chapter 139

Elijah Smith...

Ella once again started ignoring everyone. But this time, it felt different. She looked angry all the time. Emotions always covered her face, and she was always close to tears.

Everyone in the mansion was walking over eggshells around her. No one wanted to upset her, and neither did I.

I made sure to be around her most of the time and I took her to the meeting we had in Dante's house, not because I wanted to, but because she wanted to be apart of all conversations.

It was uncomfortable to have to take her to the place she was taken to after Danre basically kidnapped her. But I didn't want to leave her behind at a time like this.

I was basically attached to her hips, too afraid to leave her on her own.

Realizing what she had planned to do to Elizabeth gave me a slap across the face. My wife would have been broken if she had gone through with it, and I hadn't shown up.

While she was upset at me, she also understood where I was coming from. I didn't want the inno