Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 178

The moment they met, Emmett blurted out. “Mommy, why’s your face all red? Your ears, too?”

Elysia flushed with embarrassment and said, “Oh, I was just helping the clerk restock some items, and it got a bit warm

Emmett bought the story. “So you were just hot

Elysia chuckled, gearing up to change the subject when Evan, the little straight–shooter, suddenly asked, “Mommy, who was that man you just kissed?”

“What?” Elysia was dumbstruck.

“I saw everything. Mommy You jumped right into his arms and even stood on your tiptoes to kiss him. When the guy fell back, he wrapped his arms around your waist, just like couples do on TV. You were all huggy and kissy”

Elysia was speechless. She wished the ground would swallow her up, hearing that from her little boy!

Now, not only were her face and ears red, but her neck was flushed too!

“Are you in love, Mommy?” Evan probed further

madly, at a

why kiss the

want to

her rescue, “Evan, Mommy’s a lady, and asking her directly like that will make

How should I ask, then?” Evan’s

“Don’t ask at all. It’s Mommy’s little secret.”

by the hand and headed for the toy department, distracting them with the

such a sweetheart Blossom remarked, giving Elliot a nod of approval before elbowing Elysia with a mischievous grin, “So, spill the beans, what’s the deal?”

“It’s

initiative with has to be

confronted him and we had a row. I didn’t expect Evan to show up. If he’d seen Evan, we would’ve been in a world of trouble. So, thinking on my

gasped. “It

*Who else?”

grabbed Evan and

earned

was still shaken,

stalking you and buying the same things?”