The Marvelous Elijah's Return

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Looking at Michael squared in his face, Elijah couldn’t stop himself from glaring at him with his hard and narrowed eyes and said, “It wouldn’t be necessary coming back here… You heard Peach, didn’t you? Didn’t you pick up the word, ‘Never,’ in what she said?” 

His voice was so venomous and it sent chills through Michael’s body. But he remained strong even though Elijah wasn’t making it easy on him. When they were close enough, Elijah leaned in and lowered his voice, glaring into Michael’s eyes and whispering threateningly in his ear, “Showing up in someone’s face that doesn’t want you to is call harassment, and do you know what happened to people who don’t know how to take a hint, huh?” 

Chills ran through Michael’s body, and he felt Elijah’s warm breath hit his ears as he spoke, and he could feel goosebumps rising on his skin. ‘Why does he have such an aura…?!’ Michael thought, feeling frozen and helpless against his intense and dangerous presence, but didn’t want to show any weakness, so he clenched his jaw and glared harshly at Elijah with his eyes, and retorted fiercely, “Well, who are you to stop me from pursuing a single woman?” 

Looking at the calling card in Micheal’s hands, Elijah frowned, reaching for it, and Michael did not dare move back as Elijah slowly took it out of his hand and then said, “Because she’s already taken.” The motel was silent once Elijah finished speaking. A shocked silence spread across the lobby as the words sank in. 

Then Miss Grace’s eyes grew wide, confused and slightly annoyed at Elijah’s words, but she was too stunt to say anything. A look of shock crossed Michael’s face as he swallowed down thickly, and then his cocky thoughts awakened and he chuckled humorlessly. 

“It’s true, isn’t it? You are a lowlife goldbrick who feeds off the wealth of women… Woo, woo, Woo!” He started cackling loudly and laughed maniacally. “Are you even a man if a woman is spoon feeding you like some sort of fucking leech?!” “You! You! Shut up! You don’t know what you are talking about!!” James yelled at Michael. “Oh yeah? Then tell me what you know that I don’t know?!” Michael retorted, folding his arms across his chest and glowering, looking directly into James’ eyes. “Who are you again?” 

When James didn’t respond because he didn’t want to overstep Elijah’s authority, Michael scoffed and then let out, “Peach needs a real man… A man that will shower her with gifts, take her on fancy dinners, make her presentable in the eyes of others…” 

Michael looked around, and then he met Miss Grace’s eyes and wanting to remind her of the difference between Elijah and him, he uttered, “And, not someone like you to drag her into your struggle and have her suffer, just because you happen to have an obsession with her… It’s ridiculous! She needs a man, not

saw Elijah’s gaze on him, a chill went down his spine

time you step foot on this property again…” Elijah warned, staring deeply into Michael’s eyes as he spoke, his face now filled with anger and rage as

Michael and him, Elijah lowered his head to

there and allowing me to get humiliated… Is she blind? Or deaf? Or is she just enjoying every minute of this humiliation!’ Then he focused back on Elijah, who seemed like he was getting impatient by the sight of him and thinking about turning his threat into action right at that moment. “Whatever,” Michael said under his breath, trying to appear calm as he shrugged.

unfolding before her, Miss Grace couldn’t bring herself to utter a single sound or move. “Take your gift and leave,” Elijah growled as he shoved the shopping bag back at his chest.

kept them locked on the scene before him in silence and knew better than to interfere. Calmly, Elijah picked up the bag from

is worth that much. Hah, what a snob.” Elijah shook his head

look of raw awe made its way into his eyes as he stared at Elijah, wondering how in the world he could tell that the necklace wasn’t real despite its size and appearance, mumbling in his head, ‘Have he been around the real ones often to tell them apart so easily?’ Before Elijah could see his reaction, Michael quickly grabbed the necklace and threw it in the box, clutching the handle, and said, “What a bluff. You wouldn’t know what was real or fake… have you

around, and walked away without another word. When he got to the door, he looked back, and after seeing that Miss Grace didn’t say anything about Elijah’s outburst and was just looking at him with concern in her

turning around to leave, but stopped when his gaze rested on Miss Grace. For two whole minutes, they just stared at each other. Then, Miss Grace finally broke the spell with a sigh, and then she frowned as she asked, “What do you think you are doing?” “Maybe it’s best if you have a talk with your daughter and based on her words, we can have this conversation later,” Elijah said, his tone taking a humble

he shut the door behind him, and then he took out his phone from his pocket and then

ring, his call was answered, and Jerome’s voice came through, sounding worried,” Boss, it’s good that you