Chapter 115

Chapter 115Chapter 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.”
“Huh?”
“I have a guest that will be spending some time there."
Feeling like Elijah was talking about her, Melina snapped her head to glare at him, feeling a pit forming
in her stomach, and she couldn‘t help but ask, “Where are we
going, Elijah?”
novelbinKnowing not to ask any more questions after hearing a female voice echo from Elijah’s end of the line,
Jerome paused for a moment and said, “We are waiting on you then, boss.”
The intentional silences she was getting from Elijah had Melina feeling uneasy, but she held in her
tongue, biting her lip as they crossed another intersection.
A couple of moments later, when he shifted direction to a dusty road that looked dark and deserted,
fear pulled her into a tight hug, causing shivers to run through her spine.
“Where the fuck are you taking me, Elijah?!"
Melina shrieked, her eyes widened the further inside he drove at full speed, leaving the main road
behind.
“Where"
“Stop talking,"
Elijah snarled in a low tone.The murky cloud had covered the moon, causing darkness to shadow the ground, leaving only the
eleven SUVs lights brightening the rocky paths until they came to a stop in front of a warehouse.
And the moment they did, all of Melina‘s fears became real, and she looked at Elijah as he turned off
the engine and then unbuckled his seatbelt.
“Get out,"
Elijah said as he opened the car door.
“This is not your hotel,"
Melina blurted out.
Halting, Elijah turned around to look at her… his eyes were dark and cold, and there was no love in
those orbs, she noticed that his mouth was set in a thin line and he seemed tense.
“You are not the only one who can put on a shitty show to get what they want… Now get out of the
damn car!"
Elijah ordered with a cold tone.
Her face became pale at his words as she watched Elijah pull out his key and get out of the SUV,
slamming his door so hard that it made her flinch.
‘Who the hell is this guy?‘ Melina thought, realizing after years of marriage that she didn‘t know her
husband like the way she believes she did… or at least the sides of him, she never got to see because
she didn’t give a damn to know him beyond her selfish
desire.Suddenly, her door opened, making her jump slightly, and turned her gaze to see Larry standing with
fourteen men behind him.
“Boss said we should get you inside by any means necessary, so you can walk on your own two feet or
we can make it happen another way…"
Larry said, his words more of a warning than a request.
And Melina knew that, so she slowly unbuckled her seatbelt, swallowing her pride and anger and
getting down from the car.
When they got into the warehouse, she realized that fifty men were just a mere number as she stared
at the other bunch of dudes with Jerome standing about in the room… a number too much for her
troubled brain to comprehend.
“Where is my wife, Melina?"
Elijah‘s cold voice made her dart her gaze to see him seated in a chair, his legs crossed as he leaned
back while watching her closely with this look on his face that she couldn‘t decipher.