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 said in amusement.

his suitcase lit, Ryan turned around and said, “Let‘s just hope it

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

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

this is none of my

chest, Elijah replied, “I‘m sorry

Elijah?” Miss

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

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

with honesty in his

all

that this kind of scandal could destroy Peach and her chances of finding a good man to

eyes, and softly uttered, “If you don‘t have any long–term plans for my daughter, can you

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

she hasn‘t met 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 can‘t love her... don‘t make her fall for you. It has already happened...

hair in frustration and looked into her watery eyes, and then he nodded slightly. “You want me to create a distance between Peach and me, right?”

Grace‘s lips at those

but try and avoid each other in public. Avoid any sort of intimate

her for a few moments, before nodding

the stray tears from her cheeks and gave a slight nod, and mumbled, “Thank you,” Then she walked out of the room, leaving Elijah alone with his thoughts. As

and shutting his eyes, he tried desperately to erase from his mind the memories of

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 softly, her

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