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 necessities, let alone medical

a bit from a job, but she

To reach a hospital, she would have had to walk

and exhaustive labor, she simply lacked the

to her avoiding hospitals throughout

her children

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

for that incident at

her simple admission of "life being tough

throat worked as he fought back

and age, it was unheard of for a pregnant woman to

all

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

tried to comfort him, but Tarquin

could he say? Apologize? Make

Nothing could undo the hardships

do was silently

her! To truly cherish her! To doubly ensure

held her, steadying

want Elysia, after all her suffering,

on past griefs. He