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

turned around and said, “Let‘s just

the hallway. “Has Peach woken up yet?” He asked, feeling uneasy that he brought her daughter back drunk “She‘s still sleeping… But I am here to ask if

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

and then looked at him with an anxious expression and asked, “I know this is none of my business, but when… when you and my

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

your plans, Elijah?” Miss Grace

and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss Grace

was hard for her to ask, knowing that Elijah had recently gotten a divorce from Melina, and asking him such a thing was probably hard for him, but she wanted to know the

answering with

of disappointment painted all over her face. She lowered

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

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 her

and she added, “I know I should be asking this of Peach because it‘s not your job to protect

her for a while… She spent her youth taking care of her sick mother… I

make her fall for you. It

and looked into her watery eyes, and then he nodded slightly. “You

Miss Grace‘s lips

but try and avoid each other in public. Avoid any sort of

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

her cheeks and gave a slight nod, and mumbled, “Thank you,” Then she walked out of the room, leaving Elijah alone with his thoughts.

and shutting his eyes, he tried

bed. “Yes,” Ryan responded, watching Elijah walk over to him. When the brightness from the sunlight beamed 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

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