Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1398

The man let out a cold laugh.

"Alright then, let's settle this our way. You got the guts to face me in a ring?"

"If I lose, we'll drop everything that happened today. But if you lose, not only do you pay up, you get down on your knees and apologize. Loud and clear."

The Thyania crowd behind him started hollering, egging him on. "Come on, man! Prove you're not all talk-let's see what you're made of!"

The woman shot a sneer at Elysia, her tone dripping with mockery.

"If your family's too scared to fight, just save us the trouble and get down now- beg for forgiveness."

"And bring your little troublemakers out, along with that crazy old bat of yours. They can all kneel and apologize, too."

"After that, my son gets to teach Evan a little lesson. Then we'll call it even."

Tarquin didn't even glance at her. He looked straight at Punikon's father and asked,

"So, where's this going down? Your gym work for you?"

The man raised his eyebrows, surprised. "You know we run a boxing gym, and you still want to do this? Got guts, I'll give you that. Eight tonight, at my place. Don't be late."

"Fine by me."

"If you chicken out, everyone'll know you're nothing but a coward!" someone jeered as the group walked off, laughing and talking smack.

be fun. Let's show him

arm, let's see if he can handle a taste of his

watched them go, his gaze sharp as a

seriously agreed to fight them, knowing their family runs a gym? This is a setup if I've ever seen one. We should just

wouldn't have agreed if I wasn't sure I could win.

ever-present bodyguards,

grumbled, "Like father, like son, huh? What kind of parents act like that

athletes are supposed to be straightforward and easygoing, but that whole

fight tonight, and then we'll sort out the kids' situation. For now, let's just take the kids home and help them settle

Elysia nodded. "Alright."

got the kids excused, then took them

the drive, Clayton and the kids kept asking what was going to

they'd meet later to talk things over—he didn't mention the

didn't want Clayton or

about it All the way home, she

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arrived, Heath had lunch

boys-Elliot, Evan, Emmett, and Elijah—said they were

she grabbed a stack of gold foil paper and started folding paper cranes

Pamela joined