Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem



When Tarquin showed up unannounced, Verity was in the middle of making chicken soup in her cozy kitchen.

The sight of him nearly made her drop the ladle!

It took her a moment to compose herself, before she managed a smile and asked, "Tarquin, what brings you here?"

Before Tarquin could even respond, she turned to her nanny with a frown, "You didn't think to inform me Tarquin was coming? What kind of manners is that? You're responsible for this oversight!"

The nanny, clearly flustered, replied, "Master Tarquin... I didn't have the chance to tell you."

Tarquin had barged in, and the nanny couldn't stop him or alert Verity in time.

Verity shot the nanny a dark look, prompting her to find an excuse to tidy up the yard, leaving them alone.

Quickly, Verity invited Tarquin to sit down and offered to make him some tea.

"No need, let's just talk," Tarquin said with a cold tone, settling himself on the living room couch.

Verity, her heart racing, poured two cups of chamomile tea.

She handed one to Tarquin and took a seat opposite him.

"I was just about to go see Elysia this afternoon. I even made her and the kids some soup, I..."

Tarquin cut her off with a grimace, "Stop acting, Verity. It's a waste of time for both of us. You're responsible for the death of my parents, and I will never let that go. As for your son... is there even anything to discuss?"

Verity's breath hitched, and her eyes widened in shock.noveldrama

Tarquin's blunt accusation took her by surprise!

It took her a few seconds to gather her wits, and she quickly retorted, "Tarquin, you can't just say things like that. You probably don't know, but I was the closest to your parents out of the entire Bradford family. I was the only one who supported their relationship."

Tarquin clenched his teeth, "That just means you were the only one close enough to them to do it, the only one who could have orchestrated their deaths!"

Some people are openly malicious, while others are sneakily treacherous!

Verity belonged to the latter category!

Friendly to your face but ready to stab you in the back, the most despicable kind!

Verity tried to defend herself, but Tarquin wasn't interested in listening to her excuses. He laid out the evidence before her!

After seeing the evidence, Verity's breathing became rapid.

The evidence was irrefutable; she couldn't deny it!

She collapsed onto the couch, gasping, "How... how did you find all this? Impossible! You were so young... No, no, it couldn't have been you. It must have been... your grandfather gave this to you?"

Talking to herself, she concluded, "It had to be your grandfather! He's the only one who would investigate what happened back then. Nobody else cared. And only he had the resources to uncover the truth!

Yes, that's it. Your grandfather had an accident last night, and then suddenly flew out of the country on a private jet this morning. You arranged for him to leave! You made a deal with him; you get him out of the country, and he gives you the evidence?"

Tarquin looked at her with a cold expression, silently confirming her speculation.

Verity, trembling with anger, exclaimed, "They say even a tiger wouldn't eat its cubs, but he's heartless! He threw me under the bus just to save himself, completely disregarding our father-daughter relationship!"

"Don't compare him to me. You're cut from the same cloth!" Tarquin shot back.

Gideon acted out of self-interest, regardless of his daughter's life or death.

And Verity? Wasn't she doing the same? For her own gain, she cruelly murdered her own kin!

With tears brimming in her eyes, Verity suddenly exploded, "How dare you compare me to him?! Everything I've done was for my son! No matter what, I would never harm him. I'd even die for my son!

Do you think I wanted to kill Kendrick? When he was a kid, he was always clinging to me, always calling out 'Auntie, Auntie' and following me around! Even when he grew up, he was closest to me, sharing every bit of good news with me first! Even about your mother, I was the first in the Bradford family to know!

I did it because of my son. If Kendrick hadn't died, my son wouldn't have survived...

I couldn't just abandon my son!

He wasn't with me since he was young; I never fulfilled my duties as a mother. How could I not save him, I..."