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,

"

event is utterly disrespectful and ill-mannered! Today, in front of all these people, I, on behalf of the Bradford family, declare that even though Tarquin fancies you, we have always sided with righteousness over wickedness! We acknowledge only Daphne, and you will never be welcomed

Wrapping his arm protectively around Elysia's shoulders, he

from this moment on, I, Tarquin, have nothing to do with the Bradford family! From now on, we go our separate ways, without any further

was in

Bradfords were collectively swallowing

Tarquin would

his known issues with the Bradfords, he had never left, and

and couldn't sever ties since Gideon held his mother's ashes, effectively

most strained moments, he had never suggested

that he would, like his father

Bradfords would lose

brothers and the Bradfords themselves were at

turned his cold gaze

in name, we have neither shared a life nor feelings for each other. You were brought into this family by their arrangement. After our

guilty, became even more frightened at Tarquin's

consequences of losing Tarquin