Call me A forced smile tugged on Madam Jewel's lip as she gazed at Elijah, but hewas too focused on the photos that Scorpio was sending him.

“Elijah,” Madam Jewel called out, watching her tone.

Playing deaf to her, Elijah kept his gaze on his screen, and that had her frowningslightly.

Elijah, how is Peach?” Madam Jewel asked once again, trying for a more friendly tone as she tried to figureout what was going on.

Immediately, Elijah's grip tightened on his phone, his gaze froze for a while before he sighed and turned off his screen, shoving the device back into his pocketbefore glaring up at her, annoyed at her hypocrisy.

You should know how she is doing,” Elijah calmly uttered as he stood from the couch.

A nervous look passed over Madam Jewel's face, but before she could speak out, Mr.

Bamford cut in, “Is Mrs Darius at the company?”.

No, Elijah answered a bit stiffly, meeting Madam Jewel's eyes with a dark stare.

“She’s at home…

feeling a bit under the weather.” Taking his gaze away from the old woman’s worried eyes, Elijah gave the chief constable a small smile and said, “I shouldget back to her.” 'He is actually playing Jacob's game! But...

something is not adding up,' Madam Jewel thought, her eyebrows furrowing as she watched the smile on Elijah’s face, and something about him grinningwhile knowing that his wife was in captivity made chills run down her spine.

With one last smile directed towards the old man, Elijah turned on his heels and walked over to Madam Jewel, stoppingright by her, causing her sons and grandson to tense up, and ready to attack Elijah.

“How are your daughters,granddaughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters-in-law doing?” Elijah whispered, his tone low and dark, hisvoice laced with poison, causing a sense of fear to settle deep inside Madam Jewel.

Her eyes froze open, and then she turned her head to look at him, a look of terror etched acrossher features.

The moment their eyes met, the atmosphere became so thick that even Madam Jewel couldn’t breathe, it was like someone had pressed the pause button onthe television, leaving them both silent.

‘It was you…

staring at Elijah with wide eyes and trembling

puffing his chest,

I will advise

office and the

according to the law.” “He

she's not complaining... Just by the

was about to take a step when Madam Jewel grabbed his arm, and he paused, turning around

said to him, giving him a pleading expression,

calmly, yet, his fingers curled into fists, his

Jewel knew the scale between

Jewel pleaded, her eyes filled with desperation, and after a few

room went into total shock as everyone stared at Elijah and her, not believing the one word that had left her lips, and hesighed deeply, pinching the bridge of his nose, and closing his

his eyes and looked directly at Madam Jewel,

Elijah commanded, handing Madam

throat before she could stop herself, and after the first sentence, she wanted to smack herself inthe forehead as her ego blossomed again, but it

left Elijah's lips and he pulled his arm back, making Madam

you Hayeses this visit?”

asked, looking

mouth, but Madam Jewel beat him to it and

want to know if Elmer is fine. “Elmer?!” Dean blurted out, glaring

not sure what to say, especially Josh, who scowled athis grandmother, not

he wanted her, and he was going to bend her to his will

the building and entered the backseat of his car, Rick

and he knew exactly who was calling, ignoring thenoise and shutting his

Rick mumbled, listening to the

Elijah let out without opening his

he got him and finally took out his phone from his pocket, he was greeted with fifteen missed calls on his

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