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!

time together. Elysia’s an opportunity. If Elijah likes her cooking,

Yeah.”

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

more ash, lost in thought

“Don’t leave things up in

leave

vouched for you. If you bail tomorrow, how am I supposed to explain

eyebrows and said, “Ill see her

“Good!”

Tarquin

had polished off everything on the

stunned. “You

“Yep.”

“Feeling stuffed?”

shook his head and retreated

stared at the plates that looked licked clean

he made a call to the nutritionist, asking how much a kid Elijah’s sile

a kitten, now he was

off so much!

to eat that

wasn’t that Elijah had eaten a lot today, it was that he had been

of a three–year–old, but he was

not being a better father, not even knowing how much his child should be eating,

the empty plates on the table, he felt a bit