Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

"Cut you some slack, for your sake," he said with a smirk that was all too confident.

"What the heck did you do?!" I was flabbergasted.

The boss, wearing a smug grin, boasted, "Torturing folks? I'm leagues ahead of you in that game!"

Evan, puzzled, asked, "Why are you helping me?"

"Consider it a welcome gift from your new mentor!"

"What?!"

"Kid, you know the saying: 'Bite off more than you can chew, and you'll be eating out of someone's hand.' I helped you out, so now you owe me."

Evan blinked in disbelief. Owe him? What was this, some kind of trap?

"Hold up, I never asked for your help!"

But before Evan could further protest, his knees buckled suddenly, and before he knew it, he was kneeling on the ground with a thud.

The boss quickly pushed his head forward in a mock bow.

Evan shoved him away, hopping back to his feet, "What are you doing?!"

was practically

now on, you're my apprentice! Forget about that old geezer. You're

you out of your

head back and laughed heartily, "Haha, avoiding me won't save you. If you won't

a loss for words. Steal,

up, from today, you call me 'Master'! You're gonna learn all

I'm telling you, I

or not, it's not

swiftly, forcing Evan

punches were fierce and unfamiliar, leaving

White watched

but this odd old man hadn't hurt him. Should

Tarquin got wind of

was a handful with a penchant for trouble, he had assigned a highly

Evan, but

Forcing Evan into mentorship?!

contemplation, Tarquin decided to consult

weird old man is forcing Evan into mentorship. Do you know anything

off-guard,

the weird old man but

the

realizing why the old man had been so keen on winning Evan

a strange situation, but he wouldn't harm Evan by making him an