The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Chapter 45

A mother’s plead 

As Ryan tested his suitcase on the bed, he looked back when his room door burst open, and Mall rushed into the room. 

“What?” Ryan asked, tossing a t shirt into his suitcase, 

“Rookie just showed me this!” Matt said, holding up his phone in his hand. 

Annoyed, Ryan snatched his phone with a blank expression on his face and played the video, his eyes widened slightly 

“So when Boss and Peach went out... Damn!!” Ryan gasped as he listened to Peach confronting Jessica on the video. 

“Damn indeed...” Matt agreed with a chuckle. 

“Does the boss know that someone uploaded what happened at the bar onto the internet?” 

“Yeah, Rookie told him.” 

The room fell silent after Matt stopped talking, but eventually, Ryan broke the silence as he mumbled, “With the lies that Melina spread and now video of this Jessica person confronting boss, he‘s never going to escape the rumors.” 

There was a long pause, and then Matt frownes and said, “You think! The fact that he carried her out of the bar like that is going to make it harder for him to clear his name.” 

Sighing, Matt watched Ryan toss another pair of trousers in the suitcase and then mumbled, ** So you and Rookie are leaving today?” 

“Yeah,” Ryan muttered sarcastically, pulling another shirt out and throwing it into the suitcase. “We have the location of where Bryan lives and Rookie found out the perfect place to stay for the one month... Um... he has our hotel room book.” 

Matt

turned around and said, “Let‘s just hope

walked out, stopping when he saw her standing in the hallway. “Has Peach woken up yet?” He asked, feeling uneasy that he brought her daughter back drunk “She‘s still sleeping... But I am here to ask if we could talk,” Miss Grace answered softly, trying to

he sighed heavily

anxious expression and asked, “I know this is none

in his chest, Elijah replied,

your plans, Elijah?” Miss Grace interrupted him quickly.

reaction, Elijah raised his eyebrows and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss Grace replied seriously. “In the

ask, knowing that Elijah had recently gotten a divorce from Melina, and asking him such a thing was probably hard for him, but she wanted to know the truth for her daughter‘s

plainly stated, answering with honesty in his

sickening feeling and a look of disappointment painted all over her face. She lowered her

daughter, for her reputation, for her future, because she knew that this kind of scandal could destroy Peach and her chances of finding a good man to marry or having children of

lifted her chin, looked directly into Elijah‘s eyes, and softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any long–term plans for my daughter, can you promise me not to touch her... please

be asking this of Peach because it‘s not your job to protect my daughter‘s image or character... It‘s hers... But please...

hasn‘t met anyone else, except me, who truly cares about her for a while... She spent her youth taking care of her

eyes once more, and she closed them briefly as she took a shuddering breath, before continuing, “Please… Don‘t hurt my daughter... And if you can‘t love her... don‘t make her fall for you. It has already happened... I‘m her mother and I can see what she feels for you in her eyes, so I‘m begging you to end whatever

and then he nodded

appeared on Miss Grace‘s lips at those words

avoid each other in public. Avoid any sort of intimate contact,” Miss Grace explained softly, “You can spend as much time together, but keep that

pause, Elijah stared at her for a few moments, before nodding slowly

her cheeks and gave a slight nod, and mumbled, “Thank you,” Then she walked out of the room, leaving Elijah alone with

his eyes, he tried desperately to erase from his mind the memories of yesterday... Memories of kissing

made him open his eyes and he noticed that Ryan was standing awkwardly in the doorway, shifting on his feet. “Are you guys ready to leave?” Elijalı asked as he sat up from the bed. “Yes,” Ryan responded, watching Elijah walk over to him. When the brightness from the sunlight beamed through the window, Peach rolled over, opening

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