Grabbing the last unconscious thug by his leg and dragging him to the SUV, Dice smirked at Jerome and then threw him with the others in the backseat of the car.A low groan escaped from the bruised-up thugs as they laid over each other, unable to even speak for themselves let alone try to escape or attack any of them. "You should text the boss to come out." Dice told his son, slamming the car door shut.The silence in Elijah's room broke when Elijah's phone vibrated, causing him to look away from Miss Grace and focus on his phone screen."Hmmm... Please excuse me. I got to head out," Elijah said as he woke from his bed, shoving his phone into his pocket.As he was about to walk past Miss Grace, feeling disheartened, her voice stopped him, "Do not make me regret this, Elijah... regret choosing you for my daughter."A faint smile grew across Elijah's face, hearing her say that, knowing she wasn't actually mad at him, just worried as any mother would be if her daughter was involved with

The glass door pushed open, and Elijah walked into the restaurant along with Matt, his hands stuck in his pockets as he advanced toward the front desk. Like a celebrity with bad publicity, he immediately grabbed the attention of the famous faces in the restaurant, giving him many stares, which he ignored. “Hey, I'm here to meet Clyde Fangio,” Elijah told the lady sitting behind the desk as he looked down at her, a blank and uninterested look plastered on his face. Looking up to meet his eyes, she gave a small smile, and mumbled, “Right, Elijah-” “Darius,” Elijah answered simply. Her gaze darted nervously from Elijah to Matt and back to Elijah, mumbling, “Okay, the second floor, room three.” Nodding slightly, Elijah pulled away from the counter with Matt right behind him, ignoring the conversation between the two receptionists. “He really is good-looking... Sadly, he is that way...” The lady with the long brown hair commented. “Yeah... It's disturbing that he is still showing hi

With the sunlight beaming on his face, Elijah stood outside the motel, hands in his pocket, eyes on the sky. His head was still swimming from all that had happened recently, his mind still reeling with the fact that he was getting married again, and it kind of scared him just a little bit. So deep in thought, he didn't hear the door open and didn't connect with reality until Peach hugged him from the back, wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her head flat on his back. "Hey," She said softly, and he could feel the smile forming on her lips even without turning around to look at her. "What are you doing out here?" "Thinking," Elijah answered truthfully, his voice barely above a whisper as well. "How much of what Madam Jewel said did you hear yesterday before walking in?" "A bit," Silence followed after his answer as her heart frowned at the thought that he might have been hurt by all the awful words Madam Jewel had spewed. "Elijah, you don't..." Peach trailed off,

As Matt drove the car in silence, he looked back at Elijah, staring out the opened passenger window, and then he mumbled, "I know you don't talk a lot about your marriage to Melina, but I think Peach is really in love with you...""You will think those words twice after being with a manipulative, twisted psychopath who is willing to do anything to get what she wants," Elijah mumbled, not taking his eyes off the scenery. "Women know the power that they have... They use it like a weapon. They know how to wield it, to control it. To get them what they want."Sighing, Matt turned around and looked at him for a second, seeing the pain reflected in Elijah's brown eyes as he said this before looking back at the road ahead, mumbling, "Not all of them are like that.""I know. And I am hoping for Peach to just be Peach... I don't think I can handle her changing on me later because, to be honest, I am..." Elijah mumbled, pausing as he stared at a store and then blurted, "Make a stop over there.

With a scowl on her face, Melina turned around to look at Peach, and then she looked over at Matt, a few distances away from them, standing close to the wall, his back resting against the concrete, his arms crossed tightly over his chest."Who is he?" Melina asked her tone hard, making it evident that she wasn't letting this go easily.Knowing that the only reason she and Elijah were here was that that was what her mother wanted, Peach tried not to show anything on her face, trying her best to keep her emotions hidden."He's Elijah's friend," Peach answered after taking a deep breath and calming her raging mind."Elijah has a friend?" Melina scoffed in confusion, raising an eyebrow at Peach before glaring at Matt."What do you want, Melina?" "Elijah,"Silence fell over them, Peach holding her gaze straight ahead as Melina stared angrily at her, waiting for an answer, only finding it odd when Peach kept silent with an unreadable expression."I want Elijah back... After all, I was marr