Elijah's behavior was too strange, and too sudden. Compared to the incredibly gentle man he was days ago, it was a world of difference, and it frightened Ella.
She had never been treated so fiercely by a man before; she thought her life was at stake as tears streamed from her eyes.
She wasn't afraid Elijah would kill her, she just felt heartbroken for her parents facing yet another tragedy.
Thinking of her parents, Ella immediately raised her small hands and grasped Elijah's wrists, trying to pull his large hands away, but it was to no avail.
Elijah looked at the girl's tearful face, took a deep breath, and flung her aside, causing Ella to stagger and hit a nearby cabinet.
"Cough... cough... cough..." She coughed while staring at Elijah, thinking that he must have found out she was behind the fire in Liam's bedroom.
