Manipulative and Deceptive
Looking at the worry in his men’s expressions, Elijah felt a bit dumbfounded that they were staring at him like that, and he rubbed a hand across his face tiredly and mumbled, “What is it?
Well… you just knock the shit outta some dude,” Ryan said hesitantly, eyeing the others to back him up.
“How did you guys know about that?” Elijah frowned, glancing between the four of them.
Slowly, Ryan looked over at James, raising his brows with a curious look plastered across his face, making James sigh before facing Elijah.
“The clip is all over the internet.” He said calmly. “And we are confused because there’s no extra information about what led to the punch.”
“Well, he insulted my mother, calling me a son of a bitch… My mom is no, bitch.” Elijah snapped, clenching and unclenching his fists in anger, feeling his breathing quicken with rage. Staring in disbelief, Matt muttered beneath his breath, “Shit, he had that one coming and deserved it… Well, more than a punch.”
The room was quiet for a moment as Elijah walked over to the couch, dropped onto it, and leaned against the backrest with a clenched jaw. Then he looked over at Ryan and said, “We might have our hands full with a lawsuit.” “I knew it,” Ryan murmured, putting his hand in his pocket. “But I need a clear understanding of what exactly happened, boss.”
Frowning, Elijah sighed and then sat up straight with a serious expression as he let out,” Melina was at the hospital when Peach and I got to Miss Grace’s hospital room, and she and Peach got into serious shit. Peach slapped her in the face-”
“Damn!! Peach did what?!” Matt cursed under his breath with wide eyes before realizing that everyone was glaring at him. “Sorry, boss. Please, go on.”
It took a moment for Elijah to respond as he tried to recall what happened next, and then he said, “I guess Melina didn’t like our little encounter, and when we got outside the hospital parking lot, a bunch of reporters blocked our way and surrounded us…”
“Your ex-wife sounds like a piece of work,” James grumbled, his jaw tensing.
Looking over at his butler, Elijah nodded with a heavy sigh as he rubbed his eyes tiredly and mumbled, “Yeah, well…. she really is.”
moment of silence passed and then he added, “Melina cooked up this sick narrative that
hell!?” Ryan exploded angrily with fury in his hazel eyes, staring at Elijah with shock as he said, “She’s insane. We just met Peach!” “Well, Melina has a lot
witch… And we can’t let
us to let go.” James replied
escaped Elijah’s lips as he lowered his head a little, thinking about the
guys, Ryan, and Rookie to dig into Melina. There’s
held back his tongue, sinking into his thoughts for a few seconds, and then he said, “I know why she did, but no one is going to trust my words without solid proof, and if I know Melina, she
faces as they gaze at their boss
Miss Grace sat on the couch, watching her daughter on the bed, hugging the pillow as she sobbed
time to calm down, it had been a couple of minutes and Peach was still crying, and even after waiting for a couple more, her daughter was still sniffing aggressively. Slowly, Miss Grace got up from the couch and approached the bed, sitting beside her weeping child. “Peach,” She whispered gently, touching her shoulder to try and wake her up. “This is why I want nothing to do with them, mama… how
us.”
slowly, she laid down beside her daughter, cuddling her in her arms and
don’t have to be sorry, mama. None of this is your fault. You have suffered
fist from the door, Elijah’s hand dropped to his side as
tore through his chest, and with it came a deep longing to be by her side, a desire to hold her, and tell her that everything would be fine. It was a
part of his being.
desired to care for her like some new addiction he had developed, and the thought made him feel repulsed with himself, especially because he was
door opened, and Elijah’s gaze rested on Miss Grace, standing in the doorway, gazing at
nervously, With calm eyes and a warm
on her once again, and with a small sigh, he walked over to the doorway, stepping inside and closing the door behind
saw him, she wiped the corner of her eye roughly and slowly sit up on her
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