Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 844

Elysia's voice broke mid-shout, suddenly going silent.

Exhausted and overwhelmed by her emotions, she fainted.

Tarquin, panicked, quickly scooped her up in his arms and hurried to his car.

Once they were in the car, he fired up the engine, cranking the heater up to full blast before wrapping her tightly in a blanket he grabbed from the trunk.

Then he rushed back to the driver's seat and drove her straight to the hospital.

He wasn't worried about Axel. Axel knew how to handle himself without getting into trouble.

As for settling scores with Keith, that could wait until Elysia was safe and sound. Right now, he'd love nothing more than to get his hands on Keith, but Elysia came first, always.

He arrived at the nearest hospital with Elysia, and it took nearly an hour to get her settled.

By the time Axel showed up, Elysia was already receiving IV fluids.

was dressed in a clean hospital gown, her eyes closed, a frown creasing her forehead, her breathing uneven -

of her hands in both of his, pressing it to his lips, eyes

were still drenched,

nurse, noticing Axel's gaze lingering on Tarquin, chimed in, "You're his friend, right? Please convince him to change. He could catch a cold. We've tried, but he won't listen. He won't leave his

saying a word and entered

change. I'll

turned to him and asked, "What about

"He got away."

pitch black, and the terrain unfamiliar to him, allowing

frown deepened, but

up, and took the clean clothes his bodyguard had

to leave Elysia's side, even for a moment. But with

change into dry clothes, Tarquin immediately

small boat, a mute, who admitted Keith had taken his boat out to sea before donning diving gear and disappearing underwater. Beyond that, he's not

was just a decoy, meant to distract

couldn't help asking, "How did you know Keith