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.

like some weak little businessman to me this'll be fun. Let's show him what

see

they left, Tarquin watched them go, his

gym? This is a setup if I've ever seen one. We should just call the

I wasn't sure I could win. And even if things get rough, they're not touching me-my

bodyguards, Elysia felt a bit

like son, huh? What kind of parents act like that

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

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

Elysia nodded. "Alright."

and got the kids excused, then

drive, Clayton and the kids

to talk

didn't want

it All the way home, she focused

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AQUMS

they arrived, Heath had lunch ready for

the four boys-Elliot, Evan, Emmett, and Elijah—said they were going up

grabbed a stack of gold foil paper and started folding paper

Pamela