Chapter 210

Upon hearing Elijah's reassurance, Jocelyn's tears flowed even harder, a full display of "damsel in distress." Teri scoffed, taking my arm. "Let's go. This place reeks of bad energy." Then, we turned to leave. "Wait!" Elijah called out. I stopped, frowning at him. Elijah seemed to want to say something, perhaps to warn me, but realizing it was neither the time nor place, he simply said, "Ari, stop picking on Jocelyn for the sake of the child." I let out a cold laugh. "Child? Whose child?" Elijah's face flushed red, then turned pale. "Ari, don't be… unreasonable…" The last few words came out weakly, lacking conviction. I smirked. If there was one change in Elijah's demeanor since my memory loss, it was this. Once, he'd cheated with brazen confidence, even blaming me. Now, all he had left was guilt and a faltering voice. Not wanting to waste any more breath on him, I replied icily, "Mr. Linden, why don't you ask your precious Jocelyn why she so eagerly came over to our seats just