Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 675

Elysia pinched the soft flesh of her palm hard, her eyes brimming with tears, "Why didn't you respond when you saw my message?"

"I... I'm sorry."

Sorry?

He was apologizing to her!

So, he was rejecting her feelings!

Elysia felt a pang of heartache, just like any girl whose confession had been turned down, her tears uncontrollably mixed with the rain, thankfully concealing her sorrow from him.

"I get it." Elysia forced herself to sound calm, pretending to be unharmed, "I just said it in case you were down because of Keith, to cheer you up. Don't take it seriously."

What she implied was clear: It’s fine you don’t like me, because I don’t like you either!

Tarquin was confused,

"But didn't your last message ask me to reply asap, wanting to talk about us?"

Elysia paused, "That was the one before! The last one was a voicemail!"

"Voicemail? You sent me a voicemail?"

Elysia: "…"

Tarquin explained, "I was swimming when you tried to reach me, and by the time I wanted to reply, I got caught up in something, and then I left the phone in the car."

Elysia was surprised, "Then your phone was off, did you know?"

"It was? No, I didn’t know."

Elysia: "…" He clearly hadn’t seen her message.

Meaning, his apology wasn’t a rejection of her feelings!

The sadness was replaced with nervousness.

Before she could say anything, Tarquin again carefully lifted her into the car.

After closing the door, he began to clean the wounds on her feet.

"I'll drive you home," he said, after finishing.

As he moved to the driver's seat, Elysia grabbed his hand, "Don’t you have anything to say to me?"

Tarquin frowned in silence for a moment,

"I was in a bad mood today and did something terrible at the bar... I kissed you in front of everyone... I’m sorry. And I’m sorry for worrying you by not replying to your messages."

Elysia shook her head, "I didn't come here to hear your apology! I want to know what's really bothering you today. Is it because of Keith?"

Tarquin frowned, about to admit that Keith was indeed a part of his troubles and he was planning to confess everything to her. But now, he was at a loss for words!