Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

When Tarquin showed up unannounced, Verity was in the middle of making chicken soup in her cozy kitchen.

The sight of him nearly made her drop the ladle!

It took her a moment to compose herself, before she managed a smile and asked, "Tarquin, what brings you here?"

Before Tarquin could even respond, she turned to her nanny with a frown, "You didn't think to inform me Tarquin was coming? What kind of manners is that? You're responsible for this oversight!"

The nanny, clearly flustered, replied, "Master Tarquin... I didn't have the chance to tell you."

Tarquin had barged in, and the nanny couldn't stop him or alert Verity in time.

Verity shot the nanny a dark look, prompting her to find an excuse to tidy up the yard, leaving them alone.

Quickly, Verity invited Tarquin to sit down and offered to make him some tea.

"No need, let's just talk," Tarquin said with a cold tone, settling himself on the living room couch.

Verity, her heart racing, poured two cups of chamomile tea.

handed one to Tarquin and took a

was just about to go see Elysia this afternoon. I even made her and the

You're responsible for the

and her eyes widened in

took her by

can't just say things like that. You probably don't know, but I was the closest to

clenched his teeth, "That just means you were the only one close enough to them to do it, the

are openly malicious, while others

belonged to the latter

your face but ready to stab you in the back, the

Tarquin wasn't interested in listening

seeing the evidence, Verity's

evidence was irrefutable; she couldn't

You were so young... No, no, it couldn't have been you. It must have been... your grandfather gave this to

would investigate what

jet this morning. You arranged for him to leave! You made a deal with

a cold expression, silently confirming

he's heartless! He threw me under the bus just