Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 551

Tarquin remained silent, his gaze fixed somewhere in the distance.

Elysia's cheeks flushed a crimson red. "Don't be ridiculous, that doesn't count! We're discussing serious matters here. Emmett, who taught you that word?"

"From Evan."

Elysia turned her head towards Evan, feigning anger.

Evan tilted his head up, gazing at the sky. His deep, dark eyes rolled around in their sockets, deliberately avoiding her gaze. Soon after, he dragged Emmett away to grab some food.

Elliot glanced at Tarquin with a slightly narrowed gaze and said to Elysia, "Mom, I'm gonna go find my brothers."

A proud smile graced Elijah's face as he said, "Dad's got Mom's back, so I'm relieved. I'll go catch up with Evan and Emmett."

As soon as Elijah caught up with Evan, he said, "Doesn't this earn Dad some points? He stood up for Mom just now."

nodded. "Yeah, give him

"Can't we give him two points instead? Adding points

Elliot and Emmett remained neutral, but Evan was the most critical of Dad. If they could win Evan over quickly, the four brothers would be united in purpose! Then, they could

Evan's hesitation, Elijah turned to Elliot for

"Dad did good today, dealing with those

alright, two points it is. That makes it three points in

Evan's eyes, he was now worth three points. And that was only after Elliot and

way down from upstairs, and Tarquin called out

sudden outburst had left her feeling awkward. Fortunately, he seemed to have moved on as if nothing had

family, despite its tradition of single inheritance, was not short of daughters. Along with the relatives from the extended family, they were

was not nearly enough, and the dining room

joined them at the head table. Despite some murmurs of disapproval from those who felt Elysia didn't deserve to sit at

suddenly pulled out a share transfer document. The sight of

handed the document to Elysia, "Sign this first, then