Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 128

“My name’s Tarin, and that fella is Tarquin. We have no more relationships.”

Elysia just blinked.

Tarquin fished out an old–fashioned key and unlocked the front door, pausing before stepping inside. to issue a reminder, “Look, I brought you here to cheer him up, not to wind him up. If he throws a tantrum, just ride it out, will you? And don’t go poking around about his mother. It’s a sore spot.”

Why, oh why, should she take flak from this guy? Why couldn’t she give as good as she got?

But what could she do? She was outmatched, and her kids were only five. She had to cope.

somehow.

Elysia psyched herself up and pushed down the irritation to ask, “So what’s the deal with his mother? Why did she take off? You two weren’t getting along?”

Tarquin’s frown was immediate and telling. “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t. That’s off–limits!”

Elysia was taken aback.

Wasn’t it standard procedure to get the lay of the land before attempting to treat a patient?

“I just…”

“Get in here!” Tarquin cut her off.

frustration. She was starting to realize that having a normal conversation with this

inside, she took a quick inventory of the

room, kitchen, and bathroom–looked

matching cabinets, a dining set, and even a coffee

large flat–screen TV on the wall.

furniture complemented by white lace curtains and a couple of tall, leafy houseplants making

a guy who’d spruce up his home like this. She’d thought his world was all shades of gray, never the warm hues of wood.

slipped into his house shoes and was heading toward a guest room. He opened

on his son and bent down to switch her shoes too. There was a new pair of lady’s slippers

she was about to follow, Tarquin closed the door to the

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was piqued. “Where’s Elijah?” she asked.

“Still asleep.”

woken up

“Mm–hmm.”

heck did you drag me here at the crack of dawn?”

driven to pick her up. But if the kid was still

the most natural thing in

if it was her imagination, but she thought she heard the click of his

room.