Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 768

A million in crisp hundred-dollar bills, weighing roughly 230 pounds.

Spread out on the coffee table, it was a blinding spectacle of wealth!

The Thorne family had leapt from their chairs, their eyes wide with shock and bodies trembling with excitement.

This was the first time in their lives they had seen so much cash laid out before them!

The family of three eagerly inspected the stacks of money, unable to hide their joy. Even in front of Tarquin and his group of toughs, they couldn't help but exclaim,

"It's real money! It's real money!"

"Good Lord, we're rich! We're actually rich! So much money!"

Tarquin sat on a plush armchair in the suite, his long legs crossed, watching their greedy expressions as he coldly smoked a cigarette, his eyes dark with contempt.

His heart ached for Elysia's suffering at the hands of the Thorne family, fueling his hatred for them.

He wished he could tear them apart!

But that would be letting them off too easily.

"This money, it's all ours, right?" Blake asked him.

Tarquin nodded, "Yes."

"Alright, alright, then we'll take it." Blake was ecstatic, quickly motioning for his wife and daughter to start packing the money into suitcases.

Tarquin didn't stop them, quietly smoking as they stuffed all ten million into two large suitcases that Lowell had brought over.

After packing the money, Blake's demeanor changed completely!

From looking like a down-and-out beggar to acting like a wealthy man.

He even began ordering the debt collectors around,

"Come over here and take the money down. Every penny we owe you, you're getting it today!"

He owed millions in debts, but with a demand for ten million, he'd still end up a millionaire after paying off his debts, so he was quite arrogant.

Money talks, and the collectors obeyed, stepping forward to take the money.

Tarquin had been silent for a while, but finally spoke up coldly,