The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 116-Let’s talk about your so-called husband

The warehouse was quiet as Melina stood there like some dummy, having this look of confusion on her face that gives out the impression she didn’t know what Elijah was talking about.

“Strap her,"

Elijah commended, his face dead of emotions as he stared straight into her eyes like she was a puzzle to solve.

Once the boss’s order was out in the open, Jerome did not hesitate to grab a rope and then dragged a chair toward Melina, resting it right behind her.

Before she could protest or realize what was going on, Jerome locked her down in the chair and bound her wrists along with her ankles with two sets of ropes.

“Melina, don’t test my patience… I want my wife back, and trust me, I can do anything to make that happen… Is that understood?"

Elijah asked, staring straight at her from across the room, his tone deadly serious.

Suddenly, his ringtone sounded, and Elijah pulled out his phone, answering the call with his sight still trained on Melina.

“Dice,"

Elijah mumbled, fear suddenly creeping its way back into his heart as the sense of worry he felt just moments ago returned tenfold in an instant.

“Have you guys…"

“They had replica vans that were used to confuse the chase, boss… and I am sorry… We got thrown off and lost track of them."

Dice admitted with regret laced heavily in his voice.

“We lost the van, boss.”

Like his entire world had been ripped away from underneath him, Elijah shut his eyes for a second, trying to calm himself down.

But the cage door burst open and his emotions broke through, a mix of panic, anger, and grief coursing through him, threatening to explode and take over completely.

“Melina, where the fuck is my wife?!!"

Elijah shouted, his voice breaking a little and betraying how much stress he was under right now.

But that didn’t stop anger from burning in his eyes as he ended the call and glared over at Melina.

“Call it being at the wrong place at the wrong time, but I only visited you because of the pregnancy test result.

How was I supposed to know that Peach was going to get kidnapped at that exact moment?"

Melina said, sarcasm dripping from her voice like oil on water as if she didn’t care about the question he had asked.

“Do you remember how smooth your bed is, the taste of food, the feeling of cold refreshing water running down your throat?… Act cocky with me again, and this will be the hell hole you will be spending the rest of your lousy life in! Now let me ask you again: where the fuck is my wife?!?!"

Elijah uttered in a smooth voice.

Looking back at Jerome, Larry, and a couple of men around the warehouse, fear was written all over Melina’s expression as the men stood there, looking at her blankly.

“I don’t know,"

answered, her words almost sounding like a

know where they are

those words had left her lips made Melina

up big

that I don’t

said in a desperate attempt to

looked at her, his gaze boring holes into her soul, and his silence had her so scared

tell me what you

hands clenched tightly together as he tried

abruptly stopped, darting her eyes around and then

to grab your attention for a couple of minutes, outside of the hotel,

dried and a pinch

fists so much that his knuckles began to turn white as his nails

he didn’t dare to show any of it on his face since he knew that would only fuel the fire

of being pregnant with my baby was the perfect script to use for

his voice filled with

not

it was, and I am… SO-rry… But honestly, that’s

answer any of my other questions when I asked her

but her voice just came out more bitter than

Melina was nothing short of a hardcore liar and manipulator, Elijah couldn’t even find a

his phone rang again, snapping him

“Stuff her mouth,"

looking at

her face as she stared between Elijah

Don’t put anything

cloth and shoved it deep in her mouth before

moment to calm himself, Elijah looked at the unknown caller id on his phone screen

the silence from the other

percent sure now that the Hayes was behind his wife’s kidnapping, his hate for the family felt like

my wife… I will

shaky tone, causing his men to become shocked, their eyes widened

immediately, and suddenly, the silence started circling the atmosphere with no

me… what do

finally said, desperation and pleading evident

“Well…."

husky voice

want Elmer Hayes released

» ML

brief pause as Elijah’s eyed Melina, seeing her eyes darting nervously, and then he let out in a shaky tone, “Okay… O-kay… Just don’t hurt my

you

with

him free… But… how do I know my wife will be

“What are you asking?!”

of her right now, and a picture of her after