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

in front of Elijah, puffing his chest, and asked,

advise

my office and the

will be handled according to the law.” “He

Jewel, and if she's not complaining... Just by the coldness in Elijah's eyes, Josh stepped back, letting

to take a step when Madam Jewel grabbed his

Jewel said to him, giving him a pleading

replied calmly, yet, his fingers curled into

women in herfamily except her, Madam Jewel knew the scale between

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

not believing the one word that had left her lips, and hesighed deeply, pinching the bridge of

of silence, he opened his eyes and looked directly at Madam Jewel, reached intohis pocket, and took out his wallet, taking out a

Elijah commanded, handing

crawled from her throat before she could stop herself, and after the first sentence,

pulled his arm back, making Madam Jewel loosen her

do I owe you

looking at Madam

opened his mouth, but Madam Jewel beat him to it and said, “Not

know if Elmer is fine.

at each other, not sure what to say, especially Josh, who scowled athis

walked out of the office, knowing that he got her right where he wanted her, and he was going to bend her to his will until hegot his wife

backseat of his car, Rick looked in therearview mirror,

Elijah's ringtone echoed through the car, and he knew exactly who was calling, ignoring thenoise and shutting

listening to the

know,” Elijah let out without opening

got him and finally took out his phone from his pocket, he was greeted

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