Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 81

Elysia glared, her voice tinged with concern, “How could you just take off on your own in a place you don’t know, you…

Before she could finish, Evan sidled up to her and, with a smacking sound, planted a kiss on her cheek.

“Mommy, don’t worry. You know I’m super smart. I won’t get lost or cause any trouble. I just missed you so much since you were gone for so long.”

Elysia was at a loss for words. The scolding she had in mind dissolved in her throat.

Evan knew exactly how to play her.

Deciding not to reprimand him, Elysia asked anxiously, “Did you run into someone who looks like you while you were out?”

Evan guessed she was talking about someone specific.

He had, indeed, encountered him, and not only had he ruined their birthday cake, but he had also managed to douse him in a little… accident.

Thinking this, Evan earnestly replied, “Nope, the only person who looks like me is my brother, and he’s been in the private room the whole time.”

breathed a sigh of relief and pinched Evan’s cheek. “From now on, you must talk to an

“Yeah, yeah.”

agreement was only lip service, as he settled next

and Elysia was engaged in conversation with Blossom, Evan whispered to Elliot, “I

brow, glanced at Elysia to make sure she wasn’t listening, then whispered back, “Tarquin?”

“Yep!”

“What happened?”

delivering a birthday cake to his room, and I planted a little firecracker inside. Kaboom! Cake everywhere. Then, when Tarquin went to clean up, I ‘accidentally‘ bumped into him, and, oh boy, did he

frowned, his gaze shifting

cause that bruise on Mommy’s

him get physical

definitely not happy, and he looked mean. He must’ve been scaring

recognize

I had my mask on.”

it

way, they think the cake explosion was just a prank.”