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Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 529

Walking side by side toward the VIP entrance, Elysia suddenly realized Tarquin was still holding her hand.

No wonder it felt so warm.

She tried to pull away, but he tightened his grip unexpectedly.

Her heartbeat picked up, confusion and a hint of excitement mingling. "Hey, you... you're still holding my hand!"

Tarquin didn't even glance her way. "I know."

"You know? And you keep holding on? People don't just hold hands, they might get the wrong idea."

His lips twitched slightly as he responded, "Only someone with a guilty conscience would worry about that."

"I don't have anything to be guilty about!"

"Then stop complaining."

Elysia pouted, "I'm just not used to this. I can walk on my own; you can let go now."

Without looking at her, he simply said, "You're walking too slow. You can't keep up."

"Slow? How am I walking slow?"

"Short legs."

Short legs?

Elysia wanted to argue, her teeth clenched in frustration. But glancing down at her own legs and then at his long strides, she shut her mouth and continued walking, albeit with an air of defiance.

From a distance, Lowell watched the two, a goofy grin spreading across his face. Tarquin was clearly torn between his feelings for Elysia and his reluctance to let those feelings grow, all because of his past. Yet, right now, it seemed he was struggling to keep those emotions in check.

"From today on, he's going to be all over Elysia and not let go," Lowell thought, chuckling to himself. "That's my future sister-in-law!"

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