Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem



She and Tarquin weren't even officially divorced yet. If Tarquin found out about them, what if it hurt him?

No way, she had to get in touch with the Royal Community's office pronto and get that divorce from Tarquin sorted!

Seizing the moment while he was in the shower, Elysia sat up, grabbed her phone, and dialed the Royal Community,

"Hello, I need to know when Tarquin can meet me? I'm in urgent need to get a divorce! If he refuses to get back to me, I swear I'll camp out at his office!"

The person on the other end said they'd pass the message to Mr. Bradford and hung up promptly.

Elysia frowned, worried. Did Tarquin have some serious issue?

There was zero love between them, they hadn't even met face to face yet, so why on earth was he dragging his feet on the divorce?

After stewing in her frustration for a while, Elysia calmed herself down and called the kids.

Blossom was home today, and the kids were all fine. They told her not to worry and to take care of her business.

Hanging up the phone, Elysia let out a sigh of relief, but the thought of Tarquin reignited her frustration.

When Tarquin came back from cooling off, Elysia was still brooding over the divorce.

Seeing him, her heart raced, filled with guilt, "I..."

Tarquin, in his pajamas and with his hair still damp from the shower, tossed the towel aside and climbed into bed.

Elysia shivered, nervous.

Tarquin snuggled under the covers, pulling her into his embrace, "Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything, just want to hold you." Elysia nestled in his arms, looking up at him, "You're not mad?"

"I can't bear to be mad at you."

Her heart fluttered at his response, and after a moment's thought, she sat up to face him seriously,

"We need to talk."

Seeing her seriousness, Tarquin sat up quickly, "As long as it's not about breaking up."

"I, I, I'm not divorced yet!"

Tarquin: "?!"

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Elysia mustered all her courage to say,

"I didn't want to hide this from you. You have the right to know. My husband and I, we're still not divorced."

Tarquin was surprised, "I thought he was dead?"

"He's not dead."

Tarquin was even more surprised, "He's alive??!! "

"Yeah, he's alive and well. But there's absolutely no love between us, not a single bit. I don't like him, and he doesn't like me, I..."

Before Elysia could finish, Tarquin's phone rang. Glancing at it, he saw it was from the Royal Community.

Without a second thought, he hung up!novelbin

He tossed the phone onto the nightstand and turned back to Elysia,

"If there's no love, why not divorce? Is it because of the kids?"

He still thought the three little ones were Elysia's 'husband's' kids!

Elysia, mindful of Tarquin's status, didn't go into details, only saying,

"There were some unpleasantness, leading to the delay. I actually came back this time with the kids to get the divorce, but it's been dragging on."

"He doesn't want to divorce?"

"Yeah."

Tarquin frowned, "Why wouldn't he want to?"

"He... he didn't explicitly say he doesn't want to, I guess he's just too busy with work."

Managing the entire Bradford Group must be super demanding, right?

Tarquin's expression darkened, dissatisfied,

"However busy, there's always time for a divorce. Excuses! Give me his info, I'll handle it!"

If there's no love, it's better to end it sooner rather than later, and not keep Elysia tied down!