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.

that having a normal conversation with this man was like talking to a brick wall.

took a quick

was a cozy, not–too–shabby three–bedroom with a living room,

rustic charm all the way: hardwood floors, matching cabinets, a dining set, and even a coffee table that

touch was the large

the wooden furniture complemented by white lace curtains and a couple of tall, leafy houseplants making the room feel warm and

who’d spruce up his home like this. She’d thought his world was all shades of

into his house shoes and was heading toward a

son and bent down to switch her shoes too. There was a new pair of lady’s slippers on the rack, obviously set out

as she was about to follow, Tarquin closed

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was piqued. “Where’s Elijah?”

“Still asleep.”

woken up yet?”

“Mm–hmm.”

you drag me here at the crack

that’s why Tarquin had driven to pick her up. But if the kid was

it was the most natural thing

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

room.