Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 409

"Uh-huh."

"So, you're not going for that paternity test anymore?"

"Uh-huh."

Elysia was puzzled, "Why? You suddenly believe me? Just this afternoon you were all about getting that test done." Tarquin said, "I've looked into your eyes and seen the honesty there. You don't strike me as someone who'd lie."

Elysia was speechless... Was he implying she usually wasn't honest or pure?!

"Stop zoning out, come have a drink."

Elysia pouted, "Drink by yourself. I'm heading to bed."

Like she'd want to share a drink with him. They weren't exactly chums, were they?

"You're sleeping in my room tonight," Tarquin suddenly declared.

Elysia was taken aback, turning to him with suspicion in her eyes, "What do you mean?!"

Tarquin was all nobility, "I'll take the study, you can have the bedroom. You're a lady; you shouldn't be uncomfortable."

Elysia was dubious, "Are you... caring about me now?"

"Suppose so."

grasp it, "Didn't you say

if he

it's about treating each other with respect. I'm a man; it's

a few times, Elysia murmured an

"Thanks, then."

ado, she

after her, "Are you still mad? Not ready to make

"Huh?"

angry anymore, then come have a drink. It's a special

in thought before she finally

declared, "Mutual respect, let's

that, she downed it in

was like a blooming daisy,

her body wash and shampoo's fragrance filled the

he was momentarily

and now a full glass,

he had been searching for, fortune truly smiled upon

is universal, and

finishing her drink,

true man keeps his word. Let's live in harmony! No bullying, no provoking each

back to reality, seeing her empty