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.

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

if his kid broke our boy's arm, let's see if he can handle a taste of his

go, his gaze

frowned, anxious. "You seriously agreed to fight them, knowing their family runs a gym? This

I wasn't sure I could win. And even if

Tarquin's ever-present bodyguards, Elysia

huh? What kind of parents act like that and expect their

easygoing, but that whole family seemed off.

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

Elysia nodded. "Alright."

the school and got the kids

Clayton and the kids kept

to talk things over—he didn't mention

want Clayton

quiet about it All the way home,

s

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had lunch ready

eating, the four boys-Elliot, Evan, Emmett, and Elijah—said they

stack of gold foil paper and started folding paper cranes

Pamela