Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 104

Keaton paused, the sarcasm dripping from his voice, “Well, well, if it isn’t my loving sister!”

He was about to throw another quip when, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a certain someone standing on the second floor, enjoying the commotion,

His words halted as he excused himself from Jessamine and headed to find Tarquin.

As soon as they met, the banter began.

“Why didn’t you give a guy a heads–up to handle this mess? If you’d dealt with it earlier, my sister wouldn’t have had the chance to chew me out, right?”

Tarquin replied with a smirk. “It was me who brought your sister here, to give you a reality check,”

“You? Hat What’s the deal? You just doing this for kicks, to laugh at my expense?”

“I find it quite entertaining, actually. Your misfortune is quite the spectacle.”

“Dude, you’re no friend of mine!”

“I’m your boss.”

foot! What’s the big idea? Just to cover for Ms. Thorne, you’re going

He simply didn’t appreciate Emmett

her, just man up and say it. No need to

I’m not

sister! I’m proud to have a sister

been his guardian angel since childhood, often putting herself at risk for his

Jessamine.

subject, “At least I’ll never be henpecked. Can’t say the same for someone else here. He’s got

down at Elysia and Emmett in her arms, deep

thought.

under his breath, and

doesn’t seem quite

it’s fine, it’s

sighed silently.

chuckled, “Lowell, if you’ve got a bone to pick, just jot it down in your little notebook for now. Trust me, Tarquin here is headed straight to being henpecked.

as he said. “I’ve

the time she looked up. Tarquin had vanished from the second floor.