Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 321

Elysia interrupted him, her brows furrowed tightly.

She didn't want Tarquin to discover the kids, and she didn't even like him; in fact, she detested him. But she never wished him dead!

"Always be cautious, but never malicious," she reminded herself. She never intended harm!

And if he were to die, what about Elijah?

Just losing his mother had changed Elijah so much already. If he were to lose his father too, how could he go on?

The man seemed not at all surprised by her response, merely sighing in regret.

"Well, that's a shame. Given his smarts, he'll soon uncover your secret. And what then? He'll surely fight you for the kids. Do you think you can win against him?"

At this, Elysia tensed up again, her tone becoming sharp.

"My kids love me. They won't go with him!"

"But kids are just kids. They can't stand up to their own father. If persuasion doesn't work, he could force them. Can you outforce him?"

Elysia clenched her teeth. "If it comes to that, I'll fight him with everything I've got!"

The man chuckled mockingly.

"Waiting to fight till then might be too late. Even if you don't want to kill him or take his life, you should at least strip him of his ability to compete with you. Like, making him a vegetable. If he's bedridden, unable to move or speak, even if he knows your secret, he can't do anything about it."

Elysia frowned. "Do you have a grudge against him?"

One moment talking about killing him, the next about turning him into a vegetable, it was clear there was hostility.

"You don't need to worry about that."

Elysia frowned deeper.

"I honestly don't want to know, but let me make one thing clear. If you have a beef with him, that's your business. He and I have nothing to do with each other! And just because my son looks like him doesn't mean he is my son's father. I..."

Before she could finish, her phone buzzed with a new message.

"Just read it," the man said.