The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

To learn that his wife was into another man was devastating to Elijah, and no matter how hard he thought about their fight, he just didn’t want to accept the fact that she was cheating on him.

“Damnit!!” Elijah groaned in frustration.

Tired, he buried his face into his pillow, his fists tightly clenched while his mind replayed their conversation, wishing that he had told her about his identity earlier.

Maybe that would have made Melina happy.

If she knew who he truly was then she would still be loving him.

But that didn’t change the fact that it was painful and humiliating to be rejected by the woman he loved. And to know she had chosen another man because of his wealth.

When Elijah first arrived in the country, as a foreigner, he was still new to everything, and one night at a bar, Melina approached him and that was the beginning of their friendship.

But it immediately turned into something heated that same night when she invited him over to her hotel room and they had sex, which ended up with their relationship becoming way more serious than he ever thought it would.

Right now, he felt confused as to where the Melina he first met was, not wanting to lose the real woman he has fallen for so deeply. Because the truth was, Elijah didn’t know if she was worth fighting for anymore.

Sighing loudly, Elijah sat up straight and rubbed the sleep out of his tired hazel eyes, grabbing his phone from beside him and looking at the time.

“Six am..?” Elijah whispered as he dropped his phone back on the sheets.

Leaning his weight on the pillows, he stared at his surroundings in shock, wondering why the hell he had not fallen asleep at such a later hour.

But honestly, the thought of Melina had never left his mind the entire night. The ones that were full of love and passion, moments that he remembered all too clearly from their past, and the way she kissed him with such a burning passion… the feeling of her body against his own, the warmth that lingered between them after their heated kiss, the soft moan she gave when he bit her neck…

The memory of those things was still fresh, and his heart ached at the thought that the value of their love was measured by monetary things.

The nights he cuddled her, her sick days that he nursed her back to health, moments when he held her in his arms, and the times he made sure she slept well and ate healthily – it was all just meaningless to her because they were not worth money and luxurious things.

But his feelings for her remained intact, even though she had hurt him and broken his trust.

down, Elijah still wanted to believe that she would always belong only to him and no one

him:

to the doorway and saw Melina standing

her tired eyes, knowing that she was suffering from a hangover, and then his gaze lowered to the folder

quietly and watched Melina’s expression turn sour at the

his greeting, Melina stretched out the folder to

concern etched itself onto Elijah’s face as he stared

want a divorce?” Elijah asked softly, his tone

shrugged her shoulders, saying, “It’s been years, Elijah. You can’t keep holding

sense to Elijah as he continued to stare down at the documents, trying to

is not working for either of us,” Melina explained. “We just need to

each other?” Elijah mumbled, his brows furrowing slightly as he began flipping through the papers. “Is this divorce

be associated with you anymore! What’s not there to understand? Don’t you get that?”

about?” Elijah questioned, shaking his head.

shame I went through last night? Everyone at my party knew I was married

“Melina,”

filthy stain to my reputation and self-esteem! Do

Elijah raised his eyebrows as he said, “I’m not sure

interrupted harshly as she glared daggers at him.”You are not someone I want to spend the rest of my life with, and you never will be. There is no point in staying married to someone

right… I  haven’t cheated on you, I love you, I treat you like

how stupid can you be?” Melina scoffed sarcastically. “Our relationship is nothing but a bet with my girls. True or dare… I chose ‘dare,’ and this relationship is the

“What,”

divorce him later on after a few years, for two million. So I said, ‘yes,’ and now we have

for a sign that she wasn’t lying. But when he found none, he let his gaze drop

was a joke to you… just a bet for you and your friends? You were never serious about having a real marriage, were you?  If anything, our relationship means nothing to you. I was just a toy to use whenever

me miserable! You are not worth it anymore! Just forget about me, Elijah…” Melina said, avoiding his gaze

“No!”

“What?!”

and that Melina was giving up on their relationship, Elijah stood,