Ch. 186..190: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 186-190

Chapter 186

Maurice couldn’t stand the thought of Eliana being with a playboy like Wyatt for even a second.

He immediately called him.

Wyatt, on the other hand, couldn’t stop laughing when he saw the caller ID.

His loud laughter drew Eliana’s attention.

What was wrong with Wyatt? He was grinning obscenely.

When he noticed the strange look in Eliana’s eyes, he cleared his throat and tried to look serious.

“Umm, Eliana, you go find the manager first and get familiar with the restaurant’s operations. I have to answer a call.”

“Okay.”

Eliana turned around and walked away after giving Wyatt a suspicious look. She then came across Rosalie, who was looking around the restaurant.

“Ms. Gorden, Mr. Todd directed me to you so that I could get familiar with the operations here.”

Rosalie pushed her glasses up her nose and started explaining to Eliana her tasks at the restaurant.

Wyatt stood nearby, talking to Maurice on the phone.

“Hello.”

“What the hell are you doing, Wyatt? Why is Eliana there?” Maurice was clearly in a bad mood.

“You’ve never responded to my messages so quickly before. What’s wrong with you this time? Are you anxious?” Wyatt continued to provoke Maurice.

“Just answer me if you still want to live.” Maurice voice was so cold.

“I just feel sorry for Eliana. She lost her job and was unable to find another, so I offered her a job out of kindness. After all, she was kidnapped before because of my carelessness. I just want to help her to somehow compensate for my mistake.”

“I know you so well, Wyatt, and you won’t feel guilty for such a thing,” Maurice retorted, not giving in to his lie.

Wyatt paused for a while. He then began babbling, “Now that you’ve found out, I might as well just tell you the truth. I fell in love with Eliana as well.”

“Ha! That’s nonsense!”

“Don’t you believe me? When I pretended to be Preston, I had a great time with her. Maybe deep inside, she even likes the fake Preston more. May just the best man win?”

Maurice became serious. “I warn you, Wyatt. You can do whatever you want, except for anything that concerns Eliana. You…”

Wyatt abruptly hung up the phone.

Maurice seemed really furious this time.

The anger at the bottom of Wyatt’s heart finally dissipated at this point.

Not long ago, Maurice tricked him into meeting Nicole and asking him to walk the red carpet with her. Now, he hired Eliana to work at his restaurant. They were now even.

It was never too late for a gentleman to avenge himself. He exacted his vengeance in this manner.

Wyatt smiled as he looked across the room and saw Eliana working hard. As long as she was here, he would surely be entertained by the things that were to unfold.

All of a sudden, Eliana felt a chill down her spine.

She turned around to see what was causing her to feel that, only to find Wyatt staring at her with a mysterious smile on his face.

She got goose bumps all over her body. Then she remembered Wyatt’s phone call and his weird laughter when he received it.

Something was wrong.

Did Maurice call him? Did Wyatt inform Maurice that she was working here?

Eliana stared blankly in Wyatt’s direction, lost in thought.

A figure suddenly blocked her view, and a young girl with freckles on her face stood in front of her.

“Eliana, this is another waitress in our restaurant, Alissa Smith,” Rosalie said, introducing the girl.

“Hello, I am Eliana Pierce,” Eliana said as she reached out her hand for a handshake.

Alissa smiled warmly as she held her hand. “Nice to meet you. My name is Alissa Smith. Can I call you Eliana?”

“Of course.”

In Eliana’s eyes, Alissa seemed to be quite easy-going.

“Now that you’ve gotten to know each other, Alissa, you can take Eliana with you and show her how to serve the dishes,” Rosalie instructed.

“Okay, Ms. Gorden.”

Rosalie then left them.

Alissa’s sweet smile vanished in an instant when Rosalie left. Her expression became dark and hostile.

“Hey, newcomer, do you have a relationship with Mr. Todd?” Alissa asked with contempt in her voice and obvious jealousy in her eyes.

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The girl suddenly turned turn hostile towards Eliana.

Eliana was stunned, her mouth agape. “You may have misconstrued what I meant. My employer has absolutely no business with me,” she finally clarified after some time.

“I’m not convinced. Why is the boss gazing at you and smiling at you if you have nothing to do with him?” Alissa exclaimed in a furious manner as if Eliana had snatched her lover.

Eliana wasn’t sure whether she should laugh or weep. She wondered why it happened so often to her. It felt that the people around an attractive man could easily be misunderstood.

“In that case, I’m at a loss for words.” Eliana sounded dismissive of the topic.

“You!” Alissa began to feel nervous.

“Alissa, that’s enough. How could you make such a statement on Miss Pierce?” Suddenly, Jordy appeared and yelled at Alissa.

Alissa felt aggrieved and said, “Mr. Hamilton, why are you speaking on her behalf?”

Jordy gave her a frown and warned, “Keep your tongue in check. Keep that bad mouth shut about Miss Pierce.”

Alissa was a bully to the weak and a trembler to the powerful. Her spirits dropped and she walked away, disheartened, the moment Jordy yelled at her.

The relief on Eliana’s face was palpable as she thanked Jordy for his help.

“I can’t thank you enough, Mr. Hamilton.”

“Miss Pierce, it’s all good. I’ll be there for you if you ever need me. Anytime, I mean.”

Even though Jordy was playing nice, he was not going to give up his evil designs.

As it turned out, Eliana wasn’t the boss’s girlfriend. He could prey on her since she was a novice with no prior experience.

Jordy’s grin became more sordid as his mentality degraded.

Eliana began working in Moonlight the next day.

Within a few days, she had established herself as the restaurant’s go-to person for cuisine and had a well-rounded intellect.

The diners at the restaurant were enamored with the new hire’s attractiveness and skill set. There were more and more guys approaching her.

Jordy was worried when he saw how well-liked Eliana was. He was worried that someone else might have the lady of his dreams first.

The sooner he made Eliana his girlfriend, the better.

He already had a plan for how he was going to do it.

“Miss Pierce, please come here.” Jordy gave Eliana a friendly wave.

Eliana approached him. “What is it, Mr. Hamilton?” Eliana asked curiously.

“Let’s go for a bottle of red wine from the storeroom behind the kitchen.” Jordy’s expression was impeccable.

Eliana said without hesitation, “Sure, sir.”

Jordy’s eyes became dimmer, and a little grin crept over his lips.

Jordy had Eliana accompany him to the storeroom. The door here was kept locked year-round to better store the red wine. When the light went out, the storeroom became so dim that it was impossible to see anything in it.

“Why don’t you switch on the light, Mr. Hamilton?”

Eliana’s natural apprehension was heightened by the darkness.

And how could Jordy, who was lurking in the darkness, switch on the light? Taking advantage of the opportunity to rape Eliana while the storeroom was dark and the coast was clear was all he desired.

‘I’m here, little cute thing.’

The demonic Jordy stretched out to Eliana, who was unaware of what was about to unfold.

The door suddenly swung open.

“I knew you were slacking off again, Newcomer! I want you back working!”

Alissa’s high-pitched voice echoed throughout the storeroom.

Alissa had been attempting to get Eliana into trouble for the last few days. This was her opportunity at last.

“Okay, I’ll be there in a moment.”

Eliana hurriedly exited the storeroom, her brow furrowed in disgust.

Alissa’s complacency grew as she saw Eliana who was hurrying.

Jordy emerged from the shadows with a glum expression. Alissa was probably on his hit list!

“Alissa! It’s about time you used your manners! What is it about you that makes it impossible to let the sleeping dogs lie? Honestly, I doubt that you have something to do. Why don’t you return to your job right away?”

Jordy’s temper flared as he yelled at Alissa, shocking her.

Alissa regained her composure when Jordy left.

The chief had never been so nasty to her in all her years of employment!

The newcomer was solely to blame.

Eliana was to blame for everything, according to Alissa.

For the simple reason that Eliana caused her to be scolded, she would make things difficult for her

Alissa made a promise to herself that she would expel Eliana from the restaurant!

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Rosalie intervened just as Eliana was ready to leave for the day after a particularly exhausting day.

“Eliana, do you have a minute?”

“Of course. Is there something wrong, Ms. Gorden?” Eliana became anxious as she saw Rosalie’s serious demeanor and Alissa’s aggressive demeanor.

Rosalie said, “Alissa approached me and told me that you had stolen a cake from the restaurant earlier. Is this accurate?”

“Ms. Gorden, no. This is a huge misunderstanding. I paid for the pastry on my own. Every day, there are a few little cakes left behind at the restaurant. Employees are allowed to purchase them at a discounted rate. That’s as per the rules.”

Eliana unzipped her bag. A beautiful cake was contained inside.

“See! You stole that!” Alissa spoke out with confidence.

“You can verify it for yourself if you don’t trust me. I’ve gotten the receipt with me if you’d want to see,” Eliana said, very displeased.

Alissa took out the cake and dived into the bag. This tiny cake was purchased by Eliana, as confirmed by the receipt that Alissa discovered in the bag.

Rosalie’s face became pliable as a result.

“I… It’s hard to believe!”

Alissa’s complexion was pallid. She simply couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

“Are you still going to search my bag?” Eliana stretched her hand. “Can you please return the cake I bought?”

In a rage, Alissa feigned to give Eliana the cake. However, she released her grasp before Eliana could take it.

The cake smashed to the floor, and Eliana’s pants were drenched in the cream. The floor was a shambles.

“Ooops, I’m so sorry! It fell out of my grasp.” In an effort to seem sincere, Alissa apologized.

“Alissa, enough! Don’t make fun of me for no reason. How could you possibly toss the cake on the floor?”

Eliana seemed to be in a state of rage. She was aware that Alissa was working against her, but she was unfazed by that. What a waste of such a delicious cake.

“It’s just some cake that was leftover. Is it necessary for you to be so enraged? I’ll foot the bill for this. It was only a dessert that no one desired.”

Alissa had no doubt that she was correct. The only thing she could think of was that Eliana was a nasty lady.

“Hey, put an end to it! What if the guests witness you arguing?”

Rosalie moved forward just as the situation was about to spiral out of hand.

“It’s time to leave work. Before you depart, you two should tidy up this mess.” Rosalie walked away with a sour expression on her face.

Alissa let out a snort and told Eliana to handle the mess on her own. Then she departed.

No other option was left to Eliana than to use a broom to sweep it all up.

Upon seeing the filthy floor, she found the situation absurd. Surely this was how she felt when she first started working at the Moran Group’s Design Department. She seemed to be in a less-than-satisfactory mood.

“Eliana, are you all right? I’ll give you a hand.”

Again, Jordy appeared from nowhere and was ready to seize the broom from her grasp.

“Thank you, but no need. I’ll take care of the cleanup myself. I don’t want to annoy you,” Eliana responded.

“It’s not a problem at all, Miss Pierce. Anything you need, I can do it.”

Jordy placed his hand on Eliana’s.

Eliana’s instincts kicked in and she realized something was amiss.

“Mr. Hamilton, you overstepped the line.”

Jordy smiled innocently and said, “Well, I’m guessing that you don’t have a boyfriend, do you?”

Eliana said, “I do not have a partner, but I do have two children.”

Jordy paused briefly before smiling and asking, “How do you come up with such a joke?” after hearing this.

“There is no humor in that, trust me.”

However, the door of the restaurant was forced open before Jordy could ask any more questions.

“Is nobody present in this enormous restaurant?” A man’s voice rang out.

Jordy became enraged when he was interrupted again.

“I’m sorry but we’re closed,” he remarked with a sour tone.

“Really? You treat your guests like this?”

Eliana recognized the voice right away.

She lifted her head and called out, “Preston!”

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“What brings you here, Preston?”

Eliana was taken aback and ashamed at the same time.

As it turned out, Preston hadn’t come any close to her since professing his feelings for her and got rejected.

Initially, she felt he wouldn’t want to lay his eyes on her again.

Maurice cast a sidelong look at Jordy and snarled, “Why have you asked that? I’m sorry if I’ve interrupted you two.”

Eliana didn’t realize how close she was to Jordy until then, so she instantly distanced herself from him.

When he saw her reaction, Maurice’s expression softened a little.

“Wait, Preston, did someone tell you that I was here?” The look on Eliana’s face was skeptical. “Are you following my movements?”

Maurice had a smirk. “You’re overanalyzing everything. I can’t afford even a second for that.”

“Then how come you’re in this eatery?” Eliana was doubtful.

“This eatery is well-known around here. A friend of mine told me about this place, so I decided to check it out. I had no idea you’d show up here.”

Maurice maintained his composure while telling his fib.

Actually, he drove to Moonlight without thinking after getting off work.

Luckily, realizing that Eliana had been followed by someone made Maurice reconsider his reluctance to enter the building.

However, he had to allow Preston to reappear since appearing as Maurice was inconvenient for him.

Eliana was able to grasp the gist of Maurice’s explanations.

His friend? What kind of friend would that be? A wealthy lady who was his client?

Unhappily, Eliana twisted her lips.

After confessing his feelings for her and saying he wanted to be her lover the previous time, he returned to serving wealthy clients to earn more money. She had even considered saying yes to Preston. When she reflected on it now, she was glad she didn’t accept his proposal to be his girlfriend back then.

Jordy, who had been left out of the conversation, took a glance at the two and saw something off about the dynamic between them. He wasn’t at all happy.

“Let me introduce myself. I’m the restaurant’s head chef. What kind of connection do you have with Miss Pierce?”

“Why should I inform you about our relationship?” Maurice inquired with a sneer.

“Unless you have business with her, just go. You can’t bully Eliana because I won’t let you.”

Jordy made himself known right on as a steadfast ally of Eliana’s.

He wouldn’t let Maurice to bully Eliana? He sounded very intimate with her.

Maurice was consumed with resentment. “I’m a gigolo maintained by her,” he remarked, pointing at Eliana as he did so.

Everyone around was stunned when he said what he said.

“Not possible!” That left Jordy stunned.

“What’s the matter? Is it anything that bothers you?”

Jordy couldn’t lift his head as Maurice drew closer and closer to him.

A gigolo wasn’t in this guy’s demeanor at all.

Maurice seemed to have knocked Jordy down with a feather. He shut his mouth!

At the same moment, Eliana had just regained her composure after Preston’s unexpected statements.

She had never maintained a gigolo in the first place.

“What are you on about, Preston?”

Her cheeks flushed. Her earlobes became bright crimson in an instant.

Never in a million years! She had to escort him out before he spoke any more garbage.

“You, follow me.”

Suddenly, Eliana grabbed Preston’s hand and dragged him out of the restaurant.

In front of the restaurant, a vehicle was standing by.

Eliana and Maurice had just walked out of the restaurant when Sean saw them while in the automobile.

Sean scowled and phoned Gerald immediately.

“Something strange has occurred, boss. Eliana just walked out of the restaurant with an unidentified male. What are our options at this point?”

Gerald’s savage voice came from the other end of the line.

“Fuck that guy! You must abduct and bring Eliana here this time, regardless of who is accompanying her.”

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It seemed this time, Maurice had truly enraged Gerald.

Sean quickly promised, “Don’t worry, sir. I promise I’ll carry out the task well.”

Meanwhile, Eliana had no idea that she would get kidnapped a second time.

Still anxious, she dragged Preston to a quiet corner where no one would bother them. Upon reaching there, she let go of his hand.

“Please don’t come to the restaurant ever again. Your presence will just disturb my work,” Eliana pleaded to him, her tone grim.

“Work? What work? You used to have a decent job, but here you are, scrubbing dishes. It’s better for you to go back to Moran Group and be a designer,” Maurice sneered in a contemptuous tone. His words struck a nerve in Eliana, who lashed back immediately.

“Who do you think you are?! What right do you have to tell me that?! Do you honestly think I don’t want to be a designer? Everything that’s happening to me right now is all because of that bastard Maurice! If he didn’t fire me for no reason, I wouldn’t need this crummy job! Yet here you are, speaking up for him?!” Eliana roared. She was so upset, her eyes reddening.

“I… I didn’t mean that. I was just…” Maurice began, suddenly at a loss. He had slipped up.

It quickly occurred to him that since he was acting as Preston at the moment, he couldn’t speak in Maurice’s callous tone. Preston was different from Maurice, after all. It wouldn’t do him any good if Eliana sensed something was amiss.

Eliana ended up venting all her accumulated anger on Preston. The bitter resentment piling in her heart from the last few days faded after she screamed out her bottled up feelings. Still, she hadn’t done it on

purpose. Recalling her blunder, she wished she could find a hole to bury herself. Preston wasn’t to be blamed, and yet, she made him the target of her anger.

Suffice to say, she found it humiliating. How terrible of her to treat Preston that way! After she rejected him too, no less. She was ashamed of herself. Not knowing to react, she decided to flee.

“Preston, I… I’m leaving now.”

She wanted to go. She needed to escape and flee far, far away.

With that in mind, she spun on her heels and dashed off. Yet as she moved, a hand grabbed hers and stopped her.

“Wait.”

Turning around in confusion, Eliana saw Preston gazing at her with a deep, quiet look. His hand gripped hers tight, as if he was refusing to let her go.

Maurice had long sensed that someone was spying on them in secret since a few moments ago. Unfortunately, he couldn’t pinpoint who it was.

He couldn’t possibly leave Eliana be, especially when danger was lurking nearby. They were probably some people hiding behind the shadows, targeting her and watching her every move.

“It’s already so late. Let me accompany you to go home,” Maurice suggested, hoping Eliana would listen to him.

“No, it’s okay. The bus stop’s just around the corner. I can take the bus myself.” Eliana, however, shot down his offer and shook her head desperately.

All she wanted was to avoid him. Naturally, she wouldn’t let herself stay with him even a second longer.

“I’m leaving.”

Eliana didn’t hesitate to turn around and leave, ignoring Maurice completely.

Her reaction took Maurice by surprise. Nervous, he hurried to follow her. Unfortunately, his actions made Eliana all the more uneasy.

She picked up her pace, wanting to shake him off. She had to find a way to get rid of him!

Left out of options, she purposefully chose to enter a dim alley.

“You can’t go there!”

Preston’s worried voice shouted after her the moment she walked into that alley.

However, Eliana couldn’t care less. All she wanted to do was to avoid Preston. She pretended not to hear him and hurried into the alley, hoping she could leave him once and for all.

The second she stepped into the dark alley, she was accosted by a sinister tension akin to one from a horror movie. Suddenly, all the hairs on her body stood on their ends.

Dilapidated street lamps with their broken bulbs flashed bleakly in the alley. Next to her were old walls that seemed they could collapse at any moment. A strange green light flickered faintly in the darkness. The stench of rotten garbage permeated the heavy air, rendering Eliana breathless. It was a perfect setup for murder.

As she walked, Eliana could feel the hiss of cold wind blowing from the back of her head despite it not being windy at all. For some reason, she had a feeling that something horrific would pop out of the darkness without warning.

Immediately, she came to regret her decision. Why on earth did she go into this alley? She wished she could turn back!

While these thoughts ran through her mind, the faint sound of footsteps emerged from behind her.

Eliana squeaked, frightened. She subconsciously quickened her pace, hoping to leave this alley as soon as possible.

Much to her horror, the footsteps behind her became quicker as she walked faster. It felt like a monster was stalking her from behind, about to catch up to her and tear her apart the second it reached her.

Her heartbeat sped as fear gripped her heart. Suddenly, a ball of light flashed before her eyes. Joy bloomed in her heart. It was the long awaited light at the end of the proverbial tunnel! Without hesitation, Eliana rushed towards the brightness, happy she could finally leave the alley.

The next second, an unexpected accident occurred.

In her relief, Eliana messed her steps and stumbled over a manhole cover on the ground. The impact caught her unawares and she fell forward, about to hit the ground.