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.” 

was easy,” Matt said

his suitcase lit, Ryan turned around and said,

Grace was walking toward Elijah‘s room, the door suddenly opened, and he 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

and he sighed heavily and looked away from

both of them entered his room, Miss Grace shut the door and then looked at him with an anxious expression and asked, “I know this is none of my business, but

feeling guilt rise in his chest, Elijah replied, “I‘m sorry about yesterday and that –

Miss Grace interrupted him quickly.

and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss Grace

for her to ask, knowing that Elijah had recently gotten a divorce from Melina, and asking him such a thing

with honesty in his

painted all

of scandal could destroy Peach and her chances of finding a good

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 don‘t hurt her image or her character... please, Elijah...”

know I should be asking this of Peach because it‘s not your job to protect my daughter‘s image or character... It‘s

except me, who truly cares about her for a while... She spent her youth taking care of her sick mother... I stole her time to go out there and live... So you must understand why this situation might be really hard for 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 relationship you two may have

into her watery eyes, and then he nodded slightly. “You want me to create

appeared on Miss Grace‘s lips at

in public. Avoid any sort of

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

mumbled, “Thank you,” Then she walked out of

deep sigh and shutting his eyes, he tried desperately to erase from his mind the memories of yesterday... Memories of kissing Peach.

moments, a knock on his room door 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 her eyes slowly to stare up at the ceiling, and she let out a soft hum. “Mama,” Peach called out

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