Ch. 106..110: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 106-110

Chapter 106 What Did You See

"Please behave yourself."

Maurice glanced at Nicole coldly.

Seeing that, she broke into a cold sweat.

With an awkward smile, she withdrew her hand.

The rumors were true, indeed.Maurice didn't like actresses, and he was probably not interested in women at all.

"I won't accompany you, but I can get you a suitable date."

Saying those words, Maurice's expression softened a little.

Nicole raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Who do you have in mind?"

Eliana was still waiting outside the VIP lounge.

Looking at the intimate interaction between Maurice and Nicole, she had mixed feelings.

Did Maurice really meet Nicole to help her or did he come there for a tryst? While she was lost in thought, she accidentally turned the doorknob.

And the door was pushed open.

"Ah"

Losing her balance, Eliana staggered and fell to the floor.There was a horrified look in Nicole's eyes when she saw that.

Seeing who it was, she sneered, "Oh, I almost thought it was the paparazzi.I didn't expect you! Aren't you the designer? Why are you so sneaky?"

Feeling embarrassed, Eliana awkwardly hung her head.She was only trying to observe Maurice secretly to find out how he was going to solve the problem, and now she was ashamed of herself.

"How long are you going to keep lying on the floor?"

Maurice did not seemed to be surprised by her weird behavior at all.He slowly walked to Eliana and reached out his hand.

"Get up."

Seeing his kind gesture towards her, Nicole looked at him in disbelief.He was just being so cold to her, but now he was smiling at Eliana as though he was a different person.

Nicole immediately realized that her guess was right.

The designer, Eliana, had a special place in Maurice's heart.

Holding Maurice's hand, Eliana stood up.She seemed to be really embarrassed, and could not bring herself to look him in the eye.

But Maurice asked her with great interest, "What did you see?"

"I really didn't mean to pry," Eliana retorted and turned to Nicole.

"Miss Swift, I just want to ask if you find out who leaked the design.And what are you going to do if I was not the one that leaked it? You slapped me earlier."

"That's a good question."

Maurice glanced at Eliana and found that her cheek was still red and swollen.He couldn't just let it slide.

However, Nicole was also very stubborn.

Even though Maurice seemed like he was going to take Eliana's side, she did not want to give in.

Nicole snorted, "Don't think that you can threaten me with this."

She hated being threatened.

And if she found out that Eliana was not the one behind the leak, then she would tell Maurice that he would not have to compensate her, but there was no way that she was going to apologize to a mere designer!

"Nicole!" the agent interrupted her in a low voice.

"Stop causing a scene.We can't afford to offend Mr.Moran."

He then glanced at Nicole, hinting that she should not get on Maurice's nerves.

Maurice was not only the CEO of the Moran Group, he was also the future leader of the great Moran family.

The current leader of the family was Maurice's grandfather, and sooner or later, Maurice would take his place.

Moreover, Maurice's deceased mother was Brenda Moran whose maiden name was Mason.

And the Mason family was more powerful than the Moran family.If Nicole offended Maurice, she would not be the only one to suffer, the entire agency would be in trouble.

Gritting her teeth, Nicole tried her best to restrain her anger.

She couldn't afford to offend Maurice, but she also could not bring herself to face such humiliation! She deliberately smiled at Eliana and said, "You can come alone and get even with me once you prove your innocence.You can even slap me.But for now..."

Nicole leaned toward Maurice and added in an affectionate tone, "Mr.Moran, don't go back on your promise."

Chapter 107 Half A Day

What did Maurice promise Nicole?

Eliana stole a nervous glance at Nicole, only to see her sparkling eyes and meaningful smile.

Satisfied with Eliana's reaction, Nicole raised her chin confidently and left.Her agent hurried after her.

"What did you promise Nicole?" Eliana asked, looking at Maurice.

A smirk played at the corner of Maurice's lips.

"Don't look so nervous.Did you come here just to eavesdrop? Or were you afraid that I would suffer a loss?"

The intimate scene Eliana had walked in on just now flashed through her mind, bringing an involuntary scowl to her face.

She sarcastically retorted, "How could the great Mr.Moran suffer a loss? You threw aside even the Jarvis family, which was almost allied with you through marriage."

Maurice, visibly affected by the mention of this, narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips in displeasure.

‘What an ungrateful woman! I only did that to the Jarvis family for her sake, but instead of appreciating my kindness, she's making fun of me"

Maurice thought hotly to himself.

Then, in a low voice, he sneered, "Here you are wasting time worrying about the Jarvis family, when you should actually be working hard to find out how your design drawing got leaked."

When Eliana heard that, she felt her heart drop to her stomach.

‘Why is this guy so moody? Just a few minutes ago he helped me deal with Nicole, and now he's threatening me.It's like he has a whole new personality" she thought to herself sourly.

Glancing at the silent Eliana, Maurice could immediately tell how unhappy she was.

Without any change in his tone, he reminded her, "As a designer, you have to be responsible for your own designs."

"Of course I will," Eliana snapped back immediately.

"You have only half a day," Maurice said indifferently.

"Okay," Eliana agreed through gritted teeth.

Maurice could barely suppress his laughter when he saw the adorable firmness on her face.

‘Would she really be able to get to the bottom of the issue in half a day?’ he wondered.

Back in the Design Department, the employees were in the middle of cooperating with the internal review process.

They reluctantly submitted the data in their computers and, one by one, attended an individual interrogation.

Needless to say, it was a long-winded process that brought the work of the whole department to a halt.

As time went by, Rachel became more and more irritable and she couldn't hold back her complaints any longer.

"When will this stupid inspection end? I have to submit my design drawing tomorrow.This is just a waste of time!" Rachel grumbled loudly.

"Just wait a little longer.It's almost your turn," a colleague advised softly, but Rachel just turned her head away.

It was at this moment that Eliana returned to the Design Department.Her presence was like a spark falling onto gunpowder, igniting Rachel's suppressed anger at once and yanking it to the surface.

"Eliana! How dare you come back here?"

Rachel growled, rushing over to Eliana in front of everyone.

"You're the reason the whole department is being investigated, but you happily went and hid somewhere.If we can't finish our designs on time, will you take responsibility for it?"

"Don't worry.The inspection will be over soon," Eliana replied unhurriedly.

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Eliana’s calm and unaffected demeanor reduced Rachel to a nervous wreck.

In an instant, the tables were turned.

Until now, Rachel was sure that even an investigation wouldn't be able to uncover the truth.

That was why she fearlessly scolded Eliana like that.

But after seeing how calm Eliana was, Rachel couldn't help but wonder if Eliana had already found some evidence.

A mixture of guilt and fear gripped her, causing her hands to tremble.

"Mr.Moran has given orders to collect the surveillance footage.We'll soon find out who touched my computer and stole the design drawing," Eliana explained, folding her arms over her chest.

These words confirmed Rachel's guess.

In her apprehension, she hastily said, "But your desk is a blind spot!"

"How did you know that?" Eliana asked coolly.

Realizing that she had made a slip of the tongue, Rachel was so flustered that she couldn't help but stutter as she spoke.

"I've been working here for so many years.Of course I know that."

Watching Rachel squirm in panic, Eliana knew without a doubt that she must be the culprit.

Not wanting to let go of this opportunity to teach Rachel a lesson, she deliberately explained in detail, "Well, you're right, it’s a blind spot.But all we need to do is watch the surveillance footage of the surrounding area to find out who touched my computer.It's simple."

Rachel's eyes widened, and her mouth went dry.She didn't know what to say.

Chapter 108 You Leaked The Design Drawing

Upon hearing Eliana's voice, Bradly walked out of his office and saw her.

Since her cheek seemed to look less red and swollen than before, he figured that she must have applied ointment on it.

Did Maurice really drag her away just to apply medicine for her? Bradly was having mixed feelings about it, and clenched the ointment in his pocket.

Controlling his emotions, he smiled gently, and asked, "Eliana, has Nicole's problem been solved?"

"Yes," Eliana answered with a warm smile.

Actually, she was not the one that solved the problem; it was Maurice.And she did not even know what Maurice had promised to Nicole.

"That's good," Bradly said with a slight nod.

"Let's go to the monitoring room to check the surveillance footage after lunch," Eliana said in a loud voice.

Rachel was curious to know more about their conversation, but Eliana had already pulled Bradly to the other side, and their voices were not audible.There was a hint of sparkle in Rachel's eyes.

‘No way!’ She could not sit still and wait for the surveillance footage to show that she was the one that leaked Eliana’s design.

At the same time, Eliana and Bradly stopped walking in the corridor.

Perplexed, Bradly asked, "What were you trying to do?"

He had already been to the monitoring room before.Since the company cleaned the surveillance records every once in a while, the footage that they could actually use might already be deleted.

With a mischievous grin, Eliana winked at him.

"A thief always steals again."

Stunned, it took Bradly a moment to understand what she meant.

"You want to bait the culprit?"

"Shhh!"

They would find the answer soon enough.

That noon, the sun was shining brightly in the sky.

According to the plan, Eliana left the Design Department with Bradly, pretending to have lunch with him.

So Rachel rushed to the monitoring room after making sure that they were gone.

The door of the monitoring room was slightly open, and the lights were turned off.

The dim light from the computer screen outlined the silhouette of a suspicious figure.

The figure rushed to the computer and grabbed the mouse.Her hands were trembling.She moved the cursor swiftly and searched for a long time before she finally found the surveillance records.

"Damn it! Hurry..." she muttered to herself anxiously as she continued to click on the file.

All of a sudden, a warning message was displayed on the screen and the speakers began beeping.

The screen was filled with pop-up windows.

"You leaked the design drawing!"

Those words were written in bold bright red letters in each of those windows.

"AI Terrified, Rachel threw away the mouse and stepped back.She accidentally knocked down all the things on the desk, making them fall to the floor with a loud sound.Soon, she heard the sound of a switch clicking.The lights in the room were turned on.

Standing at the door, Eliana said in a cold voice, "Rachel, you are the one who leaked my design drawing, aren't you?"

Rachel did not even think of the reason Eliana was there.She immediately shook her head and denied, "No! It wasn't me!"

"Then why are you here? Didn't you just try to delete the evidence?" Eliana asked in a low voice that was as cold as ice.

Rachel retorted, "I...I was just curious to find out who stole the design and caused our department to be inspected.That's why I came here.You can't slander me because of that!"

At this point, the door flung open again.

Bradly stepped into the room and cut away all of Rachel's escape routes.

"If checking the surveillance video isn't enough evidence to use against you, then the remittance account sent by Cheryl should be enough.I've already checked it, and it is in your name, Rachel," he said in a gentle but firm voice.

Chapter 109 No Evidence

Shocked, Rachel looked at Bradly, who shook his phone in front of her eyes.

"I've already made an appointment with Cheryl's agent, and I will be going over to their studio in the afternoon to discuss about the necklace design," Bradly said.

His words felt like a lightning that struck Rachel on her head.She collapsed to the floor with a pale face.

"Now that things have come to this point, I really suggest that you don't continue lying to me, Rachel.It's just us three here, and Mr.Stewart might help you out if you tell us the truth.Perhaps, you won't be too severely punished," Eliana said in a soft voice.

"Really?"

With tears in her eyes, Rachel looked at Bradly expectantly.

Looking at her with a smile, he nodded in reply.

Gritting her teeth, Rachel had no choice but to confess, "It's true.I was the one who stole Eliana’s design and sold it to Cheryl."

The moment Bradly heard that, his face turned cold again.

Seeing that, Rachel hurriedly passed the buck and continued, "As soon as Eliana joined the company, she was favored by Mr.Moran, who instigated her as the sole designer of the pink diamond project.And you have also been always partial to Eliana, Mr.Stewart.You never acknowledged my hard work."

Uttering those words made Rachel feel more miserable and she could not help bursting into tears.

"I was...I was really jealous of her.I stole her design to pull her down to the same level as me, so that we could have a fair competition.I didn't expect that Nicole would be so angry and come to the company to make trouble..."

All of a sudden, a loud slap landed across Rachel's face.It was from Eliana.

She then said in a cold voice, "Nicole should have slapped you.And I am just passing the torch."

Rachel covered her face and glared at Eliana.She looked terrible and her eyes were red.

Although she was about to explode with anger, she knew that she had to restrain herself if she wanted to continue working in the company.

Trembling, she held Eliana’s hand and pleaded miserably, "Eliana, I'm so sorry.I was wrong.Please don't tell Mr.Moran about this, okay? He will certainly fire me, or worse, ban me from working in the industry, like he did to Gabrielle! I...will give you the money that Cheryl gave me for the design, okay? Can you please let this go?"

Bradly sighed and shook his head with disappointment.

"I didn't expect you to be the one to..."

Rachel froze and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

What did he mean by that? Didn't they have the evidence to accuse her? She immediately blurted out, "Were you fooling me? You don't have any evidence, do you?"

"We didn't have evidence before, but now we do," Eliana replied calmly.

She then took out her phone from her pocket, which had recorded Rachel's confession.

Rachel became furious at once and pounced on Eliana.

"How dare you!" Eliana dodged her attack swiftly.

However, Rachel had lunged at her so fast that she slipped and fell to the floor.She began to scream in pain.

But Eliana and Bradly were not moved at all.

After all, it was Rachel's fault.

Eliana said, "You still have a chance.You can take the initiative and confess to Mr.Moran."

Rachel retorted, "That's not possible!"

"Then I have no choice but to confess to him on your behalf.But you have to think it over, because there's a huge difference between turning yourself in and being reported by someone else."

"No matter who confesses, Mr.Moran won't show mercy."

Even after hearing that, Rachel shook her head.Now she had no choice but to face the fact that she had been avoiding until now.

"He will only be merciful to you..."

"Forget it," Eliana said.

She then walked out of the room with Bradly.

The room fell silent immediately.

Rachel was lying on the floor weakly.It was all messed up.She was doomed now.She felt desperate.

From the corner of her eye, she glanced at the floor and saw a faint glimmer of light.She turned around and found that it was a paper knife.

The blade was reflecting the light sharply and coldly.

Chapter 110 Pay Off The Debt For Her

Eliana was finally able to breathe with relief after finding that Rachel was the culprit.

Now that the truth had come out, she no longer had to feel guilty.

More importantly, she could keep her job and slowly pay back the money she owed.

As Bradly and Eliana walked side by side in silence, he couldn't help but feel ambivalent about what had happened.

Rachel's words kept lingering in his mind.

Even Rachel could see that Mr.Moran treated Eliana differently from the others.

What about Eliana? What did she think of Mr.Moran? Did she feel for Mr.Moran the same way he felt for her?

"Eliana, do you really think Mr.Moran treats you differently from how he treats others? You seem to be special to him, right?"

Bradly finally spoke up after hesitating for a while.Eliana stopped at his words and her heart skipped a beat.

"Bradly, don't be ridiculous! Rachel was just making an excuse to provoke me.Besides, how could someone like Mr.Moran like me? I'm not good enough to be with such a big shot."

Although Eliana spoke casually on the surface, she undoubtedly felt a little bitter in her heart.

"Eliana, don't sell yourself short.I think it's Maurice who doesn't deserve someone like you."

Bradly gazed into her eyes as he spoke.

In his heart, he truly believed that Eliana was a good person who deserved all the good things in the world.

Out of the blue, he felt a strong urge to act on impulse.

Out of the goodness of his heart, he wanted to pay off Eliana’s debt so she could live a life of freedom, without being controlled or pestered by anyone.

As soon as Bradly finished speaking, there was a moment of prolonged silence between the two.

Eliana became aware that something wasn't right.

The way Bradly looked at her with his passionate eyes was unmistakable that the emotions hidden behind them were begging to pour out.

Eliana was not sure what those emotions implied, but she knew that it was not the way a man looked at his friend.She finally began to grasp what was going on.

‘Does Bradly have a crush on me? It can't be true!’ Eliana quickly denied the possibility.

Suddenly, a strange noise drew her attention from behind.

As soon as Eliana turned around, she saw Rachel trotting towards her at a quick pace.

The tip of the sharp paper knife Rachel was carrying in her hand glinted in the light and her face contorted in rage.

"Eliana, you bitch! I'm going to make you pay for what you did!"

In the blink of an eye, Eliana's mind went blank and she pushed Bradly away without conscious thought.She was almost certain that she was going to get badly injured.

Unfortunately, after pushing Bradly away, Eliana didn't have time to evade Rachel.

The furious woman cackled loudly and lunged at Eliana.

However, just in the nick of time, someone grabbed Rachel's wrist from behind before she could even get close to Eliana.

Rachel heard the sound of her wrist twisting.

The excruciating pain that followed forced a yelp of agony out of her mouth.

"Rachel, do you have a death wish?"

It was Maurice's voice! Like a knight in shining armor, he swooped in at the last minute and stopped Rachel from hurting Eliana.

Rachel's ferocious expression suddenly froze on her face, and her face turned from furious red to ghostly pale.

"Mr.Moran..." Her voice trembled and she dropped the paper knife to the floor.

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Eliana still hadn't recovered from the shock as she stared at the man who came out of nowhere and saved her.

Against the light, Maurice slowly walked towards Eliana, like a god descending to the world from heaven.

"If I remember correctly, I gave a certain someone only half a day to find out the truth.It seems like time has run out.”