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Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 400

The card read:

"I've climbed mountains, crossed rivers,

Witnessed the rebirth of nature, in an endless cycle,

Now, you are my mountain, and you are my river too.

—To Elysia."

Anyone with a romantic bone in their body could tell, this was a sweet, heartfelt message.

If Tarquin had been sure she was the one he'd been searching for, he might have pursued her relentlessly. But uncertainty kept him at bay.

It wasn't him who sent the cake!

Nor was it the kids!

So, who could it be?

Blossom, ever curious, asked, "Elysia, looks like you've got an admirer. Has anyone been courting you lately?"

"Nope."

Blossom looked puzzled. "Could it be a secret admirer then?"

Elysia shook her head, "I barely made a peep about coming back, and I've been all wrapped up with Elijah. Haven't really seen anyone else. Who would have a crush on me?"

"Well, you never know with secret admirers. If you knew, it wouldn't be a secret, right? Someone's gone to the trouble of sending you a love note. It must be from someone who's got a crush on you."

Elysia frowned, considering how different her life might have been if she hadn't been forced to drop out and marry, like Blossom, with a normal graduation and a regular job. Maybe then, a secret admirer wouldn't seem so far-fetched.

But after everything she'd been through, the idea seemed impossible!

Yet, there was no denying the romantic gesture of the card.

Elysia pondered over this mystery for a while but couldn't make heads or tails of it.

The cake seemed all the more mysterious.

Emmett came out, eager for a bathroom break, and spotted the cake, his excitement palpable, "Mommy, mommy, are we having cake today?"

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