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,

"

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,

Wrapping his arm protectively around Elysia's shoulders, he glared at

clear to everyone here today, from this moment on, I, Tarquin, have nothing to do with

crowd was

were collectively

had anticipated that Tarquin would make such

with the Bradfords, he had never left, and there were reasons for

was investigating the circumstances surrounding his parents' deaths and couldn't sever ties since Gideon held his mother's ashes,

in the most strained moments, he had never suggested a complete separation from

like his

the Bradfords would lose

to the stunned onlookers, his brothers and the Bradfords themselves

then turned his cold

neither shared a life nor feelings for each other. You were brought into this family by their arrangement.

became even more frightened at

realizing the dire consequences of losing Tarquin for the family, played the family