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.” 

easy,” Matt

lit, Ryan turned around and said, “Let‘s just hope it goes smoothly.”

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 remain calm.

her, and he sighed heavily and looked away from her, before turning back, “Of

know this is none of my

his chest, Elijah replied, “I‘m sorry about yesterday and that

Miss Grace

raised his eyebrows and repeated, “My plans?” “Yes,” Miss

gotten a divorce from Melina, and asking him such a thing was probably hard for him, but she wanted

plainly stated, answering with honesty

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

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

head and closing her eyes briefly, Miss Grace lifted her chin, looked directly into Elijah‘s eyes, and softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any long–term plans for my

your

anyone else, 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

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

a hand through his hair in frustration and looked into her watery eyes, and then he nodded slightly. “You

on Miss Grace‘s lips at those words and she

in public. Avoid any sort of intimate contact,” Miss

stared at her for a few moments, before

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

deep sigh and shutting his eyes, he tried desperately to erase from his mind the

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 softly,

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