn't speak, instead, he pocketed one hand and walked over to the smoking area, tucking his phone between his ear and shoulder as he lit up a cigarette.

Declan had been with him for a decade, mentored personally by Axel. He was one of his secondary bodyguards.

Axel was the only primary one.

Though there were several at the secondary level, those were his core team members.

And in his world, core team members meant brothers!

Declan's betrayal felt as if he had been stabbed in the back by his own brother.

Tarquin didn't explode in anger. Instead, he furrowed his brows deeper, taking half a cigarette's time before asking, "Why?"

"The other side threatened him with his ex-girlfriend and kid, forced him to betray you."

Tarquin clenched his jaw in surprise, "Declan has a kid?"

He had no clue until someone spilled the beans to him a month ago. He secretly met the kid, ran a paternity test,

to say. The rest was up to Tarquin

his cigarette in two quick drags and lighting another, Tarquin asked, "The kid and his mother, they're with them?"

brief silence, Tarquin said, "Use me as bait, set something up to

hesitated, "Using you to save them

Declan, any plan to

have to concern Tarquin's life to be

worry about me;

lips twitched, but he said

born cold-blooded and brutal without a shred of humanity. But deep

current demeanor, the imprable armor he wore, built from past wounds and scars. His strength now was

asked, "What about Declan? He's ashamed, wants to end

temper flared

others! He can think about dying

up, Tarquin adjusted his

of the reasons, the fact remained that he had been betrayed

a

Declan for the lack of loyalty, yet he

in the wrong. If he were in the same situation,

anger on Declan, leaving