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 Elijah with every passing

divorce. You are not husband material.” Melina said bluntly, taking a sip of her drink as she stared into Elijah’s

right?” Elijah asked as he raised an eyebrow, feeling an ache in his

has no job to support yourself or spend on me, and I

“Wow!”

drop that rolled down his face, Elijah stared at his wife and then at

listened to the voice on the other end of the line, “Mr. Elijah, it’s time for you to return

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

looking at him expectantly. “If you don’t show

no words as he watched her eyes, finally

her, it was only going to get worse, and it was time for him to accept the

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

Elijah stood from his seat and followed her to the front door

middle-aged man, dressed in a  business suit, standing at the doorstep. He had short hair, dark brown eyes, and

man’s arm and kissing him on the

turning his

wife would kiss another man in front of him, and yet, she

but this… this was the

knife was stabbed in his chest, Elijah clenched his teeth,

at the Blueville courthouse before ten o’clock?” Melina asked him,

gaze towards her, smiling stiffly at her and saying, “Of

hand, and grinning sweetly at him.

in the car of another man, and drive away. His heart sank to

and he

would never let another human being get the best of him, ever again, and his heart slowly grew cold and numb as he stared ahead of

front of the courtyard, and Elijah paid his

great white building, Elijah shoved his hands into

reporters and camera crews, and they immediately started shouting and shoving each other to gain some coverage,

the CEO of Investverse company would  be divorcing you?!” A reporter shouted in his ear as she pushed a microphone to his face,

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