The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 45

A mother’s plead

As Ryan tested his suitcase on the bed, he looked back when his room door burst open, and Mall rushed into the room.

“What?” Ryan asked, tossing a t shirt into his suitcase,

“Rookie just showed me this!” Matt said, holding up his phone in his hand.

Annoyed, Ryan snatched his phone with a blank expression on his face and played the video, his eyes widened slightly

“So when Boss and Peach went out… Damn!!” Ryan gasped as he listened to Peach confronting Jessica on the video.

“Damn indeed…” Matt agreed with a chuckle.

“Does the boss know that someone uploaded what happened at the bar onto the internet?”

“Yeah, Rookie told him.”

The room fell silent after Matt stopped talking, but eventually, Ryan broke the silence as he mumbled, “With the lies that Melina spread and now video of this Jessica person confronting boss, he‘s never going to escape the rumors.”

There was a long pause, and then Matt frownes and said, “You think! The fact that he carried her out of the bar like that is going to make it harder for him to clear his name.”

Sighing, Matt watched Ryan toss another pair of trousers in the suitcase and then mumbled, ** So you and Rookie are leaving today?”

“Yeah,” Ryan muttered sarcastically, pulling another shirt out and throwing it into the suitcase. “We have the location of where Bryan lives and Rookie found out the perfect place to stay for the one month… Um… he has our hotel room book.”

was easy,” Matt

and said, “Let‘s just

the hallway. “Has Peach woken up yet?” He asked, feeling uneasy that

her expression, Elijah could clearly tell something was bothering her, and he sighed heavily and looked away from her, before turning back, “Of course,

know this is none of my business, but when…

at Miss Grace and feeling guilt rise in his chest, Elijah replied, “I‘m sorry about yesterday and that

are your plans, Elijah?” Miss Grace interrupted

and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss

had recently gotten a divorce from Melina, and asking him such a thing was probably hard for him, but she wanted

stated, answering

of disappointment painted all over her face. She lowered

scandal could destroy Peach and her chances of finding a good man to marry or having children of her own, and it

and softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any long–term plans for my daughter, can you promise me not to touch her… please don‘t hurt her image or

be asking this of Peach because it‘s not your job to protect my daughter‘s image or character…

anyone else, except me, who truly cares about her for a while… She spent her youth taking care of her sick mother… I stole her time

more, and she closed them briefly as she took a shuddering breath, before continuing, “Please… Don‘t hurt my daughter… And if you can‘t love her… don‘t make her fall for you. It has already happened… I‘m her mother and I can see what she feels for you in her eyes, so I‘m begging you to

into her watery eyes, and then he nodded slightly. “You want me to create

on Miss Grace‘s lips

and avoid each other in public. Avoid any sort of intimate contact,” Miss Grace explained softly, “You can spend as

pause, Elijah stared at her for a few

smile, Miss Grace wiped away the stray tears from her cheeks and gave a slight nod, and mumbled,

eyes, he tried desperately to erase from his mind the memories of yesterday… Memories

through the window, Peach rolled over, opening her eyes slowly to stare up at the ceiling, and she let out a soft hum. “Mama,” Peach called out softly, her voice hoarse from sleep and hangover as she stared at Miss Grace, “Can… Can you turn off the light?” Walking away

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