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!

“Try to get them to spend more time together. Elysia’s an opportunity. If Elijah likes her cooking, maybe hell warm up to her too.

Yeah.”

asked again about meeting up tomorrow. You planning on seeing

flicked more ash, lost

leave things up

does that leave my

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

eyebrows and said, “Ill

“Good!”

Tarquin went

had polished off everything on

stunned. “You finished?”

“Yep.”

“Feeling stuffed?”

retreated

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

how much a

used to pick at his food like a kitten, now

polish off so much!

was fine for Elijah to eat that much,

a lot today, it was that he had been eating

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

not being a better father, not even knowing how much his child should be eating, and at the same time, he felt

looking at the empty plates on the table, he felt a bit of