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 in

turned around and said, “Let‘s just hope it goes

the door suddenly 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 back drunk “She‘s still sleeping… But I am here to ask if we could talk,” Miss Grace answered softly, trying to

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

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

feeling guilt rise in his chest, Elijah replied,

Elijah?” Miss Grace

reaction, Elijah raised his eyebrows and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss Grace replied seriously.

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 honesty in

feeling and a look of disappointment painted all over her face. She

she knew that this kind of scandal could destroy Peach and her chances of finding a good man to

softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any

small smile came to her lips and she added, “I know I should be asking this of Peach because it‘s not your

a while… She spent her youth taking care of her sick mother… I stole her time to go out there and live… So you must understand

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 formed

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

Grace‘s lips at those

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

a few moments, before nodding slowly

slight nod, and mumbled, “Thank you,” Then she walked out of the

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

asked as he sat up from the 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 Miss Grace, “Can… Can you turn off the light?” Walking away from the window, Miss

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