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.”

Matt said

lit, Ryan turned around and said, “Let‘s just

opened, and he walked out, stopping when he saw her standing in the hallway. “Has Peach woken up yet?” He asked, feeling uneasy that he brought her daughter

tell something was bothering her, and he sighed heavily and looked away from her,

an anxious expression and asked, “I know this is none of my business, but when… when you and my daughter start getting entangled in so many indecent rumors, it

Miss Grace and feeling guilt rise in his chest, Elijah replied, “I‘m

are your plans, Elijah?” Miss Grace

raised his eyebrows and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss Grace

her to ask, knowing that Elijah had recently gotten a divorce from Melina, and asking

plainly stated, answering with honesty in his

disappointment painted all over her face. She lowered

for her reputation, for her future, because she knew that this kind of scandal could destroy Peach and her chances of finding a good man to marry or having children of her own, and

briefly, Miss Grace lifted her chin, looked directly into Elijah‘s eyes, and softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any long–term plans for my daughter, can you promise me not to

“I know I should be asking this of Peach because it‘s not your job to protect my daughter‘s image or character… It‘s hers… But please… Peach doesn‘t know how to act properly around

pause followed as her throat constricted with emotion once again, and she whispered,” Because she hasn‘t met anyone else, except me, who truly cares about her for a while… She spent her youth taking care of

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 end whatever relationship you two may have

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

Grace‘s lips at

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

long pause, Elijah stared at her for a few moments, before nodding slowly and saying, “

and gave a slight nod, and mumbled, “Thank you,”

out a deep sigh and shutting his eyes, he tried

When the brightness from the sunlight beamed through the window, Peach rolled over, opening her

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