The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 115

Chapter 115-The media will not know about this

 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 curved on her lips, and she placed her hand on his cheek as she whispered, “Thank you.” 

“Let‘s go. I will drive you back to my hotel.” Elijah said, a soft smile tugging at the corner of his lips. 

Like the woman he knew she was, Melina played right into his hand, beaming with excitement and happiness as she looked at him and replied, “Yeah. Let‘s do that.” Looking over to the doctor, Melina smiled stiffly and gave him this look that told him whatever she had to say was a warning and not just words. 

“I hope you can keep Elijah and me coming here a secret... After all, lawsuits are not a pretty thing and are very costly... You know that you have to keep all your patient records confidential... right? So, Elijah and I... We were never here, for whatever reason, and that‘s that, okay doc?” Melina said in a soft tone with the same stuff smile. With his eyes on her, Elijah kept brushing his thumb over his wedding band and trying to suppress all of his emotions that were screaming at him from behind the cage he shut them in. “Also, you didn‘t hear that I am going over to Elijah‘s hotel... got it?” Melina said, feeling more confident now, knowing that Elijah was once again the Elijah she could use, bend, and manipulate to her will. Nervous, the doctor darted his eyes towards Elijah, waiting for him to reply to whatever she said, but Elijah just raised his eyebrows, and the Doc sighed, looking back at Melina. 

“Miss Hayes, I swear on my mother‘s life that a word of your presence here would not 

get found out by the media or anyone else. I will make sure my nurses and other staff know this too.” 

With Elmer going to jail because of Elijah and her family losing the company to Peach because of him, the last thing she wanted them to find out was that she was screwing him again and back in bed with their so–called enemy. 

One thing she was thankful for was that it was late hours and only hospital staff was able to see her because of Elijah‘s men shielding them. “Good... Thanks, doc.” Melina said, her lips curving into a small smile, giving him the benefit of the doubt for now. “Elijah. Let‘s go.” After throwing the doctor one last look, Elijah squeezed his ring tightly for a second before turning to look at Melina with a small smile, and then he woke from the chair. As he was about to walk off, she immediately clutched onto his arm, hugging him, and Elijah tensed up for a moment before walking for the door with her clenching along. A moment later, when they got back to his car, Elijah opened the door for her, and her smile widened at him before she entered the front seat, then he closed it. When Elijah got behind the steering wheel and was driving out of the parking lot, Melina took her eyes off the window and to him the moment she heard all the doors locked. 

There was this look on Elijah‘s face that she remembered way too well from a couple of minutes back when he was asking her for Peach, and that sent chills down her spine as her stomach dropped and her heart beat increased rapidly. 

Yet, she still had hope... She still believed that he was a man that she could bend and control if necessary, even though right now, all she saw was a man, lost in his own world with only his thoughts for company. 

“Elijah,” Melina called out in her most soothing voice that sounded like velvet, and then she reached for his hand. 

But he suddenly turned the curve in such a quick movement that she yelped in surprise before he pulled his hand away from hers as he put the gear shift in neutral and pressed the accelerator a little more than it should be, making the car speed up. 

“Elijah... this is not the road back to your motel,” Melina said, her face scrunched into an uncomfortable expression as she tried to hold back her panic that grew at every second. 

Ignoring her words, Elijah split his attention between driving and his phone since the road was partly free, quickly dialing Jerome‘s number as he decelerated a bit, causing Melina to stop clutching onto the seatbelt. 

“J, where are you?” Elijah asked the moment his call got an answer, his eyes glued on the road, hitting the accelerator again, making Melina grab the handle, and Larry along with the other nine drivers picked up their speed. 

“At the warehouse, waiting for my father to send orders for me and the guys if we are needed for the chase... I heard about what happened to...” Jerome‘s voice trailed off for a moment and he cleared his throat. 

“It‘s good that you are there. I am on my way.”