Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 180

Back in the day, no matter how much Keaton jumped around in front of Elijah, Elijah just turned a blind eye and a deaf ear, treating him

like he was thin airl

Before Keaton left, he and Tarquin stood downstairs, taking a smoke break.

“You know, you cant knock it–Elysia’s got some chops. I’ve hired a string of fancy chefs to cook, but none could win over Elijahis stomach the way she did

“Why don’t you just have her come over to take care of Elijah?”

Tarquin frowned, flicking ash from his cigarette.

“She came over once, but Elijah didn’t take to her, sent her packing.”

“Huh? Likes her cooking but not her company?”

“Vep.”

“The kid’s probably feeling threatened because Elysia’s such a looker. Thinks you and she might become an item.”

Tarquin took a drag on his cigarette, mulling it

it over. That was probably it.

Elijah never liked it when he was around other women.

He was playing his Mommy’s little sentinel!

her cooking, maybe hell warm up to her too. Once he does, things can only

Yeah.”

meeting up tomorrow. You planning on seeing her? Decided to come clean

flicked more ash, lost in thought

said, “Don’t leave things up

leave my

man. I’ve already vouched for you. If you bail tomorrow, how

scrunched his eyebrows and said, “Ill see her tomorrow”

“Good!”

Tarquin went upstairs.

everything on the dinner

stunned. “You

“Yep.”

“Feeling stuffed?”

and retreated to his room

the plates that looked licked clean by a dog for a long while.

to the nutritionist, asking how

a kitten,

could polish off so

learned that it was fine for Elijah to eat that much, Tarquin sank into

lot today, it was that he had been eating too little before.

appetite was like that of a three–year–old, but he was already five

father, not even knowing how much his child should be eating, and at the same time,

empty plates on the table, he felt a