When Melina finally stopped crying, Elijah slowly withdrew her off him, his patience below breaking point, and yet he smiled at her softly, saying in a gentle tone almost like a whisper, “I am so sorry, Melina for being insensitive to you and feelings during the entire ordeal... So sorry... Okay?”‘Boss, what the fuck?!’ Larry blurted in his head, looking at the other men's faces to see that they too had this look in their expression that says dude-you-are-tripping-big-time.For a while, Melina said nothing and just stared at Elijah, like she was trying to find any signs or traces of lies in his words.But when his eyes remained steady on her, and still holding her gaze, she felt overwhelmed with relief, she had never been so happy to see the man he once was before her, and she smiled as these words played in her head, ‘You are a Chameleon… You change for women like some fool. Well, since Peach is taken care of, I will not mind being your comforter for the fun of it.’A shaky grin cu
The warehouse was quiet as Melina stood there like some dummy, having this look of confusion on her face that gives out the impression she didn't know what Elijah was talking about.“Strap her,” Elijah commended, his face dead of emotions as he stared straight into her eyes like she was a puzzle to solve. Once the boss's order was out in the open, Jerome did not hesitate to grab a rope and then dragged a chair toward Melina, resting it right behind her.Before she could protest or realize what was going on, Jerome locked her down in the chair and bound her wrists along with her ankles with two sets of ropes.“Melina, don't test my patience... I want my wife back, and trust me, I can do anything to make that happen... Is that understood?” Elijah asked, staring straight at her from across the room, his tone deadly serious.Suddenly, his ringtone sounded, and Elijah pulled out his phone, answering the call with his sight still trained on Melina.“Dice,” Elijah mumbled, fear suddenly cre
Silently, Peach looked down at her fingers which were clasped around her hand and then lifted them so that they were lying flat across the surface of the table, staring into Jacob’s piercing gaze.“I don't follow,” Peach whispered under her breath. “What are you asking?”“We all know that your husband should be a loser, a lower life... A scum... So how is he doing this?” Jacob asked as he leaned his elbows on the table, making himself appear taller and broader.Hearing his insult towards Elijah had Peach glaring at him, her eyes narrowing and her jaw tightening as she darted her gaze away from him, mumbling, “How is he doing what?”“Do you know how expensive lawsuits are, Huh? Where is Elijah taking the money from? Who is backing him? What's his contact?” Jacob questioned, raising a brow.Even though she was still going to say these same words to protect her husband, she realized they were the raw truth as she mumbled, “I don't know.”“You don't know, or you won't tell?!” Jacob shou
A knock on Miss Grace's suite door made her tired eyes snap open and forced her to push the comforter off her, getting out of bed.A moment later, when she got to the door and opened it, she immediately had this awful gut feeling that something was wrong, seeing Ryan, Rookie, and Matt standing there with Dice.“What’s wrong, Matt?” Miss Grace asked, hugging her arms around herself for comfort.“We will be gone for a while, but Dice here will be your guard until we get back,” Matt said, forcing a smile, even though he, Ryan, and Rookie had been nothing but freakout since they found out that Peach got kidnapped.“Okay... But where are you guys going at such an hour?” “Work stuff...”Confused by his reply, Miss Grace was speechless for a moment, and the guys turned to leave hurriedly before she came up with another question, but she suddenly blurted out, making them halt, “Is Elijah alright?”Slowly, Ryan turned around with a smile, masking his sadness behind a grin that looked genuine.
For the first time, sleep was not something Elijah knew for an entire night, and when the morning light crept into his room, he was sitting on the edge of his bed, feeling a bit exhausted after spending every second of last night rearranging the chess board to his liking, and it was time for him to make his first move.But as he reached for his phone, an unknown number suddenly popped up on the screen, causing him to pause and then answered, frowning when he heard, “You little crook...”“Who is this?” Elijah asked impatiently.“You are loaded as fuck! It's all diamonds... The ring is worth millions of bucks. You have been shitting around with the act of being a broke ass, but you got the dollars and you are not afraid to spend them on Peach!” “It’s you... from last night’s call...”The frown on Elijah's face deepened, realizing that Jacob was switching in between contacts, and then he heard his voice laugh hysterically through the phone before saying, “Why though... Why hide the fact
With the sound of her heels hitting the marble tiles and a serious expression on her face, Amelia walked down the lobby of her company, and then she left the building.When she finally got to the parking lot, she opened the back door of her Mercedes, entered the backseat, and shut it, staring away from the tinted windows the moment she heard all the doors lock automatically.“Jerry, what the hell?!” Amelia said, looking intently at the reflection of a man with a mask and hat on in the rearview mirror.“Jerry is asleep... So I will be your driver for today.” A deep, dark voice came out from the driver's seat. Before she could tell or react, the left back door unlocked, and she was about to make a run for it, but the door suddenly opened and a tall guy entered, sitting by her, then shut the door before the sound of the lock went off.“You took care of him?” The guy behind the steering wheel asked as he started the car engine.“Yes.” The other dude said, giving Amelia a small smile.Fea
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 frowning slightly. “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 pocket before 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 gaz
The mere sight of the exquisite suite had Madam Jewel speechless because she didn't expect Elijah to live in such a decent place.“You said that I should call, but did not answer my calls...” Madam Jewel stated, reliving the anger and frustration she felt having to immediately chase after Elijah in her car when he didn't pick up at her first ring.‘It was a test to see how desperate you are... and I can safely say now that you are desperate.’ Elijah thought as he glared at her, knowing that he had to exist in the same space as this woman for his wife's sake.“Drop your bag on the table,” Elijah commanded, grabbing her attention off his place and onto him.Even though she hated every second of being obedient to Elijah, she slowly took her bag from her shoulder, set it down on the small table next to the sofa, and sat down.“Your coat, take it off,” Elijah ordered, his eyes never wavering from hers, knowing that she was a tricky woman.His tone was commanding, and it felt like a needle