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.

one to Tarquin and took a seat opposite

to go see Elysia this afternoon. I even made

off with a grimace, "Stop acting, Verity. It's a waste of time for both of us. You're responsible for the death of my parents, and I will never let that go. As for your son... is there even anything

hitched, and her eyes widened

blunt accusation took her

few seconds to gather her wits, and she quickly retorted, "Tarquin, you can't just say things like that. You probably don't know, but I was the

enough to them to do it, the only one who could

people are openly malicious, while others are

belonged to the latter

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

wasn't interested in listening to her excuses. He

seeing the evidence, Verity's breathing became

was irrefutable; she couldn't

onto the couch, gasping, "How... how did you find all this? Impossible! You were so young... No, no, it couldn't have been you. It must

who would investigate what happened back then. Nobody else cared. And only he had the resources to uncover the

and then suddenly flew out of the country on a private jet this morning. You arranged for him to leave! You made a deal with him; you get him out of the

her with a cold expression, silently confirming

cubs, but he's heartless! He threw me under the bus just to save himself, completely