Ch. 121..125: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 121-125

Chapter 121

“For me? What are you talking about?” Eliana asked with squinted eyes, confused by Evelynn’s accusation.

“If I had known things would end up like this, I would have arranged for more people in that shop to get rid of you! If I hadn’t made a mistake and you hadn’t been rescued by Maurice’s men, my family wouldn’t have been destroyed. It’s all your fault! It’s all your fault!” Evelynn shouted, with clear madness in her eyes.

For a moment, Eliana froze in shock.

She had always suspected that Evelynn was the one behind everything, but since she couldn’t find any evidence to prove it, she had stayed silent till now.

But she had never imagined that Evelynn would actually admit it with her own mouth!

“Evelynn, it’s no surprise that your family has been reduced to such a state. It’s what you deserve. And I’ll have you know that I wasn’t rescued by Mr. Moran’s men that day. You think that Maurice destroyed the Jarvis family for my sake? Sorry, I’m not that charming.”

Just the memories of that day brought the lingering fear to the surface of Eliana’s mind. She knew that if Preston hadn’t arrived in time that day, she might have been dead by now.

“Eliana, stop lying through your teeth! It was of course Maurice’s men who saved you that day. How long are you going to pretend like you don’t know?”

Evelynn was fed up with what she was sure was an act by Eliana.

After all, she had orchestrated the whole scheme in secret. No one could have found the shop in such a short time, let alone dared to take Eliana away from Gerald’s territory, except Maurice.

Immersed in her own perspective, Evelynn completely regarded herself as a victim.

Eliana knew this, so she didn’t want to waste her breath arguing with Evelynn anymore.

Instead, she just walked past Evelynn and left.

But she had barely taken two steps when Evelynn whirled around and grabbed her hand.

When Eliana turned her head to look back at Evelynn, she saw tears rolling down the latter’s cheeks. The woman who had looked fierce and deranged just two seconds ago now looked pitiful.

“Eliana, I’m begging you. You can do anything you want to me, but don’t take your anger out on my family. My poor mother has a heart disease. She won’t be able to live with the fact that we’re broke. Can you help me beg Maurice?”

As Evelynn spoke, her left hand which was hidden behind her back curled into a fist, and her nails dug into her palm.

She wanted nothing more than to pounce forward and kill Eliana, but right now, Eliana was the only one who could change Maurice’s mind.

In this situation, she had no choice but to bow down to Eliana!

But Evelynn promised herself that in the future, once she had regained her previous power, the first person she would deal with was Eliana.

Of course, Eliana couldn’t possibly know what was going on in Evelynn’s mind. All Eliana could see was the tears on Evelynn’s face and the way her lips were trembling, making her look pathetic. It was probably the first time that Evelynn had ever begged someone for mercy.

The scene in front of Eliana reminded her of her father.

When the Pierce Group was on the verge of bankruptcy, had her father begged for help to save the group?

The memory tugged at Eliana’s heart, but she refused to sympathize with Evelynn. In her eyes, the Jarvis family deserved their downfall and more.

Besides, a person like Evelynn, who thought that she had the right to take a person’s life at will, had to learn the hard way that the same thing could happen to her at any moment.

Eliana would never forgive this woman in front of her, who had once tried to kill her!

“Evelynn, stop putting on a show. You’re just wasting both of our time. I’m not a pushover, and I’m not interested in helping you. Let go of me right now. I have to go to work,” Eliana said curtly as she shook off Evelynn’s hand. Then, she strode into the company without looking back.

Evelynn charged forward to chase after her but was stopped by the security guards.

When Eliana got into the elevator and turned around, she saw Evelynn standing outside the office building caught in a tangle with the security guards. At this moment, Evelynn’s face was twisted in fury.

Just as Eliana expected, Evelynn couldn’t keep up her pitiful facade for long. Arguing with the security guards like a shrew, she looked ridiculous, much to Eliana’s pleasure.

Her run-in with Evelynn didn’t affect her mood at all.

When the doors of the elevator opened, Eliana stepped out and walked briskly into the office of the Design Department. As soon as she sat down at her desk, she saw Bradly packing up the things on his desk.

“Bradly, what’s wrong? Are you leaving the company? Did Maurice make things difficult for you again? Did he force you to resign?” Eliana asked anxiously, jumping out of her seat and walking up to Bradly. There was a stab of guilt in her heart, since she felt that she was the one who had made him get into trouble.

“Eliana, calm down. I’m indeed leaving the company, but I’m the one who took the initiative to resign. I’m going back to America,” Bradly explained.

Hearing those words, Eliana felt like the breath had been knocked out of her lungs.

It turned out that it was time to say good-bye again.

Bradly took a deep breath and finally said the words that he had been chewing over.

“Eliana, would you like to leave with me and start a new life in America?”

Chapter 122

“Eliana, I like you, and I want to take care of you, and give you a happy, wonderful future.”

Bradly could not bear to hide his feelings for her anymore. He spoke out his feelings, hoping that the woman he loved would give him an answer.

However, his confession shocked Eliana.

Although she had vaguely guessed what he was trying to say to her, when she actually heard his confession, she did not know what to say to him.

Bradly’s eyes were glistening when he gazed at her.

But Eliana knew well that her eyes would never sparkle the same way for him.

After all, she had always thought of him as a friend, and had never had any romantic feelings for him. Moreover, she still had not told him that she was a mother of two children.

Bradly’s restless heart sank when he noticed her hesitance.

“Eliana, you… Are you in love with someone else?” he asked in a low voice, enduring the dull ache in his heart.

She suddenly saw the hazy image of a man in her mind.

He had a handsome and enchanting face with cold yet soulful deep black eyes.

He looked like Maurice, but also like Preston.

Thinking of the image in her mind, she felt like she was a fickle-minded, immoral woman.

Looking at the silent Eliana in front of him, Bradly knew what she was going to say.

With a bitter smile on his lips, he wondered if he was late in his confession again.

“Eliana. Don’t feel so stressed. I’m willing to wait for you. I was too late to confess my feelings for you all those years ago, so you ended up dating Asher, that terrible man. I have regretted not telling you sooner ever since, and I did not want to repeat the same mistake again.”

In Eliana’s life, Bradly was like the gentle cool breeze that was always there to comfort her when she needed it the most. No matter how much her life changed, he was always there for her.

Thinking of that, Eliana was in a dilemma.

Although he was a good man, she did not have feelings for him, and she believed that it would be too cruel to make him wait.

What was she supposed to say?

“Bradly, please don’t say that. I… I already have a boyfriend,”

Eliana blurted out hastily. She did not want to waste his time or get his hopes up. She believed that he deserved to be with a woman he loved, who also loved him back.

“Is… Is it Mr. Moran?” Bradly asked slowly.

“No! No, how could it be him? Anyway… I have a boyfriend now.”

Eliana clutched her hem of her shirt in her hand nervously as she lied to him with a heavy heart.

She probably did not notice that she always tended to clutch her clothes nervously whenever she lied.

Since Bradly had known her for so many years, it was easy for him to figure out that she was lying.

“Really? To celebrate my resignation, I invited everyone from the Design Department for dinner tonight. I’ll help you find out if the man you’re with is a good one.”

Eliana’s heart skipped a beat. Where was she going to find a boyfriend now?

All of a sudden, Preston’s enchanting face flashed in her mind.

An idea occurred to her at once.

She could perhaps ask Preston to act like her boyfriend. Since they were already good friends, Preston would not be able to demand a lot of money for the role, and he would probably do it for free.

“Okay, Bradly. Just hold on a minute. I’ll call him.”

Bradly’s eyes darkened when he heard those words. Just like any man, he was stubborn. He was unwilling to give up before he saw Eliana’s boyfriend.

Eliana walked to a corner, took out her phone, found Preston’s number, and dialed it.

“Hello?”

Preston’s magnetic voice came to her ears, making her feel thirsty for some reason.

“Well… Preston, I have something to ask you. I need your help.”

Intrigued by her words, Maurice raised his eyebrows and asked in a lazy voice, “What is it?”

Eliana gulped and asked, “Well, can you be my boyfriend?”

 

Chapter 124

“What did you just say? Wait, did I hear you wrong? You’re going to have dinner with Bradly, and so is Preston?” Corbin was perplexed.

Sitting on his chair with a calm expression, Maurice took a sip of his coffee.

“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear what I said?”

Corbin really wished that he was deaf.

“Why did you even agree to it? Unless, you can use the avatar technique…” Corbin was truly puzzled.

He knew that Maurice’s identity would get exposed to Eliana otherwise.

Maurice stared at him as though he was looking at a fool. “If you’re not going to use your brain, then you should probably donate it to someone who actually needs it.”

Upon hearing that, Corbin was speechless.

How could Maurice abuse him on such a personal level?

With a heavy sigh, Maurice added, “Go and call Wyatt over.”

Meanwhile, Eliana was not in the mood to work.

A lot had happened in just a day. First, Evelynn had confronted her at the company entrance, and then Bradly had confessed his love for her, but the most pressing thing on her mind now was to find out whether Maurice and Preston were the same man or not.

It was finally time for everyone to get off work, and while everyone happily left the Design Department, gathering near the company entrance to discuss Bradly’s dinner invitation, Eliana just followed them absent-mindedly.

A while later, they saw a white Audi car stop in front of the gate. Bradly got off the car, dressed casually.

“Get in the car. I have made a dinner reservation, and you can eat all you want.”

“Long live, Mr. Stewart!” everyone cheered in unison.

Standing among them, Eliana suddenly became nervous and frowned.

Would Preston and Maurice really come?

In the darkness, a pair of evil eyes was secretly staring at her back.

Noticing Eliana standing there silently, Bradly was about to call her name, but he suddenly heard a loud car horn blaring from behind.

A Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in front of Eliana, and a frivolous version of “Preston”, dressed in a custom-made Armani suit, came into her sight.

Without saying a word, he walked over to Eliana and slid his arm around her waist intimately.

“Sorry, babe. I’m late.”

He then opened the car backdoor for her, revealing a pile of red roses inside it.

All the other employees present there gasped in awe.

“Is he really Eliana’s boyfriend? He is so handsome!”

“Not only is he good-looking, he is also wealthy, and sickeningly romantic. How did she even manage to find a guy like him? I really envy her.”

Eliana froze in Preston’s arms as she never expected him to make such a grand and coquettish appearance.

Feeling embarrassed, she wriggled uncomfortably in his arms.

Preston tightened his arms around her waist as he lowered his head and whispered in her ear, “Don’t move. I have to go all out with the role. Or else how are they going to believe that I am your boyfriend?”

Although Eliana felt that his words did make sense, she also felt that there was something strange about him.

“Preston, you sound a little different today.”

Actually, it was Wyatt, playing the role of Preston. With a guilty cough, he lowered his head and answered in a low voice, “Well, it’s because I have a cold.”

“Really?”

Eliana did not believe his words and looked at him suspiciously.

Preston’s temperament was also strange that evening. Contrary to his usual cold self, he was acting like a frivolous young man. And he did not look like Maurice at all.

At that moment, Bradly stepped forward, and asked, “Who is this?”

Just when Eliana was about to introduce Preston to him, Wyatt offered him his hand and said, “Hello, I am Preston Archer, Eliana’s boyfriend. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Shaking his hand with a doubtful look, Bradly asked, “Oh, I’ve known Eliana since forever. Why haven’t I met you before?”

“You must be the senior that Eliana often talks about, right? It’s only normal that we haven’t met before. I met her five years ago, and fell in love with her the moment I laid eyes on her, but then something happened and we were separated. We stumbled upon each other quite recently, and I am really hoping that we’ll be able to resume our relationship again,” Wyatt answered quickly. The men shook hands with a fake smile, but there was a clear scent of animosity in the air.

“Come on, Bradly. Let’s go,” Eliana interrupted them just in time, pulled Wyatt’s hand and was about to get in the car.

Staring at their backs, Bradly could not help but frown.

He thought that he knew Eliana well, and according to him, she would never fall for a frivolous man.

Moreover, this man seemed to be far inferior to Maurice.

“It’s so lively here. Do you think of the company as your home?” Maurice’s cold voice was heard all of a sudden.

And he appeared a moment later.

Maurice, dressed in a black windbreaker, walked out of the company slowly.

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‘Maurice?’

Shocked, Eliana looked at Maurice, who was walking towards them nonchalantly. With a confused expression on her face, she then turned around and looked at the fake Preston, who was stood right next to her.

‘So they are not the same person,’ Eliana thought.

It seemed as though she was wrong about Maurice. Eliana sighed with relief. However, at the same time, she felt a little disappointed as well. After all, if they had been the same person, then she…

Stop it!

Eliana shook her head immediately, trying to shake the terrible thought that was about to enter her mind.

While she was lost in thought, Maurice walked up to Bradly.

There was pin-drop silence in the crowd. The moment everyone in the Design Department saw their boss, they automatically became nervous.

Everyone kept silent as they respectfully waited for Maurice to speak. “Bradly, I can’t go to the dinner invitation tonight. Something urgent came up. But I’ll take care of all the expenses. Enjoy yourselves.”

What mattered was that he had already achieved his goal.

At this moment, he had good reason to believe that Eliana had probably put off her doubts about him. As such, there was no need for him to go to the dinner invitation anymore.

Bradly’s frown implied that he wasn’t going to take up his offer, but before he could say anything, Eliana cut in, “Thank you, Mr. Moran. That’s very generous of you.”

Bradly looked at her disapprovingly and said, “Eliana…”

Eliana tipped him a wink and said, “Let’s not embarrass Mr. Moran by turning down his kindness, Bradly. Besides, it’ll save you money too.”

Eliana wasn’t going to turn down an opportunity to rip Maurice off, because her boss wasn’t just rich, he was filthy rich.

Bradly had no choice but to agree. “Don’t be so impolite, Eliana.” Then he turned to Maurice and said, “Thank you, Mr. Moran.”

Maurice furrowed his eyebrows unhappily when he saw them together.

Eliana was so considerate of Bradly. He was just her senior in college. Why were they so close with each other?

That Bradly Steward! He was always looking for a chance to tell everyone that he and Eliana were very close.

Since Maurice wasn’t happy, he was going to make sure that no one else was happy either.

He glanced at the fake Preston and then shifted his eyes to Bradly playfully. Then he said meaningfully, “I heard that Miss Pierce’s boyfriend is here. Is that him next to you? Miss Pierce, if that is your boyfriend, why do you care about what another man thinks?”

Bradly’s face turned pale at once.

The fake Preston had been standing quietly beside Eliana since Maurice came and he never spoke again.

Wait a moment! Something didn’t feel right!

Preston, with his usual bad temper, could not be indifferent towards Maurice’s words.

A strange feeling arose in her mind as Eliana felt as though she had missed some important detail.

However, she didn’t have time to think about it then because all her colleagues were eagerly waiting to go to the restaurant. After all, Maurice was footing the bill for the dinner.

“Well, if we keep chatting, we will be late for dinner. Let’s go quickly. My boyfriend and I will go ahead. Just follow us.”

Eliana took fake Preston’s arm and jumped into the car, nuzzling up to him as if they were very close.

Eliana kept her eyes on fake Preston when they were inside the car. She didn’t even turn around to look out the window for once. Wyatt was so nervous the whole time that his body stiffened.

Did she find out anything?

He looked away from her and fidgeted in his seat.

Fortunately, Eliana had no idea what he was thinking. She was just staring at him blankly, lost in her own thought.

Preston’s handsome face was unmistakable.

However, Eliana had to test him as her curiosity was piqued.

“By the way, did you find what I asked you to find?

“That dog? I haven’t found it yet.”

“What a pity! Then, have you found that man?”

“You mean Hodge? I’m doing the best I can. I will inform you immediately if some new information arises.”

“Thank you very much. You have helped me a lot, just like last time. I appreciate it.”

“Oh, helping you take care of your wound was my pleasure.”

He kept answering her questions without any omission.

At last, she gave up, thinking that she was just being paranoid for no reason.

When they arrived at the restaurant, fake Preston parked the car at the gate.

“Send Eliana away. I need to talk to you in private.”

He heard Maurice’s voice through the bluetooth earphone in his ear.

Turning his head to Eliana, Wyatt said, “Please wait outside the car for me. I need to make a private call. I’ll be quick.”

Without thinking too much of it, Eliana got off the car and waited for him not far away.

After making sure that Eliana was far enough, Wyatt pulled down the visor and looked at his disguised face through the small mirror. He said proudly, “Don’t worry. I’m a good actor. Eliana didn’t suspect anything.”

“I’m not asking you this. I’m telling you to keep a distance from Eliana. Don’t touch her.”

It sounded like Maurice was jealous.

“You are making things difficult for me. If it were you in my place, would you have kept a distance from her? I don’t think so.”

“Say that again and you are dead!”

“Okay, okay!” said Wyatt, fiddling with the pinhole camera on his collar. “Besides, the camera is always on. You can watch me at any time. I won’t do anything funny. Relax!”

Eliana couldn’t hear anything, but she could see him smiling mischievously inside the car.

Was he flirting with some other women?

‘That gigolo must be really good at hooking up with women. No wonder he is the best in the business,’ thought Eliana jealously.