Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband novel Chapter 318

318 The Witching Hour 

(Winona) 

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BONUS 

The witching hour. That’s what I call the chaos around dinner time. Hangry kids. Hangry me. Of course, It’s Anne’s night off and Beth leaves at 5pm. 

I’m barely hanging on by a thread and my intention to impress Lisa with my capable skills is a major fail. Sarah and Abby are squabbling over the one shade of pink crayon they both must have. 

No other pink will do, despite there being ten of them. 

Bobby is sulking in the corner because I told him no more screen time and to set the table for dinner. Apparently, creepers burned his Minecraft house down because of me or something. 

Henry is fussing in his bassinet, fighting sleep like it’s a personal battle he needs to win. He might be small, but his lung capacity makes up for the rest of him. 

I’m just trying to make sure the house doesn’t burn down while I try to make a nice dinner. Yeah right. At this point it’s burnt offerings. I refuse to go with PB and J again. 

“Let me help,” Lisa says, stepping into the kitchen like she owns the place. She scoops Henry up with ease, cradling him in one arm while she goes and grabs the territory pink crayon and pockets it. 

I turn off the stove while I watch her in action. 

Both the girls look at her in surprise. 

“If you’re going to argue over it, no one gets it. It’s mine now,” Lisa tells them. 

“Ohhhh!” Both girls complain in unison. 

“Nope. Pack up the rest of them or I’ll take those too. Then scoot and wash up for dinner. No arguments 

or no dessert.” 

They both look at her as if wondering if she’s serious. Lisa gives them a glare and they both pack up the crayons in record time and run to the bathroom. 

“Don’t dilly dally in there either.” She calls after them. 

Then she marches right over to enemy territory and confronts Bobby in the occasional chair in the corner. “Winona asked you to set the table.” 

He shrugs. 

“Fine. No help then you may as well go shower and get into bed now.” 

“Why?” 

“If you don’t put in the work, you don’t get the good stuff. No dinner for you.” 

He eyes her carefully. 

*Your choice, Buddy. I’m hungry enough to eat your share. I bet you know what a hungry belly feels like.” 

Bobby stands up. “Fine.” 

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316 The Witching Hour 

“Great, Hurry it along, then you can hold your baby brother while I help dish dinner with your mom.” 

“I don’t like holding him. He’s too little and squirmy.” 

“Tough. He needs you, so you’ll hold him. That’s what big brothers do.” 

Bobby frowns and lets out a huff, but he goes right to the sideboard drawer and takes out the cutlery. I actually think these kids have been possessed by aliens. 

“You look like you’ve been through a war.” Lisa comes over to me and looks inside the pots on the stove. 

She dishes the cooked pasta into the serving dish and leaves the burnt stuff on the bottom. 

“I feel like it.” I lean against the counter. “Jayden was always better at this than me. I can barely keep the kids from tearing each other apart, let alone get dinner ready on time.” 

“I think you’re being too hard on yourself. All you need to do is get your confidence back.” Then she dumps the sauce on top and sprinkles the grated cheese over. 

The girls come back. 

“Girls please take the bread rolls and butter to the table. Leave Bobby alone and put some paper napkins out for everyone,” Lisa orders. 

Like little robots they obey. 

“Bobby if you’re done, come get your brother.” Lisa calls as she moves the salad I did manage to make into the serving dish. “Perfect salad. Yum.” 

I shake my head. “Every day is just… a mess.” 

L… 

“Stop feeling sorry for yourself,” Lisa says, setting Henry in Bobby’s arms. “Take him to the sofa and keep your arm behind his head.”