The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Chapter 4

Even after all that had happened between them, when Thursday arrived, two days after Melina threw a divorce paper at him to sign, Elijah was still in the house, hoping that this nightmare would eventually end between them.

 

Seven o’clock met him in the kitchen, cooking breakfast, as usual, cracking an egg open and pouring the yolk into a pan to cook.

 

As he stirred the scrambled eggs together, humming quietly to himself, he tried to not think about all the mean things his wife said to him and just tried to focus on the task at hand.

 

When the eggs were ready, Elijah scooped them onto a plate, next to the bacon, sausages,

 

and toast that he prepared beforehand.

 

Then Elijah took the plate off the counter, set it on the tray beside a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, and slowly raised the gold tray in his hand, walking carefully out of the kitchen into the dining room.

 

Standing by the table, Elijah placed the tray on it before grabbing the fork and knife from the cutlery drawer, setting the silverware on the table, and placing it neatly beside the tray.

 

At that moment, Elijah heard footsteps approaching the dining room where he was standing, and as he turned around, he saw Melina, walking into the room while rubbing her sleepy eyes, fully dressed in a lovely, knee-length, neat-fit white floral dress.

 

“What is this?!” Melina frowned at him as she looked at the tray and utensils sitting neatly on top of the table.

 

“Breakfast…” Elijah whispered nervously.

 

Keeping her silence, Melina pulled out a  chair and sat down, placing her hands on top of the table as she rested her chin on them and stared at Elijah suspiciously.

 

“Are you sure you are not trying to poison me before I divorce you, so you can take all my money?” Melina asked, still sounding very grumpy.

 

At first, Elijah thought she was kidding, but her tone was too serious not to believe.

 

Taking a deep breath and letting it out calmly, he smiled slightly at her question, and simply answered, “How could I do such a thing? Melina, I love you too much to hurt you.”

 

“Ha, you don’t know when to quit, do you?” Melina chuckled lightly as she shook her head.

 

A frown settled on Elijah’s face as he pulled out a chair and sat down across from her.

 

settled into the room as Melina ate the bacon,

 

said bluntly, taking

 

poor, right?” Elijah asked as he raised an eyebrow, feeling an ache

 

poor guy who is constantly broke and has no job to support yourself or spend on me,

 

“Wow!”

 

down his face, Elijah stared at his

 

on the other end of the line, “Mr.

 

them, I will be there tomorrow,” Elijah

 

she put her fork down, looking at him expectantly. “If you don’t show up, you might get jail

 

her eyes, finally realizing and accepting that his nightmare wouldn’t end

 

time for him to

 

of the doorbell echoed throughout the house, and Melina smiled, standing up as she mumbled, “That’s my ride

 

seat and followed her to the front door as they both walked to the

 

a  business suit, standing at the doorstep. He had short hair, dark brown eyes,

 

the man’s arm and kissing him on the lips as she hugged onto his

 

scoff slipped from Elijah’s mouth as he looked away, turning his

 

kiss another man in front of him, and yet, she didn’t seem to

 

done a lot of things that hurt Elijah, but this… this was the moment he realized how toxic their relationship truly was and felt a sense of hate

 

his teeth, clasping his

 

can you be at the Blueville courthouse before ten o’clock?” Melina asked him,

 

towards her, smiling stiffly at

 

hand, and grinning sweetly at him. “Honey, let’s

 

and drive away. His heart sank to the bottom of his stomach and filled his

 

in sheep’s clothing, and he can never let his heart rule over his head,

 

Elijah was somewhat glad it did because now, he would never let another human being get the best of him, ever again, and his heart slowly grew cold and numb as he stared ahead of him,

 

a stop in front of the courtyard, and

 

the great white building, Elijah shoved his hands into his pocket, walking further towards

 

he entered the court hall, he was shocked to see reporters and camera crews, and they immediately started shouting and shoving each other to gain some coverage, making it difficult

 

Melina Hayes is divorcing you? Can you please share some thoughts on why the CEO of Investverse company would  be divorcing you?!” A reporter shouted in his ear as she pushed

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