The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Read The Marvelous Elijah’s Return By Rever Chapter 121 – Call me A forced smile tugged on Madam Jewel’s lip as she gazed at Elijah, but he was too focused on the photos that Scorpio was sending him.

“Elijah,” Madam Jewel called out, watching her tone.

Playing deaf to her, Elijah kept his gaze on his screen, and that had her frownings lightly.

“Elijah, how is Peach?” Madam Jewel asked once again, trying for a more friendly tone as she tried to figure out what was going on.

Immediately, Elijah’s grip tightened on his phone, his gaze froze for a while before he sighed and turned off his screen, shoving the device back into his pocketbefore glaring up at her, annoyed at her hypocrisy.

“You should know how she is doing,” Elijah calmly uttered as he stood from the couch.

A nervous look passed over Madam Jewel’s face, but before she could speak out, Mr. Bamford cut in, “Is Mrs Darius at the company?”.

“No,” Elijah answered a bit stiffly, meeting Madam Jewel’s eyes with a dark stare.

“She’s at home…

feeling a bit under the weather.” Taking his gaze away from the old woman’s worried eyes, Elijah gave the chief constable a small smile and said, “I shouldget back to her.” ‘He is actually playing Jacob’s game! But…

something is not adding up,’ Madam Jewel thought, her eyebrows furrowing as she watched the smile on Elijah’s face, and something about him grinningwhile knowing that his wife was in captivity made chills run down her spine.

With one last smile directed towards the old man, Elijah turned on his heels and walked over to Madam Jewel, stoppingright by her, causing her sons and grandson to tense up, and ready to attack Elijah.

“How are your daughters,granddaughters, daughters‐in‐law, and granddaughters‐in‐law doing?” Elijah whispered, his tone low and dark, hisvoice laced with poison, causing a sense of fear to settle deep inside Madam Jewel.

Her eyes froze open, and then she turned her head to look at him, a look of terror etched acrossher features.

Jewel couldn’t breathe, it was

‘It was you…

at Elijah

of Elijah, puffing his chest, and asked, “What did you say to mygrandmother just now?” “Mr.

is my office and

words‐” “No one here heard what he saidto her, except Madam Jewel, and if she’s not complaining…” Just by the coldness in Elijah’s eyes, Josh stepped back, letting out to please his ego, “Count yourself lucky,” Not uttering

said to him, giving him a pleading expression,

calmly, yet, his fingers curled into fists, his knuckles turning

Jewel knew the

pleaded, her eyes filled with desperation, and

as everyone stared at Elijah and her, not believing the one word that had left her lips, and he sighed deeply, pinching the bridge of his

opened his eyes and looked directly at Madam Jewel, reached into

me,” Elijah commanded, handing Madam

The words crawled from her throat before she could stop herself, and after the first sentence, she wanted to

his

Hayeses this visit?”

but Madam Jewel beat him

Elmer is fine.” “Elmer?!” Dean blurted out, glaring at

An awkward silence fell upon them, and her sons stared at each other, not sure what to say, especially Josh, who scowled at his grandmother, not

walked out of the office, knowing that he got her right where he wanted her, and he was going to bend her

moment Elijah stepped out of the building and entered the backseat of his car, Rick looked in

the car, and he knew exactly who was calling,

listening

Elijah let out without opening