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…

at Elijah with wide

slightly trembling hands, Josh stepped in front of Elijah, puffing his chest, and

advise you to step

my office and the will be no

start a fight, you will be handled according to the law.” “He just offended my

saidto her, except Madam Jewel, and if she's not complaining... Just by the coldness in Elijah's

when Madam Jewel grabbed his arm, and he paused, turning around

somewhere quiet, Madam Jewel said to him, giving him a pleading expression,

rather not,” Elijah replied calmly, yet, his fingers

in herfamily except her, Madam Jewel knew the scale between the control Elijah had over her was at a height that she could only be humble and submissive in

her eyes filled with desperation, and after

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

opened his eyes and looked directly at Madam Jewel, reached intohis pocket, and took out his

me,” Elijah commanded, handing Madam Jewel the

you,” The words crawled from her throat before she could stop herself, and after the first sentence, she wanted to smack herself inthe forehead as her ego

his arm back, making Madam Jewel loosen

you Hayeses

suddenly asked, looking

Dean opened his mouth, but Madam Jewel beat him to

want to know if Elmer is fine. “Elmer?!”

awkward silence fell upon them, and her sons stared at each other, not sure what to say, especially Josh, who scowled athis grandmother,

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

backseat of his car, Rick looked in therearview mirror, eyeing his

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

mumbled, listening to the

Elijah let out without

him and finally took out his phone from

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