Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 771

Tarquin's voice was icy as he spoke, "Elysia has been a blessing to the Thorne family, a stroke of luck you guys didn't even deserve. And yet, you squandered it, destroyed it with your own hands. I should have been showing you respect, but now, all I want to do is make you suffer."

Blake's face drained of color.

Juliet, overwhelmed by emotion, let out a shriek and burst into tears again...

It was as if fate had dealt the Thorne family a winning hand with Elysia, and yet, they had played it so terribly wrong.

Seeing their despair and agony, Tarquin felt a twisted sense of satisfaction.

He casually pushed his suitcase, which rolled smoothly over to a group of tough-looking men who were clearly there to collect a debt.

"Tell your boss," Tarquin said coldly, "I'm offering five million for their sorry lives. I don't care how much they owe you or what you want to do with them, but they need to stay alive."

Death would be too kind, too easy an escape for them after over two decades of tormenting Elysia. They deserved to suffer for at least four decades more.

Getting directly involved in their punishment was beneath him – leaving it to their creditors was the perfect solution. It ensured they'd have no good days ahead and kept them far away from Elysia.

Blake and Juliet, terrified, began to beg for mercy.

"You can't do this to us, the Thorne family. After all, we raised Elysia. We might not have been perfect, but we did our part, we..."

Tarquin's glare silenced them instantly, "If I hear another word, you'll wish you had no tongue! My Elysia is no longer any concern of yours."

Blake and Juliet were speechless.

Tarquin extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray and stood up, heading for the door.

"Oh, son-in-law, you can't just abandon us," Blake called after him, shamelessly trying to cling to Tarquin.