The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 113-Where the hell is my wife?!

Watching in silence, Elijah smiled at Peach taking off her heels in the car, tossing them aside on the floor, and then sluggishly relaxing on the seat, admiring the slightly dark evening sky before letting out, “Today was exhausting.

Who knew running a company could be so much work, even for just a day?”

“So, you don‘t want to do it again?"

Elijah

responded, his voice jovial.

Immediately shaking her head, Peach met his eyes and replied, “No, no! That‘s not what I meant at all.

I love work… I do.

And this is not me being ungrateful… It was just

A laugh escaped from Elijah‘s lips at her reaction, and then his attention pulled away when the car came to a stop.

Then he turned back to Peach, took her shoe, and reached his hand for her feet, pulling them towards him gently and then slipping it onto her foot, mumbling, "

It‘s okay to be tired, darling.

You are not a robot.”

As Elijah slid the other shoe on, she sighed contentedly, smiling softly as she watched him and then let out, “Thanks.”

A moment later, when Elijah led Peach out of the car, her hand locked in his, they were a few feet away from the hotel entrance when a voice they both knew too well made them halt in their tracks.

“Elijah,"

Melina‘s voice sounded behind them as she approached, her steps light, and a smile lighting up her face.

Subconsciously, Peach squeezed Elijah‘s hand tightly, trying to keep herself calm.

After everything that has been going on with Melina, Peach never thought a sense of jealousy was something she would feel towards someone, especially someone who was practically family.

But knowing that Melina was Elijah‘s ex made her uneasy.

But she held it all together and then turned to see her cousin, focusing directly on Elijah‘s eyes with a smile.

“What do you want?"

Elijah asked, his tone dead of emotions and tone.

“After we talked on the phone the other day, I thought it would be best to see you to say this,"

Peach with this look

guys talked

murmured beneath her breath, wiggling her fingers silently in Elijah‘s grip, not knowing if she should pull

their fingers tightly and then glared at Melina,

bit… I need to show

tried again, ignoring his last

anything on you just like

Elijah‘s eyebrows, and he said, “That‘s

about to leave when Melina grabbed his arm, forcing him back a bit, and holding his gaze with her

“Please, Elijah."

tone changed and she pleaded

“Just for a second.”

tightened around his arm, Peach felt her heart beating faster than it ever had in her life, and when she looked up at Elijah‘s

hands

snapped, reaching for her wrist and yanking it away from him

I can‘t

shouted after him as he turned

Peach‘s heart stopped for a second, her woman intuition translating those words into one meaning, and

with

he turned to her, his

“I am pregnant, Elijah!"

tears streaming down her

came crashing

first thing she did was cover her mouth with her hand, trying desperately

of slow steps back, away from the two, tears staining her cheeks, and feeling completely numb, she didn‘t have any

You were on pills, remember… claiming that you

no way that you

but his

There‘s no way,”

“Yes.

birth control pills have a high success rate, they can fail, and women can get pregnant while on the pill, okay…? I am just as shocked as you, Elijah! Because it has been eighteen plus weeks since our divorce, but we were

“Stop, Melina.

this is one of your shitty tricks, I

body rigid

his words, Peach closed her eyes and swallowed thickly before opening them again, standing a bit farther away from the two now… she didn‘t want to hear

Elijah… I know that I have done a lot of messed–up things in the time of our marriage, but this… this is not one of my stupid tricks… I

But I…"

trailed off and glanced at

breath, she continued, “I took the test because I was not feeling well,

tell you… And

I swear

but his voice shook as he