Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1249

"You've got no connections in the medical field, no family name, nothing. Without me, you're nobody! The fact that I'm inviting you to join my research team is a privilege you should be grateful for!"

Elysia's response was ice-cold.

“I don't need connections, I don't need a leg up, and I definitely don't need your so-called privilege. Goodbye!"

"You-Listen, developing a cure for this virus, that's the sacred duty of every doctor! If you refuse to help, you're heartless-unpatriotic, ungrateful!"

Sabrina's voice shot up like she was preaching from a pulpit, making Elysia's refusal sound like a crime against humanity.

Elysia wasn't in the mood for her theatrics. She didn't say another word, just hung up.

Who the hell was Sabrina to judge her compassion or her sense of duty?

She wasn't about to let herself be guilt-tripped by Sabrina's moral posturing. Not today.

A minute later, Sabrina sent a long-winded message:

[If you don't have compassion and a sense of responsibility, you don't deserve to be a healer. Hell, you don't even deserve to be a decent human being!]

Elysia snorted and shot back:

[I'm pretty sure you're the one who doesn't deserve to be a healer. Or a decent human being, for that matter.]

send, she blocked

of work. Always scheming to steal someone else's achievements, and the second she can't, she

any illusions

let someone like Sabrina take the

from all

her little clapback, Elysia was over it. But Tarquin? He

over again-did they think he was just

a quick text to Lowell: [Dig

family

I want all their

in, catching him off guard.

just bit

slipped his phone away and gave

"Just Lowell. Work stuff."

tell her he'd just declared war on the Stevenson family over Sabrina.

it. "We have no idea how long we'll be out in the woods this time. Aren't

told your dad too-if anything urgent comes up,

widened. "You asked

a smart guy-he's run Hawkins Sea-freight like a pro for years. He can handle

knew her father

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