Ch. 181..185: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 181-185

Chapter 181

Nana shivered in terror. She raised her hands above her head, making the standard surrender gesture.

“I’m a good person, Sir.”

“Haha.”

Nana turned around to see an elderly couple standing behind her. They were Corbin’s parents.

“Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins,” Nana greeted them awkwardly.

Corbin’s mother immediately recognized Nana.

“You’re the one who came to see Corbin the last time.”

“Mrs. Jenkins, you remember me. You left quickly the last time. I haven’t introduced myself yet to you. I am Nana Marlin. I’m Corbin’s friend.”

Corbin’s mother looked Nana up and down.

“Nana, please call me Madge and my husband Fabian. Are you here to see my son? Why are you still standing at the door? Come in and have a seat.”

Nana then walked into the ward shyly.

Corbin was lying on the bed and playing a game at the time.

When he saw Nana, he immediately put down his phone and sat up straight.

“Umm… Why are you here?”

He didn’t look like he was going to jail. He didn’t look miserable at all.

Nana breathed a sigh of relief.

But she remembered the police coming into his ward the last time. She wanted to ask him about it, but she didn’t dare because his parents were also in the room.

“You brat! How could you talk to your girlfriend like that?” Fabian Jenkins scolded his son.

“No!”

“No!”

Nana and Corbin were quick to deny having a relationship. They almost spoke in unison.

They exchanged glances before awkwardly shifting their gazes away.

“Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, you’ve gotten it wrong. I’m not Corbin’s girlfriend,” Nana explained.

“Really?” Fabian looked very disappointed.

They all fell into a deafening silence.

“It doesn’t matter if you aren’t his girlfriend right now.” Madge Jenkins’s gaze alternated between her son and Nana. “What do you think of Corbin, Nana?”

Nana was caught off guard by the sudden question. “He’s good…”

“Then consider making him your boyfriend.”

Madge brought it up again.

“Please don’t make fun of me, Mrs. Jenkins.”

While speaking, Nana looked at Corbin and motioned for him to help her out.

“Nana, although he is in a mess now, our son is very promising. He works as the assistant of the Moran Group’s big boss,” Madge said with a smile. “Are you familiar with the Moran Group? It’s well-known in the business world and is extremely profitable. And his boss is also nice…”

“Mom, stop it. You are not selling off your son,” Corbin interrupted his mother as soon as he realized something bad was about to happen.

His mother was causing him trouble. She would expose everything about him if she continued to speak.

If Nana learned about Maurice’s another identity, it meant that Eliana would also know it.

Corbin was sure that his boss would not just let it pass. Maurice would definitely teach him a lesson.

Madge glared at her son. “I’m just helping you.”

“Well, Mom, you’ll surely help me by taking Dad out right now.”

Corbin’s parents immediately understood what he meant. They exited the ward without hesitation and closed the door carefully.

“You’re an assistant? Who is your boss in the Moran Group?”

Nana found a blind spot.

“I’m just a director’s assistant, and you don’t know who that director is.”

“Then why did you tell your parents you were the big boss’s assistant?” Nana inquired.

“I was afraid my parents would be worried about me, so I told them I worked for the big boss.”

Corbin didn’t hesitate to belittle himself just to get by.

“You’ve already gone too far. Your parents trust you so much and they are proud of you. I really envy you for having such great parents.”

Corbin breathed a sigh of relief when he realized Nana didn’t suspect him at all.

“You envy me? Are you kidding me?”

After all, he had looked into Nana. Her parents should be more proud of her because she used to be a child star.

Nana tried to hide her sadness. “You don’t understand. By the way, what happened to you the last time you were investigated by the police?” she asked, changing the topic.

“My director dealt with it for me.”

Corbin took a sip of water and formed a thumbs-up for his boss, as if he were in front of him.

“Your director is so kind to you, unlike Maurice. That jerk! He even fired my friend,” Nana said indignantly.

“What…” Corbin almost choked on the water. “Your friend was fired?”

Who dared fire Eliana?

Nana was so angry that she raised her voice. “Yes. Isn’t it detestable? Maurice instructed his new assistant to contact my friend and inform her that she had been fired!”

This time, Corbin was absolutely dumbfounded.

Something significant was about to happen.

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In the Moran Group, Maurice slammed a document on the desk in his office with a loud bang.

He was clearly infuriated.

“What is wrong with you?! Under whose authority did you dismiss Eliana?”

Theo stood erect in the center of the room, confronting the fury of the company’s top executive.

Eliana was dismissed by Theo this morning, and the boss was raging because of his action. Theo was so terrified that he wouldn’t even take a deep breath.

“Boss, I thought you said you don’t want her in your face again…” Theo replied in a low voice.

“Stop talking!”

Maurice’s temples kept twitching because he was so enraged.

Why did the HR Department choose such an incompetent assistant for him?

How could he dismiss Eliana without an authorization? Was he having a mental breakdown?

Scolding Theo was pointless now that things had reached this stage. Eliana’s reaction was unknown to Maurice at the time. He had an inkling that she got enraged right away.

“How did Eliana take it?”

“What?” Theo raised his head and stared at Maurice in shock.

“What was Eliana’s reaction after learning she had been fired? A protest, perhaps?” Maurice scowled.

In truth, Theo shook his head.

“Miss Pierce took it without a trace of a second thought. The tone of her voice suggested that she was… Cheerful.”

She accepted it without hesitation. She had a nice mood.

This lady lacked compassion.

Maurice’s whole body was ablaze with rage.

As soon as Theo saw the melancholy look on the boss’ face, something popped into his mind.

He offered a cautious suggestion, saying, “If you’d like, I’ll call Miss Pierce back. After all, she’s still owing you money.”

“Can’t happen. What’s done is done.” Maurice’s tone was even more frigid than ice. “Theo, execute the last task for me as instructed.”

“What’s the task? Please proceed, sir.”

Theo’s face lit up as a result. Was this an opportunity to make up for his mistake?

A tinge of wickedness could be seen in Maurice’s eyes. “Call all design firms and advise them not to employ Eliana, and otherwise they’ll be working against the Moran Group.”

Eliana seemed to be getting a lot of good from him.

He would prevent her from working for any other firm since she didn’t want to continue with the Moran Group.

As soon as she got into a bind, she would turn around and return.

Theo shivered uncontrollably. His supervisor was nothing short of vicious.

In his heart, he was sad for Eliana.

“No problem, boss. I’ll get right on it. But… why is it the last task, boss?” Theo was stumped.

Maurice’s demonic grin filled his face. “Because I also don’t want to see you in my vicinity.”

That left Theo with his mouth agape!

“Don’t panic. This time, you won’t miss any instruction.”

Suddenly, Theo’s face turned a ghastly shade of white.

As a result of his actions, his service was unneeded.

The days that followed Eliana’s dismissal were quite uneventful. Eliana was in charge of sending and collecting up the kids from school and taking care of household chores since she had nothing to do every day.

Eliana prepared a nice breakfast for the two youngsters one morning.

“Eat up. Later, Mommy will take you to school.”

Aileen was all smiles as she held the spoon up. “Yeah!”

In recent days, Aileen was happy since her mother and Nana alternated between dropping her and her sibling off at school.

Kimora, on the other hand, was able to enjoy a carefree life thanks to Eliana’s free time at home.

Adrian took a drink of milk and squinted at his mother skeptically.

“Don’t you have to go to work, Mommy?”

Eliana suddenly felt like her secret had been discovered.

Her son busted her!

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“Well… I haven’t been feeling well lately, so I asked for a few days’ leave,” Eliana replied nervously.

“Don’t lie, Mommy. Your nose will grow longer if you do.”

Adrian crossed his arms over his chest. He was not the type to easily get fooled, and he saw right through her lies.

“How could I lie to you?” Eliana smiled awkwardly.

‘It’s so difficult to deceive him! It’s no wonder that he’s my son. He has clearly inherited my smartness,’ she thought.

Seeing that there was no way for her to fool him, Eliana changed the topic.

“You two, stop dawdling! We’re going to be late if we don’t leave now.”

Saying that, Eliana picked up her kids’ things and sent them to the kindergarten.

Watching them walk into the school, she turned around and sighed.

Actually, she was more anxious about finding a job than anyone. She had already applied for jobs at many companies, but she hadn’t gotten any response.

None of the design companies were willing to give her a chance. And she found that to be a bit strange.

Just when Eliana was feeling hopeless, her phone rang.

Thinking that it was a call from a company, she immediately answered it without even looking at the ID.

“Hello?”

“You sound so anxious. Were you waiting for something?”

‘Maurice! Why is he calling me?’

“Why are you calling me, Mr. Ex-boss?” Eliana retorted.

“I heard that you were looking for a job. How’s it going? Is everything good?” Maurice asked, even though he knew the answer.

However, Eliana was too stubborn to reveal her situation to him.

“What a coincidence! I just found a job.”

“You found a job? I don’t buy it.”

Maurice couldn’t help but laugh in his heart when he heard those words.

He could tell whether she had found a job or not.

There was probably no one in the city who would dare to go up against the Moran Group.

Eliana also sensed that something was wrong when she heard Maurice’s words.

“How can you be so sure that I won’t find a job? Is it possible that… You did something?”

Hearing that, Maurice was taken aback.

“Eliana, you are just a designer. Do you think you deserve my meddling in your career? You just have to admit that you’re incompetent instead of finding excuses to justify it.”

Maurice’s quick words dispelled Eliana’s suspicion for the time being.

“Let’s wait and see.”

After hanging up the phone, Eliana became more depressed.

She wondered if she should find a part-time job first.

While thinking about it, she walked to an intersection.

She looked up and saw the traffic lights. All of a sudden, a familiar-looking dog came into her sight.

Under the traffic light, a man wearing a hat and a mask was walking a puppy.

‘Bowling?’

The puppy also looked at her and barked several times, as though it recognized her.

It was indeed Bowling.

“Bowling!” Eliana shouted and wanted to cross the road, but the red light was still on. The next second, a big red truck stopped in front of her, blocking her view.

Once the truck left, the man and Bowling were not there.

As soon as the green light was on, Eliana rushed to the other side of the road.

“Bowling!”

Even after looking around for a while, she couldn’t find the man or the dog.

Was that damned ring really destined to not fall into her hands?

At that moment, a strong gust of wind blew a leaflet towards her face.

She pulled down the leaflet and found that it was a recruitment advertisement. A high-end restaurant called “Moonlight” was recruiting waiters and waitresses.

Eliana raised her head.

To her surprise, that restaurant was right in front of her.

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Could this possibly be divine guidance?

She was only looking for a part-time job when this recruitment flyer smacked her in the face. Was she destined to be a waitress?

Eliana entered the restaurant, carrying the recruitment flyer.

A tall man immediately greeted her. He had a square face and looked amiable and mature.

“Hello, beautiful lady. May I help you?”

“Hi, I’m here to apply for a job as a waitress,” Eliana said, raising the flyer in her hand.

The man stared at her for a moment before smiling happily.

“I’m sorry, but please allow me to introduce myself first. My name is Jordy Hamilton, and I’m the chef at this restaurant. Since you are here for a job interview, come with me. I’ll take you to the manager.”

Jordy smiled brightly, but he was discreetly casting glances at Eliana.

For no apparent reason, Eliana felt a little uneasy. “Please call me Eliana, Mr. Hamilton.”

“I am afraid that’s a bit impolite. Can I call you Miss Pierce? This way, please.”

“Thank you.” Eliana trailed behind Jordy.

Jordy whisked her away to the office areas in the back of the restaurant to meet with the manager.

The manager was a petite, slim middle-aged lady. Her hair was perfectly combed up and she wore a pair of black-framed glasses that made her appear stuffy and serious.

“Hello, I’m Rosalie Gorden, and I’m the manager of this restaurant. Could you please give me a copy of your resume?”

Rosalie’s voice, like her personality, was cold and distant.

Eliana nodded. “Alright. But I don’t have a printed copy of my resume with me. Can I send you a digital copy instead?”

“Sure.”

Eliana took out her phone then and sent Rosalie the digital copy of her resume. Rosalie looked at it. After a few seconds, her brow furrowed.

“I noticed that you have no prior experience working as a waitress in a restaurant, Miss Pierce. I’m concerned about your ability to perform the job responsibilities.”

“Don’t worry, I’m confident in my ability to do this job well,” Eliana replied, patting her chest.

“Do you mind if I ask you some things related to the job?”

“Of course not.”

Eliana did not panic for even a bit. After all, she came from a wealthy family. In order to be a proper lady, she received extensive education about cuisine and dining etiquette.

“The waiter serves the wine in order. What will the guest do if he does not want more wine?”

“Touch the glass’s rim with his fingertips.”

“To get the best flavor, different dishes in cuisine must be paired with different drinks. Can you name a few that you think go well together?”

“White wine is typically paired with white meat and seafood dishes; red wine with red meat and game dishes; salty food with dry or sour wines; sweet food with sweet wines; spicy food with strongly flavored wines; and neutral wines such as sparkling wines with uncertain types of dishes.”

Eliana managed to answer all of Rosalie’s questions correctly.

Rosalie’s taut face gradually softened into a satisfied smile.

“Miss Pierce, I’m truly sorry for undermining your abilities. Apparently, you are more than qualified for this job.”

“So… Does it mean…”

“Congratulations! You passed the interview,” Rosalie said, reaching out her hand.

“Thank you so much.” Eliana finally felt relieved as she held Rosalie’s hand. She was more nervous this time than when she went to the interview for the designer position.

Jordy approached Eliana as she exited the manager’s office contentedly.

“How was it, Miss Pierce? Did you pass the interview?”

Eliana smiled thankfully at him and replied, “Yes, and I should thank you for this opportunity.”

However, Jordy was only thinking evil thoughts as he looked at the young lady in front of him.

She had a beautiful face and a perfect figure.

Jordy’s eyes were becoming lewd, and he was about to reach out to touch Eliana when he was interrupted by a voice.

“Miss Pierce, since you’ll be starting the job tomorrow, let me introduce you to the restaurant’s owner.” Rosalie walked out of her office.

“Okay,” Eliana replied cheerfully.

‘This damn bitch again!’ Jordy resisted doing what he really wanted to do and moved silently out of the way.

Rosalie led Eliana to the boss’s office door and said, “The boss is inside. Just go and say hello.”

Eliana opened the door and walked in, slightly perturbed.

“So you’re the new waitress?”

At the sight of the boss, Eliana was dumbfounded.

“Wya… Wyatt!”

 

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“You are the Moonlight’s owner?” Eliana couldn’t believe her eyes.

“Are you surprised?” Wyatt asked, raising his brows.

Eliana was rendered speechless. Why was she always running into people related to Maurice?

After all, Wyatt was a close friend of Maurice’s. Now that she had fallen out with Maurice, Wyatt would definitely not let her work in his restaurant.

It seemed that she was going to lose her new job.

“Well, I’m sorry for bothering you. Goodbye.”

Eliana had intended to leave first before Wyatt fired her.

“Wait!”

Eliana stopped in her tracks.

Wyatt approached Eliana and stopped her. “I haven’t asked you yet about what’s going on. Why did you apply for a waitress job?”

Eliana rolled her eyes discreetly.

“I resigned, and I haven’t found a suitable job yet.”

It was entirely his good friend’s fault that she had ended up this way.

Wyatt was taken aback. He thought about it for a while before realizing something.

Certainly, Maurice and Eliana had a fight.

He knew Maurice very well. Maurice was a cunning man. Eliana should have no trouble finding work based on her qualifications and experience. Maurice had surely tampered with the matter.

Wyatt pondered for a moment and came up with an idea.

“I suppose you’ll have to look for another job, right?”

Eliana sighed. “Yes. I can’t make a living with just one job.”

She had two children, which was the main reason. Eliana got stressful thinking about the exorbitant cost of raising two children.

“How about this?” Wyatt said, patting Eliana on the shoulder. “You can stay in the restaurant and work for me. As for the salary, are you okay with thirty thousand dollars per month? In that case, you won’t have to look for another job.”

Why was he giving her such an attractive offer?

Eliana always believed that if a pie fell from the sky, something was wrong.

“Mr. Todd, don’t you think it’s too high for an ordinary waitress to get a monthly salary of thirty thousand dollars?” she asked, staring at Wyatt suspiciously.

“You are not an ordinary waitress. We really hit it off,” Wyatt teased. “Besides, you’re very beautiful. I’ll take a few photos of you for my restaurant’s publicity in order to attract more customers. I’ll recoup my investment by then.”

For a brief moment, Eliana was engrossed by Wyatt’s mischievous smile.

He looked very familiar to her now.

He looked exactly like Preston, who was acting strange that night!

Eliana kept staring at Wyatt, making him feel creeped out. His heart was instantly filled with dread.

Did she discover anything?

It wasn’t until then that Wyatt remembered that Maurice had warned him that this woman was very smart and that if she found any flaw, she would connect all the clues to find out the truth.

Wyatt felt compelled to do something to divert Eliana’s attention.

“Do you think I offer you too much money? What if I cut it down?” he asked.

As expected, he immediately got Eliana’s attention at the mention of money.

“No! I think the salary is just right. I’ll start working tomorrow.”

Of course, no employee would object to a high salary. Besides, she still owed Maurice money.

“Thank you, Wyatt.”

Despite the fact that she had no idea what he was up to, she was still grateful to him for giving her a job.

“You don’t have to thank me. If you don’t mind, please stand at the door and let me take two photos to be used for this restaurant’s publicity.”

Of course, Eliana would not refuse such a simple request.

Wyatt took out his phone and snapped a few photos of Eliana. He then sent them to Maurice, with a message which read, “Your Eliana is in my place. Don’t worry. I will take good care of her for you.”

Wyatt waited for the big fish to take the bait.

Meanwhile, Maurice was reprimanding his subordinates when his phone suddenly buzzed.

He casually clicked on the message and saw photos of Eliana standing at the door of Wyatt’s restaurant with a big smile on her face and Wyatt’s provocative message. Maurice got irritated in an instant.

“Wyatt!”