Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 739

Elysia was lost when it came to talk of 'daughters' or the purpose behind his question. The sudden inquiry stirred a tinge of sadness within her. The past was a wound reopened...

"I don't know."

Tarquin was taken aback, "Didn't the doctor tell you?"

Elysia replied with a hint of detachment, "I only went for a check-up when I first found out I was pregnant. After that, I never returned. I didn't even know I was carrying multiples."

If she had known, perhaps she wouldn't have been unaware of Elijah being taken!

Tarquin couldn't hide his surprise, "Why wouldn't you go for check-ups?"

"I..." Elysia faltered, her voice barely above a whisper, "I was in a really tough spot back then..."

After a scandal had her kicked out by her husband, her adoptive parents, ashamed and fearing the exposure of a switched-at-birth secret, severed ties, forcing her to leave.

Her sister, Daphne Thorne, was even more sinister, plotting to sell her off to some remote area for profit.

Pregnant, and without any means to defend herself, Elysia had no choice but to flee under the cover of night.

Fearing discovery by the Thorne family and concerned about the stigma affecting her children, she chose to settle in a secluded mountain village, disconnected from the world.

she worried about basic

from a job, but she still avoided hospitals, dreading that Daphne might find

reach a hospital, she would have had to walk a great

and exhaustive labor, she simply

led to her avoiding

her children

share these hardships directly with Tarquin, fearing it would add to his guilt.

it not been for that incident at the airport, none

being tough back then" visibly shattered

he fought back emotions, eyes swelling,

unheard of for a pregnant

was all

"Don't blame yourself, I..."

but Tarquin pulled her into

could he say?

could undo

he could do was silently

love her! To truly cherish her! To doubly ensure her happiness, leaving no room for any further

her, steadying

Elysia, after all her suffering, to worry

wanted him optimistic, not dwelling on past