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.

so thick that even Madam Jewel couldn’t breathe, it was like someone had pressed the pause

‘It was you…

Elijah with

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

office and the will be no

you will be handled according to the law.” “He just offended my grandmother with his 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

quiet,” Madam Jewel said to him, giving him a pleading expression, hoping that he

rather not,” Elijah replied calmly, yet, his

Jewel knew the scale between

Jewel pleaded, her eyes filled with desperation,

believing the one word that had left her lips, and he sighed deeply, pinching the bridge of his

Madam Jewel, reached into

handing Madam Jewel the

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

snort left Elijah’s lips and he pulled his

do I owe you Hayeses this visit?”

speak, Dean opened his mouth, but Madam Jewel

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

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

of the office, knowing that he got her right where he wanted

stepped out of the building and entered the backseat of

knew exactly who was calling, ignoring the noise and

Rick mumbled, listening to

let out without opening his