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.”

easy,” Matt

turned around and said, “Let‘s

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

sighed heavily and looked away from her, before turning back, “Of course, we

his room, Miss Grace shut the door 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 daughter start

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

your plans, Elijah?” Miss

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

a divorce from Melina, and asking him such a thing was probably hard for

stated, answering with honesty in his

sickening feeling and a look of disappointment painted all over 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 it frightened

looked directly into Elijah‘s eyes, and softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any long–term plans

asking this of Peach because it‘s not your job to protect my daughter‘s

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 her sick

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

a hand through his hair in frustration and looked into her watery eyes, and then

smile appeared on Miss Grace‘s lips at those words and

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

long pause, Elijah stared at her for a few moments,

smile, Miss Grace wiped away the stray tears from her cheeks and gave a slight nod, and mumbled, “Thank you,” Then she walked out of the room, leaving Elijah

a deep sigh and shutting his eyes, he tried desperately to erase from his mind the memories of yesterday… Memories of

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

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