Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1249

“You’ve got no connections in the medical field, no family name, nothing. Without me, you’re nobody! The fact that I’m inviting you to join my research team is a privilege you should be grateful for!”

Elysia’s response was ice-cold.

“I don’t need connections, I don’t need a leg up, and I definitely don’t need your so-called privilege. Goodbye!”

“You—Listen, developing a cure for this virus, that’s the sacred duty of every doctor! If you refuse to help, you’re heartless—unpatriotic, ungrateful!”

Sabrina’s voice shot up like she was preaching from a pulpit, making Elysia’s refusal sound like a crime against humanity.

Elysia wasn’t in the mood for her theatrics. She didn’t say another word, just hung up.

Who the hell was Sabrina to judge her compassion or her sense of duty?

She wasn’t about to let herself be guilt-tripped by Sabrina’s moral posturing. Not today.

A minute later, Sabrina sent a long-winded message:

[If you don’t have compassion and a sense of responsibility, you don’t deserve to be a healer. Hell, you don’t even deserve to be a decent human being!]

Elysia snorted and shot back:

[I’m pretty sure you’re the one who doesn’t deserve to be a healer. Or a decent human being, for that matter.]

After hitting send, she blocked Sabrina for good.

What a piece of work. Always scheming to steal someone else’s achievements, and the second she can’t, she throws a tantrum.

Not that Elysia had any illusions about curing this virus single-handedly—but even if she could, she wouldn’t let someone like Sabrina take the credit.

She just wanted to live her own life, away from all the politics and drama of the medical world.

After her little clapback, Elysia was over it. But Tarquin? He was fuming.

Messing with his wife, over and over again—did they think he was just going to stand by and watch?

Tarquin fired off a quick text to Lowell: [Dig up some dirt on the Stevenson family!]

Lowell replied instantly: [The Stevenson family from the Medical & Pharmaceutical Association?]

Elysia was speechless. She’d be lying if she said she wasn’t touched.

This man would give her everything—his life, his heart, his money, his love.

She glanced at their kids in the front seats, then, trying to be sneaky, traced a heart into Tarquin’s palm.

Tarquin’s eyes narrowed, and he grinned, raising his voice just enough for the kids to hear, “Are you flirting with me?”

The kids all whipped around to stare at Elysia.

She froze, her face burning, lips twitching in embarrassment.

She shot Tarquin a glare and quickly changed the subject, “Evan, you and White remember the way back, right?”

The forest was wild and dense, the kind of place where even the sunlight struggled to find a way in. It was easy to get lost—hell, even Elliot had trouble with the directions sometimes.

They’d made it out last time only because Evan and White led the way.