Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 977

Elysia woke with a start to find the bed beside her empty. Flicking on the bedside lamp, she sat up and called out, "Tarquin?"

No response. He wasn't in the room.

Frowning slightly, Elysia felt a twinge of concern.

She knew he must have gone out to clear his head.

The matter of Elizabeth's ashes weighed heavily on them all. Even though she and the kids did bring warmth and comfort to him, it wasn't possible for the grief to have completely dissipated.

After all, Elizabeth was his beloved mother...

He didn't show it because he didn't want to worry her or the kids.

Sighing softly to herself, Elysia turned off the lamp and lay back down.

Everyone needs their space, and respecting that need without intrusion was paramount.

Some burdens had to be shouldered alone...

The next day.

breaking when Tarquin

this, but Verity's illegitimate son has been living in

brow furrowed. "Are

you

a well-known cultural hub abroad, a

and his mother, Elizabeth, had once

base of

to hear that Verity's illegitimate son was also residing there was too

Tarquin hadn't taken the news of Verity's son too seriously. But this revelation made him sit up

he opened the

had

graduating from a top university here, he had returned to work at a local

after moving abroad. She had juggled her job with her literary pursuits. Tarquin still had vague memories of

the startling fact that this illegitimate son was living

issue at

sudden ring of his phone broke his concentration. It was

Frowning, Tarquin answered, "Speak."

the old man wants you to visit him at the hospital. He

"I'm busy!"

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