Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 786

After months of frustration and pouring money into the Thorne family, not to mention the fortune spent on hosting this lavish party, this moment was what I had been waiting for!

"Does she not understand her place, or is she deliberately making Tarquin and us uncomfortable?"

"I think she's here to provoke Daphne on purpose! Honestly, mistresses these days are getting bolder by the minute. The legitimate wife hasn't approached her, yet she's the one making the first move!"

"The one thing wealthy families like ours don't lack is children. Thinking she can elevate her status through an illegitimate child is a miscalculation. The Bradford family certainly doesn't acknowledge that!"

When the conversation shifted to her children, Elysia's temper flared, and she lunged forward, slapping the woman across the face.

"Say one more thing about my children, I dare you!"

The crowd was stunned, and the woman covered her face, sobbing,

"Look at how brazen mistresses are these days! Daring to hit someone in public, oh my goodness..."

"How dare you!"

Gideon, seated in his wheelchair, sneered coldly at Elysia,

"

member of the Bradford family at our own event is utterly disrespectful and ill-mannered! Today, in front of all these people, I, on behalf of the Bradford family,

face turned ashen. Wrapping his arm protectively

I, Tarquin, have nothing to

was

Bradfords were collectively swallowing their

anticipated that Tarquin would make such a declaration

he had never left, and there were reasons for

and couldn't sever ties since Gideon

most strained moments, he had never suggested a

like his father before him, opt to leave the

Bradfords

brothers and the Bradfords themselves

then turned his

neither shared a life nor feelings for each other. You were brought into this family by their arrangement. After our divorce today, you can follow them. They seem

frightened at Tarquin's outburst

Tarquin for the family,