The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 4

Devils in sheep’s clothing

Even after all that had happened between them, when Thursday arrived, two days after Melina threw a divorce paper at him to sign, Elijah was still in the house, hoping that this nightmare would eventually end between them.

Seven o’clock met him in the kitchen, cooking breakfast, as usual, cracking an egg open and pouring the yolk into a pan to cook.

As he stirred the scrambled eggs together, humming quietly to himself, he tried to not think about all the mean things his wife said to him and just tried to focus on the task at hand.

When the eggs were ready, Elijah scooped them onto a plate, next to the bacon, sausages,

and toast that he prepared beforehand.

Then Elijah took the plate off the counter, set it on the tray beside a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, and slowly raised the gold tray in his hand, walking carefully out of the kitchen into the dining room.

Standing by the table, Elijah placed the tray on it before grabbing the fork and knife from the cutlery drawer, setting the silverware on the table, and placing it neatly beside the tray.

At that moment, Elijah heard footsteps approaching the dining room where he was standing, and as he turned around, he saw Melina, walking into the room while rubbing her sleepy eyes, fully dressed in a lovely, knee-length, neat-fit white floral dress.

“What is this?!” Melina frowned at him as she looked at the tray and utensils sitting neatly on top of the table.

“Breakfast…” Elijah whispered nervously.

Keeping her silence, Melina pulled out a  chair and sat down, placing her hands on top of the table as she rested her chin on them and stared at Elijah suspiciously.

“Are you sure you are not trying to poison me before I divorce you, so you can take all my money?” Melina asked, still sounding very grumpy.

At first, Elijah thought she was kidding, but her tone was too serious not to believe.

Taking a deep breath and letting it out calmly, he smiled slightly at her question, and simply answered, “How could I do such a thing? Melina, I love you too much to hurt you.”

“Ha, you don’t know when to quit, do you?” Melina chuckled lightly as she shook her head.

A frown settled on Elijah’s face as he pulled out a chair and sat down across from her.

into the room as Melina ate the bacon, eyeing

material.” Melina said bluntly, taking a sip of her drink

I am poor, right?” Elijah asked as he raised

broke and has no job to support yourself or spend on me, and I am tired of being with a cheap guy like

“Wow!”

drop that rolled down his face, Elijah

the other end of the line,

will be there tomorrow,” Elijah replied curtly, hanging up

to sign the divorce papers,” Melina reminded him as she put her fork down, looking at him expectantly. “If you

deeply, Elijah said no words as he watched her eyes, finally realizing

it was only going to get worse, and it was time for him to accept the reality that his

the doorbell echoed throughout the house, and Melina smiled, standing up as she mumbled, “That’s my

from his seat and followed her to the front door as they both

in a  business suit,

the man’s arm and kissing him on the lips as she hugged

away, turning his attention towards the ground, unable to look at them

man in front of him, and

a lot of things that hurt Elijah, but this… this was the moment he realized how toxic their relationship truly was and felt a sense

knife was stabbed in his chest, Elijah clenched his teeth, clasping his fists, trying hard to keep

before ten o’clock?” Melina asked him, breaking the

her, smiling stiffly at

grabbing the man’s hand, and grinning sweetly at

and drive away. His heart sank to the bottom of his stomach

hypocrites and devils in sheep’s clothing, and he can never let his heart rule over his head, for a woman or anyone, and this lesson was coming true

being get the best of him,

the courtyard, and Elijah paid his fare with

hands into his pocket, walking further

and camera crews, and they immediately started shouting and shoving each other to gain some coverage, making it difficult for Elijah

you? Can you please share some thoughts on why the CEO of Investverse company would  be divorcing you?!” A reporter shouted

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