Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1360

Upstairs, Lucian was still awake.

When Tarquin showed up at his door, Lucian didn't look the least bit surprised. He ushered him in, set the kettle on, and poured two mugs of steaming black tea.

"I'm guessing you're here about Verity's son?" Lucian's voice was hoarse, his whole face tired and drawn.

Tarquin nodded. "I just found out he's your son."

Lucian's eyes went glassy with unshed tears. "Yeah, he is. Or-was."

"But... I never heard about you and Verity being together."

Lucian let out a long, shuddering breath. "It was never supposed to happen. It was an accident."

"After your father cut ties with the Bradfords, only Verity kept in touch. She'd visit him in Europe all the time."

"That kid-my son was conceived during one of those trips."

"There was a dinner, too much wine, and... well, one thing led to another. Suddenly Verity was pregnant."

someone came knocking, using the kid to blackmail me—threatening that if I ever talked about Hill Valley, there'd

So I hired a private investigator, kept

furrowed. Whoever had threatened Lucian-that had to be the mysterious stranger. Only that person would

"Do you know who threatened you

shook his head. "No idea. Never met him. He only called. Used a burner

just the stranger's

"Would you... talk

"My son's dead. I've got nothing left to

"The night Aiden bit my dad-was it

"Buckets. The kind of rain that soaks

dad leave the house around

never left her side. Sat

dragged Aiden up the

had done it, and Keith had gotten it wrong. But the stranger didn't really resemble his

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