The office was filled with silence once again for a few moments until Mason suddenly laughed loudly, startling Dean and making him jump in surprise. “Bryan is a very attractive man, isn't he,” Mason remarked with a chuckle as he wiped a tear from the corner of his eye. “Of course he would have an interest in a lady! He's always flirting when we are out, drinking.” “Yeah...?” Dean responded quietly before he continued, “So... who do you think he’s serious about right now?” An intense expression covered Mason's face as he stared directly at Dean without looking away, furrowing his brows as he asked, “You have a daughter, right?Melina… Haha, is this about her?” “Uh... I wish! But, no.” Dean answered quickly with a chuckle, shaking his head in denial. A curious glint entered Mason's eyes as he inquired, and then he relaxed in his seat, mumbling, “Bryan is like a loose cannon. The guy is a player… He doesn’t acknowledge a woman openly because he is constantly looking around for a new
Eyeing Elijah, Peach wanted so desperately to read his thoughts because his expression was completely blank; there was no emotion evident on his face. Nervous and uneasy, Peach reached for the glass of cosmopolitan cocktail, lifted it to her lips, and drank the entire thing down without hesitation. And as soon as the liquor entered her mouth, she felt hot liquid fill her throat, and she could taste the vodka, and immediately, she started coughing violently, clutching her throat as she felt the burning sensation. Instantly, Elijah stood up from his seat and placed his palm on her back to rub it soothingly, “Hey, hey, Peach, relax. Deep breaths. Take slow, steady breaths.” Once Peach stopped coughing, her chest heaved with heavy breaths, and her hand clutched onto Elijah's arm to keep her balance. After waiting for her to finally regain control of herself and settle down a bit, Elijah mumbled, “You good?” Peach simply nodded her head in reply while wiping a few stray tears away wi
As Ryan rested his suitcase on the bed, he looked back when his room door burst open, and Matt rushed into the room. “What?!” Ryan asked, tossing a t-shirt into his suitcase. “Rookie just showed me this!” Matt said, holding up his phone in his hand. Annoyed, Ryan snatched his phone with a blank expression on his face and played the video, his eyes widened slightly. “So when Boss and Peach went out… Damn!!” Ryan gasped as he listened to Peach confronting Jessica on the video. “Damn indeed…” Matt agreed with a chuckle. “Does the boss know that someone uploaded what happened at the bar onto the internet?” “Yeah, Rookie told him.” The room fell silent after Matt stopped talking, but eventually, Ryan broke the silence as he mumbled, “With the lies that Melina spread and now video of this Jessica person confronting boss, he’s never going to escape the rumors.” There was a long pause, and then Matt frownes and said, “You think! The fact that he carried her out of the bar like that
Even though Miss Grace could see the pain in her daughter's eyes, she ignored it and informed her with a smile, “The guys are leaving, and they want to see you before they leave.”Sniffing away the tears that were forming in her eyes, a look of shock spread across Peach's face before she cleared her throat and asked, “They are leaving...? Where to? Why?!”The two had not told Miss Grace anything either, and she just shrugged her shoulder and replied, “That I don't know,”“Elijah too?!” Peach blurted out before she could get a grip on her tongue. After the conversation her mother and she just had, Peach felt a sudden sense of awkwardness, but Miss Grace only smiled and said, “It’s only Ryan and Rookie.”“Oh,” Peach said quietly, looking down at her lap.After a few minutes of silence passed by, Miss Grace patted her hand and said, “Freshen up and come downstairs because they won't leave without saying ‘goodbye’ to you?” As they stood in the lobby of the hotel, Rookie eyed Ryan, Mat
‘One week,’ Peach thought nervously, eyeing Elijah before picking at the green beans on her plate, feeling the silence around the table.A loud sigh escaped James' lips as he rested back in his seat and then let out, “I know I said that I won’t miss those two, but now I can only think about how much it's annoying knowing they're not here with us...”A weak smile formed on Peach’s face as she focused on James and said, “Yeah, it just doesn't feel right not having them with us… at least, one week has gone by, so we are getting closer to seeing them again.”How accurate she was with the time that had passed made Elijah's eyes drift towards her, knowing that since the day Ryan and Rookie left he had been keeping his distance from her and trying his hardest to keep himself occupied. They had been staying away from each other and even though it felt strange Elijah didn’t want to admit it; he missed spending time together with her, and he hated seeing the disappointment in her eyes when th
“Oh my God!!” Miss Grace cried in horror as the guy rushed for Matt with the blade aimed right for his neck and a wicked smile plastered across his face.Not even putting much thought into it, Matt jumped in the air, swung his right leg, and slammed his foot into the exact spot he hit first on the guy’s chest, sending him flying off the ground and landing hard on the concrete floor in a heap.“He’s not waking up! Matt, he's not getting up!!” Miss Grace panicked, turning around with a tear in her eye.Silently Elijah walked over to the guy, kicked the blade aside, squatted, and placed his fingertip toward his bloodstained nose, feeling the warm air flowing onto his skin and exhaling deeply with relief as he whispered, "He's still breathing."Glancing over at Matt, Elijah met his eyes and said, “Can you get my car key, and wallet from my desk. Let’s take this dude to a hospital,”It was too early for him to start getting in such serious trouble, and Elijah wanted to prevent that from ha
The entire situation had Elijah deep in thought, and yet, alarmed, knowing that these guys were trouble and dangerous, and two against seven in such a situation didn't seem like a fair fight.“You know I have been counting days for my injuries to fully heal so that I can find your ass and beat the hell out of you…” Dice said, looking away from Jerome and staring at Elijah.Even though the tension in the air was so murderous, Elijah's eyes remained calm and his expression stayed neutral, looking straight into Dice’s eyes.“And then you do this shit... hospitalized my damn son by beating the hell outta his sorry ass and trying to kill him...” Dice said in a dead tone as he tilted his head. “Do you have some death wish, boy?!”Such a threat made Matt’s anger spike, and he blurted out without a care, “If your son didn't try to stab a knife into my boss’s neck, I wouldn't have lost my cool, and this conversation won't be taking place in a hospital room!”“So you are the one that did this t
The living room of the Hayes mansion was quiet, until Dean walked into the doorway, and saw his mother, reading a newspaper.Shutting it, Madam Jewel watched the look of disappointment on his face and then asked, “Why do you look so dejected?”Sluggishly, Dean shrugged and sat down on the couch opposite his mother, before speaking again, “Elijah got nothing to lose!”Those words made Madam Jewel raise her eyebrows in shock, and she put down her paper to give her son an incredulous look. “After waiting one week and expecting an answer, is that all Vlad has to report?! What kind of nonsense background investigation is that!” Madam Jewel questioned, looking at her son with disdain. “Well, he did his job, but no one in the country seems to truly know who Elijah is... except it's related to Melina or rumors about him and Peach. He has no work history, no family or friends, and he doesn’t seem to even go to school or college...” Dean said, trying to figure out how else to explain the situ