Ch. 401..405: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 401-405

Chapter 401

When the performance ended, all the performers took the curtain call together.

The crowd gave them a standing ovation.

Eliana took advantage of the moment when the curtain slowly fell and ran away.

Since the performance was over, Harriet felt bored. She smiled at Maurice next to her and said, “Mr. Moran, let’s go.”

Maurice had been staring at the harpist the whole time. So when the curtain fell, he saw her run away.

She wanted to flee.

Suddenly, he stood up unconsciously and rushed in the direction where the woman left in a hurry.

“Mr. Moran!”

Harriet was shocked when she saw Maurice quickly leave. She also stood up and followed him.

Backstage, Wilson stopped Eliana, who was about to leave.

“Jennifer, you were so good. I have to say I am impressed.”

Wilson was thrilled because just now, many people approached him and talked about booking them after everyone saw Jennifer’s extraordinary performance.

He just randomly picked a harpist to make up their number. He didn’t expect her to be so good.

“You were really so good today. Your performance was much better than when we were practicing. You deliberately played the wrong notes at the beginning to surprise us, right?”

When Eliana heard Wilson’s compliments, her heartbeat went abnormally fast. She unconsciously blurted out what was in her mind.

“Was I… really that good?”

Her voice was clear and sweet, totally different from Jennifer’s.

Wilson immediately noticed the difference. “Jennifer, your voice…”

Damn! She was too careless.

Eliana immediately lowered her voice, covered her mouth, and coughed. “Ahem! I’m sorry, sir. I have caught a cold recently, so my voice is a little hoarse.”

“Oh, you’ve caught a cold? Go home and get some rest then,” Wilson said with concern, obviously believing in her lie.

He thought that she was their money-spinner now, and he couldn’t let anything happen to her.

“Okay, sir. Thank you.”

After talking to Wilson and some musicians who tried to compliment her performance, Eliana immediately ran back to the dressing room with her head down to change her clothes.

At this moment, a low and familiar male voice came from outside.

“Mr. Green, may I ask who that harpist was?”

It was Maurice’s voice.

Eliana was so shocked that the dress in her hands almost fell to the floor.

Outside the door, Wilson looked at Maurice flatteringly. “Mr. Moran, that was Jennifer Lawson.”

“Jennifer Lawson? Who is she?” Maurice asked with a frown.

He didn’t know anyone named Jennifer. But just now, he really felt that the woman who played the harp was very familiar.

“She is a little-known harpist. If you like her, I can ask her to play for you alone.”

Wilson smiled meaningfully.

Harriet, who followed Maurice, heard what Wilson said. She got furious at once.

There was already Eliana, and now, another woman joined the picture.

She was already on the verge of losing control because of today’s successive blows. And when she heard Wilson’s words, she couldn’t keep her calm any longer.

“All of you, get out of here!” Harriet roared at the orchestra members.

The entire backstage fell into silence when her voice echoed.

“Do you want me to say it again? I have something to talk to Mr. Moran alone. Leave the room!”

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. But no one dared to offend the daughter of the Stone Group, so they all walked out of the room.

Only Harriet and Maurice were left now. As well as Eliana.

Eliana had already changed her clothes. But Maurice and Harriet were at the door, blocking the way, so she couldn’t leave.

She couldn’t help praying silently that they wouldn’t know she was here.

Chapter 402

Maurice, do I mean so little to you that you can’t even look at me?” Harriet stared at him longingly and spoke out her true feelings. “You had your eyes on Eliana before. Now you set your sights on this harpist. How could these ordinary people possibly compare to me? You’re fully aware of my prominent family’s background. I adore you so much, but why can’t you see me? At least try to give me a chance.”

Harriet inched closer towards him, with jealousy and stubbornness on her face. She tiptoed and leaned in for a kiss she had desired for the longest time.

To her utter dismay, Maurice frowned and turned his head away. There was coldness in his eyes. It was obvious he didn’t care about her.

Eavesdropping from inside the dressing room, Eliana felt deeply unsettled by Harriet’s confession of love. She couldn’t help but peek outside through the crack of the door and see what they were doing.

From where she stood, Eliana found that Maurice and Harriet stood too close to each other that it didn’t feel right. The pair seemed to be kissing!

At that moment, Eliana felt a tight knot inside her stomach. But before she was about to break down, Maurice pushed Harriet away in disgust.

“Enough of this. We have nothing left to talk about. Stay away from me.”

Maurice’s voice was frighteningly cold, and his eyes were devoid of any emotion.

Harriet staggered back in defeat, looking pathetic. She couldn’t believe her ears. No man had ever rejected her like this. Unable to stomach this severe blow to her self-esteem, she began to force herself on Maurice.

“Tell me what those other women have that I don’t. If you take me as your wife, the marriage would benefit both our families. Everyone will be happy!”

“I beg to differ. Let me make one thing very clear. No one can force me to do anything against my will. I know you want to marry me, but give it up. I will never sacrifice my marriage for family interests.”

Maurice’s cold and merciless words were like sharp knives driven directly into Harriet’s heart. Finally, she slowly came to terms with reality. She lowered her head and sobbed in a low voice.

Peering outside from the crack of the door, Eliana’s jaw dropped in shock.

Didn’t they just kiss a few seconds ago?

Why was Harriet crying all of a sudden?

Despite all these thoughts, one sentence had captured Eliana’s attention. Did Maurice just say that he wouldn’t sacrifice his marriage for family interests?

Eliana suddenly felt a sense of hope and joy fill her heart. Distracted by the scene in front of her, she accidentally nudged a box on a table beside the door. Her eyes widened in panic as the box fell to the floor with a loud thud.

Oh no!

The noise would surely give her presence away!

“Who is there?”

Outside the dressing room, Harriet turned to the direction of the noise and rushed to open the door.

In dramatic fashion, Harriet discovered the woman who had been spying on them.

Although Eliana had changed into her own clothes, the veil on her head hadn’t been taken off, concealing her identity.

Harriet didn’t recognize her and thought that the woman was Jennifer, the attractive harpist.

“Wait a minute. I know who you are. You’re the one who played the harp! Have you been eavesdropping the whole time?”

Harriet couldn’t bear the fact that her new rival had witnessed the embarrassing scene. Gritting her teeth in anger, she rushed over to take the veil off Eliana’s head.

But Eliana knew better than to let this happen.

She quickly raised her hands, secured the veil on her face, and took a few steps back.

Her defiance outraged Harriet even further.

“How dare you hide that face of yours? Are you so ashamed that you can’t even look me in the eye? You have been hiding there to see me fail miserably, haven’t you? Well, I hope you’re happy now!”

Eliana quickly shook her head. She didn’t mean to eavesdrop on their conversation.

The poor girl had no other choice but to hide in the dressing room when Maurice and Harriet came over.

Eliana silently cursed her bad luck. She desperately wanted to explain herself, but she was afraid of exposing who she really was, so she didn’t dare to make a sound.

“Am I right? Talk to me, you bitch!”

Eliana’s silence was all the confirmation Harriet needed. As far as she was concerned, Eliana was guilty as charged. She was so furious that she wanted to teach the pesky eavesdropper a lesson.

Harriet approached Eliana and raised her hand high in the air.

Was she going to slap her or pull the veil off her head?

At this moment, a flurry of thoughts rushed into Eliana’s mind.

She could dodge the slap, but Harriet would not stop until she hurt her. What if the veil fell off during the fight? If it stayed on and her identity was still concealed, then Jennifer would get into trouble.

Harriet was so vicious and cunning that Eliana knew better than to underestimate her rival. There was no telling what she might do to Jennifer.

Bracing herself for the inevitable impact, Eliana closed her eyes and decided to take the slap head-on.

However, nothing happened to her.

Puzzled, Eliana opened her eyes and saw that a hand had grabbed Harriet’s wrist at the last second.

Like a guardian angel, Maurice had once again protected her from harm.

Chapter 403

“Damn it, Harriet! What the hell is wrong with you?” As he spoke, Maurice held Harriet’s wrist and pushed her away ruthlessly. “Get out of here and you’d better calm down. She is not your servant! And even if she were your servant, you still would have no right to treat her that way!”

“Maurice…”

Harriet held her aching wrist as she stared at Maurice in amazement, her eyes brimming with tears.

However, Maurice was not in the least moved by her tearful gaze. Looking a little crazy, he raised his eyebrows and said coldly, “Didn’t you hear me? I said get out!”

Harriet knew she had better control herself now. After throwing a last nasty look at Eliana, she turned and left awkwardly.

Far from reassuring Eliana, Harriet’s departure only made Eliana more nervous.

Now that Harriet was gone, Eliana was alone with Maurice, which made her extremely uncomfortable.

Not knowing how to deal with Maurice, Eliana instinctively took a step back and wanted to take the opportunity to escape.

“Where do you think you are going?”

Before she could take another step, Maurice had already grabbed her hand.

She quickly lowered her head to avoid Maurice’s gaze.

“Why are you still hiding? I already recognized you, Eliana,” Maurice said indifferently.

As soon as he saw her on stage earlier, he already suspected something, so he followed her here. When he saw her more closely, he recognized her immediately. It was indeed Eliana.

But since Harriet was there, he couldn’t say anything, or Harriet would make a scene.

“You recognized me? So why didn’t you say anything?”

Hearing that he had recognized her but had chosen to remain silent all this time, Eliana was furious and she lifted her veil.

“Well, I guessed you didn’t want Harriet to know it, so I didn’t say anything,” Maurice replied calmly.

At the mention of Harriet, the scene of the two of them kissing just now came to Eliana’s mind. She stared at Maurice’s handsome face, and felt a little disgusted.

“I didn’t want to interrupt you two,” Eliana hissed with unveiled jealousy.

Maurice was about to explain when he suddenly noticed the blood on Eliana’s hand.

“Why is there blood on your hand? Where did you get hurt?” Maurice asked worriedly.

However, Eliana looked surprised when she heard what Maurice said. Blood?

She looked at her hand and found that there was indeed blood on it.

It must be Jennifer’s blood.

However, she had no intention to explain and just said curtly, “It’s none of your business.”

The thing was, she was still angry with Maurice. She quickly withdrew her hand from his grasp and wouldn’t explain anything.

Maurice frowned and the next second, he outright picked her up in his arms.

“Ah!”

Eliana didn’t expect this and couldn’t help but scream. However, she subconsciously put her arms around Maurice’s neck.

“Maurice, what do you want to do? Put me down!”

Eliana began to struggle and punch hard on Maurice’s chest for him to put her down.

“Stay still, will you?” Maurice said coldly, staring at her intently. He added, “You are injured. I’ll take you to the hospital right away.”

Eliana was shocked. She couldn’t let him carry her out like this. It would definitely cause a sensation!

“No way!” Eliana shouted and struggled even more. “I’m fine!”

“You are fine? Then why is there blood on your hand?”

Maurice was unfazed and continued to walk with her in his arms.

Seeing that he had no intention of putting her down and that they would soon reach the exit, Eliana had to tell him the truth.

“It’s not my blood. The original harpist’s hand was injured. I guess I got stained with her blood when I was helping her treat her wound. I was just performing on stage for her.”

A smile appeared on Maurice’s face and he finally stopped.

“You are finally willing to tell the truth!”

It turned out… He was just playing a trick on her!

She was fooled by Maurice again!

However, she didn’t even have the strength to snap at him this time. She just leaned against his shoulder.

With all the recent events, Eliana was exhausted and didn’t want to stay here anymore. She wanted to go home.

She was just on a business trip here, but why were there so many troubles?

Now that Eliana had told him the whole story, Maurice smiled and said, “You really are a kind-hearted person who loves helping others. But why didn’t you help me stop Harriet from kissing me just now? Don’t you care whom I kiss at all?”

Eliana’s eyes were fixed on Maurice’s sexy lips, and the scene that Harriet kissed him suddenly appeared in her mind again.

At the thought that some other woman had tasted his lips just now, Eliana felt sick.

Jealousy began to surge in the bottom of her heart. Eliana suddenly reached out to wipe Maurice’s lips…

 

Chapter 404

Eliana’s soft touch on Maurice’s lips made his heart beat faster.

Was she seducing him?

While Maurice was in a trance, he suddenly heard Eliana’s voice. “I didn’t have time to stop her. It makes me sick to think that she dared to put her lips on yours. Let me help you clean your lips.”

After saying that, Eliana leaned in and tenderly kissed Maurice’s soft lips.

She was no longer shy like before and kissed him passionately.

Maurice felt his heartbeat race and his temperature rose drastically. After a while, he couldn’t control himself any longer. He put Eliana down and pinned her against the wardrobe.

Eliana moaned with pleasure. However, Maurice quickly blocked her mouth with his to muffle the sound.

The two of them were completely turned on now.

Then all of a sudden, the door of the dressing room was pushed open.

“Eliana, your performance just now was so wonderful! Thank you for…”

Jennifer couldn’t finish her sentence when she saw the scene before her eyes. She was so shocked that her eyes widened and her mouth fell open.

It wasn’t until hearing Jennifer’s voice that Maurice and Eliana finally came to their senses.

The three looked at each other without saying a word. Maurice, however, did not feel embarrassed in the least.

“Please, go on! Go on! I saw nothing!”

Jennifer’s face was flushed with embarrassment and she quickly looked away. Forgetting why she came here in the first place, she hurried out and closed the door behind her.

The thing was that after Eliana took the stage, Jennifer dressed her wound and hid in a corner to watch the show. Eliana’s performance was so impressive that Jennifer couldn’t help but sneak backstage to thank Eliana.

However, she didn’t expect to come across such a scene.

Eliana and a handsome tall man were kissing in the dressing room!

As she thought back to that scene, Jennifer’s face turned red again.

She suddenly felt that the man she had seen kissing Eliana seemed a bit familiar to her.

He seemed to be… No, that couldn’t be… Was that man Maurice Moran, the CEO of the Moran Group?

Was Eliana his girlfriend?

An expression of shock appeared on Jennifer’s face. She had the impression of being in possession of the scoop of the century.

Meanwhile, in the dressing room, Eliana pushed Maurice away.

Maurice finally let her go, a smile on his face. “Didn’t you say you wanted to clean my lips? I think it’s not clean enough yet. We can continue when we get back.”

Hearing that, Eliana blushed. However, the key words in Maurice’s sentence echoed in her mind. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she asked happily, “You mean we can go back now?”

“If only you made me happy… I have to say it wasn’t bad at all,” Maurice remarked with a cunning smile.

Eliana didn’t notice Maurice’s strange expression and was just overjoyed at the thought of finally leaving…

Apparently, Maurice wasn’t so difficult after all.

Eliana had completely forgotten about Jennifer, who was still waiting for her outside.

Jennifer absolutely wanted to express her gratitude to Eliana in person. As a result, she didn’t leave when she caught Maurice and Eliana kissing earlier, and instead waited outside. She could occasionally hear the conversation between the two people inside.

Damn! They were so sweet together!

Jennifer felt both embarrassed to eavesdrop on the conversation of others, but also moved to see how close and in love Eliana and the handsome man seemed.

After a while, the door was opened and Maurice came out.

He just glanced at Jennifer who was very nervous, before stalking off.

As soon as Maurice left, Jennifer entered the dressing room.

Eliana could see that the younger woman still looked quite embarrassed. Eliana smiled shyly and said softly, “Jennifer, you’re here…”

“Eliana, thank you, really! I don’t know how to repay you!”

As she spoke, Jennifer walked over to Eliana and gave her a big hug.

“Come on, it’s no big deal. You don’t need to thank me,” Eliana said shyly. “By the way, is your hand okay?” Eliana inquired.

“Yeah, it’s fine now.”

Jennifer let go of Eliana and showed Eliana her bandaged hand.

After carefully checking the hand, Eliana felt relieved.

She was glad that she could help.

Jennifer suddenly lowered her head and hesitated. “Eliana, I… I have something to ask you…”

Eliana couldn’t help being amused seeing Jennifer’s shy look. She chuckled and said, “Go ahead.”

When Jennifer looked up, her face was flushed. She tried however to say what was on her heart.

“Just now, I saw you and Mr. Moran… I mean, how long have you been together?”

Hearing Jennifer’s question, Eliana felt so embarrassed. She didn’t even know how to answer.

The thing was, she and Maurice had never really dated.

But if she said so, how could she explain her kiss with Maurice just now?

Even though Eliana didn’t say anything, Jennifer had already pictured a story in her mind.

She gave a meaningful smile to Eliana.

“I get it! You don’t need to answer. Don’t worry. I will keep it a secret. I just want you to know that I think you and Mr. Moran are a perfect match.”

Eliana was speechless.

 

Chapter 405

Maurice had always been a man of quick actions. Since he had promised Eliana that they were going back, he quickly got the car ready.

Just as they was about to leave, Eliana suddenly thought of something.

She looked at Maurice and asked seriously, “What about Aileen and Adrian? And Nana too?”

“I have already arranged everything. Nana will take care of the children while waiting for the driver to come pick them up,” Maurice replied.

However, Eliana shook her head almost immediately. “No way! What if something happens again? As their mother, I have to be with them.”

After saying that, Eliana opened the car door to get out. Of course, Maurice was rather unhappy with that.

“Why are you worried now? Didn’t you say that they were Nana’s kids? It seems like now you know all the weight you put on her shoulders!”

“Maurice, what are you talking about?”

Sure enough, Eliana was annoyed by what Maurice said.

Before Maurice could say anything else, Harriet caught up with them.

“Mr. Moran! Wait for me!”

Harriet walked briskly to Maurice’s car. However, before she could approach it, Maurice’s bodyguards stopped her.

“What the hell is your problem? I came here with Mr. Moran. How dare you stop me?” Harriet shouted at the bodyguards angrily.

“Sorry, Miss Stone, but we’re just following orders. Mr. Moran explicitly instructed us not to let anyone else near his car,” one of the guards said to Harriet, looking at her with an expressionless face.

Harriet was stunned. “No way! This banquet was to celebrate the new cooperation between the Stone and Moran families! How could he do such a thing to me?”

However, no matter how much Harriet complained and shouted, the bodyguards didn’t flinch, nor did they let her pass.

Maurice, who was sitting in the car, heard the noises outside and felt very irritable.

He looked at Corbin, who was sitting in the front seat, and said curtly, “Corbin, handle this.”

“Okay, sir.”

Before Corbin was ordered by Maurice, he had already imagined how this was going to end. Hearing his boss’ order, he couldn’t help but feel rather unlucky.

Why was it always up to him to clean up the boss’s mess?

Despite his inner complaints, Corbin got out of the car anyway to deal with the situation. He walked over to Harriet and said politely, “I’m sorry, Miss Stone. Mr. Moran said he has something urgent to deal with. He hopes you will enjoy your stay at the manor with your family.”

Of course, Harriet didn’t believe him at all. She glared at Corbin and hissed coldly, “Don’t take me for a fool! He asked me to stay here and took Eliana with him! Why?”

“Why? It’s simple. Eliana is a better person than you,” Corbin replied curtly, looking at Harriet with disdain.

“What? How it that possible?” Harriet commented arrogantly.

In her eyes, Eliana couldn’t even hold a candle to her.

Corbin looked Harriet up and down and sneered, “Let me remind you then, Miss Stone. Have you forgotten how you shoved a girl to the floor at the banquet earlier, causing a serious injury to her hand?”

Upon hearing Corbin’s accusations, Harriet’s face turned pale. “Nonsense! She fell herself!”

She still denied it.

“Miss Stone, it is useless to deny it. The cameras have caught what you have done. You could have gotten yourself into big trouble if it weren’t for Eliana. Do you still dare to say that Eliana is not as good as you?”

“I…” Harriet was at a loss of words.

“Besides, if what you did today were to spread, I’m afraid it would totally ruin your family’s reputation. I’m sure you don’t want that, do you? Now take my advice and watch your actions in the future.”

Having said that, Corbin turned and drove off with the bodyguards, leaving Harriet standing there, crestfallen and watching Maurice’s car slowly disappear from view.