Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 247

Tarquin's actions softened significantly despite his tone.

Lowell, standing off to the side, couldn't help but internally groan at his own awkwardness. "He might as well have been born mute," he thought, "at least then he'd be endearing!"

All because of his "drama queen" remark, after bandaging Elysia up, she didn't even mutter a thank you.

Elysia pouted, ready to continue chopping the stuffing, when suddenly Elijah swiped the knife off the cutting board.

Elysia jumped. "Elijah?"

Without a word, Elijah turned and handed the knife over to Tarquin.

Tarquin frowned, clearly annoyed.

Seeing the situation, Lowell quickly took the kitchen knife from Elijah's hand. "I'll do it."

He then swiftly tied an apron around himself and started chopping the filling for the burgers with a 'thunk thunk thunk'.

Elijah didn't say anything, just turned and went back to his room.

stared after him, a bit stunned. She hadn't interacted much with Elijah and didn't really understand him yet, but

through Elysia's heart, and

without getting kicked out, Lowell remarked, "You know, Elijah and Ms. Thorne are really getting along better. It's clear he's quite fond of Ms. Thorne, even looking out for

meaningfully at Elijah's bedroom door but didn't respond. He shifted his attention back, scrolling

cheerful, continued chopping

sitting by the window,

walked over and pulled up a

for caring

stoic as his dad, just frowned a bit

warmth, raised her hand to pat his head, but Elijah

seconds before awkwardly dropping it down, seizing the chance to bond, "Elijah, do you miss your

your mom, you can ask me. I probably understand your mom's thoughts better than

a long while before finally asking,

I'm a mother too. Mothers

looking at her as if he had a thousand

about you because I have three kids of my own. They're about your age and... they look

Elijah remained silent.