Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1150

The young man glared at him for a few tense seconds before speaking up, "So, what do you want from me?"

"I'm here to make a deal. You spill what you know, and I'll get people on trying to save your hide. Whether they manage to or not, well, that's on you."

"And if I don't wanna talk?" the young man challenged.

"Simple. I leave, and you can kiss your ass goodbye," Tarquin replied with an indifferent shrug.

The young man ground his teeth in frustration.

He had anticipated Tarquin coming to him, but not like this. So calm, so detached. He had expected Tarquin to do everything in his power to pry information out of him, not act like he didn't give a damn.

The young man couldn't get a read on Tarquin's psyche and didn't dare push too hard. After all, staying alive was his top priority, and right now, Tarquin was his only lifeline.

"I don't know his real identity. All I know is there's a massive research facility beneath the newspaper office. They've been conducting experiments in secrecy, using the staff as their guinea pigs," the young man reluctantly shared.

"Guinea pigs?"

"Yeah, they'd inject us with stuff periodically, keep us under constant surveillance, taking notes on every possible metric."

they researching?"

you are. All

worked at that newspaper too. Was

a brief silence, Tarquin asked, "What exactly

their research, incredibly important to them. Apparently, it's the result of over twenty years of work, and your mother

parents died, they

you had it, but then realized you were clueless about

be hidden somewhere connected to you, somewhere only you

watching you, from childhood up

he's been trying to kill me too, why?

he didn't want you

about@liminating you. However, when their efforts failed, they were glad

Tarquin remained silent, processing.

I can't guarantee its truth," He added after

then asked, "Have you ever

surface-level folks

frankly, wouldn't want