Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 542

Tarquin was utterly clueless about what Elysia was thinking, making it hard not to suspect that her suggestion was driven by a budding interest in him. After pondering for a moment, he called out to her, "Elysia."

"Hmm?"

"Are you...?"

Suddenly, the atmosphere dipped into silence.

Evan was curious, "What does he want to ask?"

Elijah, ever the excited one, declared, "I know Dad. Dad wants to ask Mom if she likes him!"

"What?!" Evan was taken aback, so was Emmett, while Elliot seemed a tad nervous, clenching his tiny fists secretly, eager to hear Mom's response. But as seconds ticked by, Tarquin remained silent.

exclaimed, "What's taking him so

frowned, "He might

not?" Emmett

probably worried that if he's overthinking it and gets a 'no' for an answer, he'd look vain

he want to know if Mom likes

he's curious. But knowing Dad, with his steady nature, he won't

seemed the sons knew their father well. Did Tarquin really want to ask Elysia if she liked him? The fact that she could bare her wounded heart to care for him, urge him not to look for Elijah's

question, grew anxious

thought, Tarquin changed his approach,

question. But after staring at him for

father of her children; it was impossible for her not to care about him. And he wasn't a bad person... If he were just a heartless jerk, she could have easily taken Elijah and left without a second thought. But he wasn't, and taking Elijah away directly would leave her feeling

some happiness, making it a bit easier for her to leave with Elijah

with an indiscernible emotion. But he was too good at masking his feelings, making it impossible to tell whether he was