Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 188

Tarquin approached, bending down to pick up the lunchbox from the ground without a word, his gaze lingering on Elysia.

Elysia sat on the pavement, tilling her face up at him in surprise when he made no move to help her up.

“Aren’t you going to give me a hand here?” she exclaimed

After all, she had taken a tumble while trying to deliver lunch to his son!

༈ ú གཽ ཇ ཎ ཟ ྃ

Tarquin frowned, hesitating for a moment before extending his hand

His palm faced downwards, clearly not inviting her to grasp it, but rather offering his arm as a support.

What’s with all the caution? She wondered indignantly. Did he think she was some sort of femme fatale?

Elysia’s pride was stung. She ignored the offered anm, instead reaching up to grab his trousers to pull herself up.

Tarquin’s eyes widened in alam, but before he could scold her, Elysia’s footing slipped, sending her crashing towards him.

Her eyes wide with panic, and she instinctively reached for his tie. Just as she grasped it, her heels slid back, and she toppled over

Camed by momentum, Tarquin also fell backwards.

As they both seemed destined to hit the ground, Tarquin’s quick reflexes kicked in. He caught her by the waist and pulled her into his embrace.

“That was closel

was slightly erratic too.

echoed

couple from across the

Tarquin and Elysia were mortified

them, “Leander, Odette, good

and asked Elysia. “What’s your name?”

she replied, “You

are you two doing out here in this bitter cold? Go inside

a romantic moment out here

adventure.”

ཎྜཱམྦཱཎཱུ ཀྑཱུ རྩ རྫ གྷ ཟྭ

eyes widened in a mix of shock and indignation as she tried to explain, “No, you’ve got it all wrong, I

fun, we’re off,” they chuckled, not waiting for her to finish

housekeeper, right? No housekeeper gets that cozy with the man of the

so shy about

dating. Hot married yet,

made in heaven.”

glance, both at a loss

eyesight fades. Don’t overthink it

anything. You’re the one who should

brow furrowed. Let’s not have a repeat of this.”

do you mean?”

told you before, I’m not interested in you. Stop