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

where

silence in the room after those words had left her lips made Melina realize that she had gotten herself in some

up big time and

swear that I don’t

desperate attempt to make Elijah believe

a single word did she get from Elijah as he just looked at her, his gaze boring holes into her soul, and

tell me what you

ordered, keeping his hands clenched tightly together as he tried to suppress his

seemed by her tears, Melina abruptly stopped, darting her eyes around and then dragging her gaze

attention for a couple

and a

tighten his fists so much that his knuckles began to

any of it on his face since he knew that would only fuel the fire inside

was the

his voice

have not changed

I am… SO-rry… But honestly, that’s all I

answer any of my other questions when I

but her voice just came

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

phone rang again, snapping him out of

“Stuff her mouth,"

looking

as

anything

cloth and shoved it deep in her mouth before duct taping her lips together to keep

looked at

to the silence from the other line until he heard a low husky voice, “We

kidnapping, his hate for the family felt like poison spreading through his

my wife… I will

their eyes widened as they stared at

suddenly, the silence started circling the atmosphere with

tell me… what

finally said, desperation and pleading evident in

“Well…."

husky voice drew once

Hayes

» ML

and then he let out in a shaky tone, “Okay…

wouldn’t if you cooperate

replied with a

to three days to get him free… But… how do I know my wife will be unharmed during

“What are you asking?!”

her right now, and a picture of her after