The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

I am not going to run When the sound of her room door cracking open echoed in her ear, Miss Grace jumped from her sleep and
looked over at her daughter, standing in the doorway. “Peach, honey... It‘s five am... What‘s the matter?” Miss Grace asked,
sitting up in bed, her voice still raspy with sleep. Pouting, Peach shut the door, walked over to her mother, and climbed into her
bed, hugging her.
“I am nervous, mama... Not even the internet knows how much he‘s worth.... It was easier when he was just an ordinary man,
but now...” Peach trailed off as she held onto her mom. 1
Smiling softly, Grace stroked her daughter‘s hair, and after a while, she whispered, “Honey, wliy did you fall in love with Elijah?”
“The first time I met him, he was grumpy, but his eyes told me a different story... I could tell he was hurt... Maybe there was
something about his wounded soul that made me curious, and then he slowly unraveled his personality...” Peach whispered.
Then she raised her head to stare at her mother, mumbling, “How he treated his friends, how he cared for those around him... He
seemed so genuine when we were together... Underneath all his brokenness, anger, and frustration, I saw someone worth
loving, worth being patient withi, caring for, respecting... Someone who deserves happiness. I wanted to make him that person.
But, why I love him is something I can‘t put into words... I just felt like he was the one.”
“Do you feel any different now that he‘s a third–generation multi–billionaire?” Miss Grace inquired, smiling.
When Peach shook her head, she kissed her daughter‘s forehead, whispering, “Love is pretty scary when it is true. You are with
your husband for who he is, and not what he is, and that kind of feeling is what love really is... For better or worse, sickness or
health, in riches or poverty... You have loved him when he was nobody, now you get to stand by him with your chin high as a
proud wife and love him as you have always done.”
His back resting against the wall, staring at his son, Mr. Maxwell sighed, saying, “You were right, but not hundred percent.”
“About what?” Elijah asked, wondering while Peach sneaked out of the room an hour ago.
“Not only Matt, but all four of your men report back to me, after all, I made them take an oath to have me updated about your
every step...” “others have weirdos as stalkers. Mine is my dad. Joy.”
“Your wife gets so much praise in all of their reports... and just one day with you guys and I do see why. She‘s precious. Your
mother will be proud.” “That‘s why I want us to do this.”

The sound of the door opening made both men turn to see Peach entering the room, and when their gaze rested on her, she
gave a weak smile. “I will excuse myself.” Mr. Maxwell said before leaving and closing the door behind himself.
Looking at her husband, Peach‘s feet felt frozen to the ground until Elijah said softly, “Come
here.”
Slowly, she took steps closer to him, and when she reached the bed, Elijah pulled her onto the mattress next to liim, liissing
slightly in pain.
“I hate this, not being able to lold or treat you like I used to because of my bruises,” Elijah whispered.
Suddenly, placing her hand on Elijali‘s chiest, she could feel liis steady heartbeat underneath her palm, and then she rested her
head on liim, listening to it as she munbled, “This is enough for me.”
A smile tugged at the corners of Elijah‘s lips as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against his torso as he ignored the
pain, kissing hier temple, and murmuring in response,” After my bruise heals, let‘s take a trip to Bordoria? I want to take you to
the home that holds all 111y childhood and most of my adulting, nicmories. Also, my motlier really wants to meet
you.”
“I would like that very much.” Peach answered, turning hier head to face him, smiling.
Tlie long hand on the wall clock rested on ten, and the brightness of the television reflected in Josh‘s eyes as he watclied
Senator Butcher deliver, if I could go back in time to the second Josh Hayes approached me, I would liave done things differently,
like remember that Elmer Hayes is behind bars because of Elijah Darius... I mean, Elijah Maxwell stood up for his wife‘s right,
fought for her, and gave her back the company that her grandfather gave her in his will...” 1
“This bastard is throwing me under the bus to save his ass now that he knows who that bastard is.” Tosh muttered, taking a sip
from the wine bottle in his hand.
“Because if I had remembered that, then I would have also known that the Hayes liad a motive to frame and ruin Elijah Maxwell‘s
reputation... it saddens me that I was naive to ignore those things and acted from my heart because Jessica Astor was a friend
of my daughter and I was tricked by her and Josh Hayes to act a fool and hurt an innocent man.”
“Bullshit! What a load of it!!”

The sense of frustration that boiled inside Josh was evident as he slammed the wine bottle down on the table.
“I now know that I owe Mr. Maxwell an apology, and I am never too big of a man to do so. And I also understand that the Hayes,
well, Josh Hayes is not a man to be trusted, and in the future, I want nothing to do with such scum,” Josh scolded at the
television as he watched the serious look on Mr. Butcher‘s face after he uttered those words.
A bitter laugh that sounded more like a cry escaped Josh‘s throat as he shook his head, and he took another swig from the
bottle, draining it. “My Secretary is already reaching out to Elijah to schedule a meeting to personally apologize to him.” Mr.
Butcher stated.
“That‘s honorable and all, Senator Butcher. But some people may say that the only reason you are doing this is that Elijah Darius
is now Elijalı Maxwell. What do you want to say to those people?” The reporter hastily asked. “Of course, he‘s only fucking doing
it because of that!! Josh screamed, grabbed the whiskey bottle, and threw it across the room with full force.
Then he laughed loudly, slamming his hands down on the table, but his laugh was cut short lowever wheu he heard luis office
door open and his secretary, Lakor entered, closing the door slowly behind him.
“Boss, you know low we lost 20% of our investors when you and Iris pot adivorce? Well, the Senator‘s speech has only been on
the air for five minutes, and we have a worse crisis than that.” Laker quickly spoke.
“Wiat? How bad is it?” Josh questioned as he pushed himself up to a sitting position, gripping. the armrests of the chair tightly.
“At this rate, the company is going to crash within less than a month... it‘s not only the investors, but we have super pissed
clients on the lines.”
“I see.”
Suddenly, Laker‘s eyes widened when he saw his boss stand up abruptly, aggressively shoved all of the things on his desk onto
the ground, and scream, “It‘s all that bitch fault.”
*The hell,‘ Laker mumbled in his head, taking a step back.
“She had to go running her mouth to that bastard and betray me!”
“Okay... I will be stepping out now, boss.”
Suddenly, his phone started buzzing like crazy, and Josli snatched it off his desk, answering it quickly.

His dark eyes glanced over to Larker, shutting the door, and then he blurted out, “What is it, grandma?!”
“Come home, now!” Madam Jewel‘s voice boomed through the phone. “Everyone is there, isn‘t it?!”
“Just get here!”
The living room of the Haves mansion had this weird, tense energy as everyone sat stiffly. their expression dark and somber.
Finally, when Josh walked into the room, the tension only seemed to add up in the air, and as soon as he took his seat, Madam
Jewel said, “We have to sell Revest, and you need to travel out of the country.”
A cold chuckle left Joshi‘s throat as he crossed his legs, leaning forward in the chair, looking straight at his grandmother as he
replied, “I am not going to run!”
“Did you know that within the hours it took you to get here, Mr. Astor released a press statement, claiming that you threatened
his daughter‘s life to force her into doing your plan?!”
“It was that bitch idea from the very being!” “It does not matter, Josh! The Butcher and Astor are using you as their escaped goat,
and they have their ropes tightly around your neck! There is no coming back from this!”
“Grandma –”
“Reinvest is going to crash if you insist on keepin, it. To salvage this mess, we have to sell the
company. I will host a press conference removing the rest of the family from the situation, and you will have to travel.”
“‘You guys are throwing me under the bus too?! Wow, you all are lıypocrites and cowards!”
Watching her grandson stand from his seat, Madam Jewel cried, “Josh, sit back down. Your
father has already booked the ticket... even him knows that this is for the best.”
“Screw all of you!! I will figlit my own danın battle!” Josh snapped.
Frowning, Dean glared at his son‘s back and let out, “Josh, don‘t do anything stupid that will mess you up.”
“That bitch has already fuck up my life, and I am not leaving until I mess up someone else‘s!” Josh uttered, his voice numb from
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