Ch. 431..435: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 431-435

Chapter 431

Oh no!

“Aileen!” Silas suddenly cried out.

Aileen was interrupted before she could finish her words. She turned around and looked at Silas in confusion. “What is it, Silas? Is there anything wrong?”

Silas knew that his great-grandfather despised Eliana. If Earle found out that Aileen and Adrian were her children, he might begin to treat them wrongly.

“You should see the worried look on your face.” Earle frowned and continued, “Well, we’re all listening. If you have anything to say, just say it.”

It was a rare occurrence for Silas to hesitate with his words.

To protect his friends, he couldn’t tell the truth, but lying to his family was not an option. It was not the right thing to do.

Everyone in the ward looked at him expectantly at the same time, waiting for him to continue, but his mind went blank.

Fortunately for him, the doctor interrupted their conversation.

“Kids, I’m afraid it’s time to leave. You all should go now because Mr. Moran needs to rest to regain his strength.”

With everyone distracted, Silas was greatly relieved.

The three kids obediently filed out of Earle’s ward. When Silas checked his smartwatch, he saw several missed calls from Maurice.

What was going on this time? There might have been an emergency! Otherwise, Maurice wouldn’t have attempted to contact him repeatedly.

Fearing for the worse, he immediately dialed Maurice’s number.

“Um, hello?”

“Silas, why haven’t you been answering my calls? Tell me where you are this instant. Did you take the twins with you? Do you know that their mother is going crazy because she couldn’t find them?” Maurice said with frustration in his voice.

Uh-oh! Eliana had been searching for Adrian and Aileen all this time?

Realizing that he had done something wrong, Silas quickly replied, “I’m now at the hospital with great- grandfather. Adrian and Aileen are here with me.”

“I see. Just stay put. I’ll be there soon.”

After hanging up the phone, Maurice got inside his car and immediately drove to the hospital.

When he arrived at the hospital lobby, he saw the three children sitting together on the chairs by the hallway. Letting out a sigh of relief, he went straight to them.

Adrian was the first one to see Maurice approaching. He frowned and said in disgust, “What are you doing here? I want my mommy!”

Maurice snorted in annoyance and glared at Adrian. He had just postponed several important meetings to personally see if they were alright. Hearing the young boy complain, he immediately ran out of patience.

“Watch it, kid. I’m in no mood to tolerate that attitude of yours.”

As soon as they met, it seemed they were about to start a fight with each other.

“Can you please stop arguing? I am so hungry and sleepy.”

Aileen leaned back against the chair, holding her stomach and closing her eyes.

“Wait a minute. You all haven’t eaten yet?”

Curled up on the chair, Aileen looked so cute that Maurice felt sorry for her.

Realizing that he hadn’t gotten food for his friends, Silas nodded in embarrassment.

“Well then, let me take you to dinner first.”

Maurice picked up the sleepy Aileen and carried her to the car, beckoning the two boys to follow him. After a few minutes, he took the three children to the McDonald’s restaurant.

When the food arrived at their table, Maurice sent a message to Eliana, informing her that he was with the kids.

While Maurice was busy texting on his phone, Aileen looked at the refreshing soda on the table and began to drool. She couldn’t help reaching out her little hand to pick up the cup. But before she could even take a sip, Maurice snatched the soda away.

“Nope. Soft drinks are not good for children.” Maurice put the iced soda near him and handed Aileen a bottle of yogurt. “Here, drink this.”

“But I want to drink soda. Please, Mr. Moran. I promise I will only take a sip!”

Aileen tugged at the hem of Maurice’s clothes and began to act like a spoiled child.

This particular trick of hers had always worked in the past. But unfortunately, nothing she did could change Maurice’s mind.

Frowning in defeat, Aileen had no choice but to take the yogurt and drink it. While sipping the tasty beverage, she rolled her eyes and complained, “Darn it.”

Maurice simply smiled and took a big gulp of soda for everyone to see, which further annoyed Aileen.

Adrian couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “You should set a good example before lecturing others.”

Little did he know that his words would soon affect everyone else at the table. Within seconds, Maurice took Adrian’s soda away and stopped drinking it himself.

Then he shot a meaningful look at Silas.

“I’m not actually fond of soda. I like yogurt better!” Silas immediately announced, understanding Maurice’s signal.

In the end, all the drinks on the table were replaced with yogurt.

A toothy grin slowly appeared on Aileen’s face. She felt better now that they were all equal.

She raised the yogurt and said happily, “Cheers!”

Silas raised his yogurt cup in the air while Maurice and Adrian looked at each other and then turned their heads away in disgust.

“Oh, come on now! Let’s all be friends and drink together!”

Aileen held their hands and showed them her puppy eyes. Groaning in frustration, Maurice and Adrian had no choice but to give in.

When Eliana arrived, she saw Aileen holding the hands of both Maurice and Adrian as they cheerfully bumped their cups together in the air.

Eliana paused for a moment and smiled. She couldn’t help but cherish the happy scene in front of her.

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Silas suddenly spotted Eliana from across the restaurant and waved at her. “Miss Pierce, over here!”

The rest of the group turned their heads at the same time and saw Eliana standing by the door.

“You’re finally here,” Maurice said calmly.

His seemingly nonchalant attitude ignited the anger in Eliana’s heart.

She had been searching for her two kids everywhere the entire evening and almost went crazy.

Thinking the kids had been with Maurice the whole time made Eliana extremely pissed. She had called him earlier for help, and he pretended to know nothing.

“Maurice, why the hell did you lie to me?”

Raising his eyebrows in confusion, Maurice shrugged and asked, “What are you talking about?”

“It turns out that you were secretly hanging out with the kids while I worried for their safety. You told me that you had no idea where they were. Was it fun to play with them and make a fool out of me?”

Clenching her fists, Eliana trembled with anger. She had never been this furious in her entire life.

The kids were shocked at the fierce expression on her face.

After scolding Maurice, Eliana turned her attention to the twins and questioned them, “Adrian and Aileen, where have you been today?”

Aileen lowered her head and didn’t dare to say anything. On the other hand, Adrian mustered up the courage and replied in a low voice, “Mommy, we went to the amusement park to play.”

“Amusement park? Then why didn’t you answer any of my calls? I’ve been trying to reach you the whole evening,” Eliana asked, trying to suppress her anger.

Aileen opened her mouth to speak but suddenly remembered her promise to Earle, so she kept her lips sealed and stared at the table.

The sad little twins lowered their heads in tacit silence.

Seeing that they couldn’t explain themselves in front of everyone only meant one thing in Eliana’s mind.

Maurice was responsible for this mess!

Moreover, he even had the guts to threaten them not to tell the truth!

“Maurice, be honest with me. Did you take my kids to the amusement park?”

Eliana would not let this matter pass so easily. The twins were the most important people in the world to her. She needed to get answers.

What scared her the most was the possibility that Maurice would take her children away from her one day.

“Miss Pierce, I’m afraid there’s been a misunderstanding. I took them with me without asking for your permission. It has nothing to do with my uncle,” Silas hurriedly explained.

Eliana was so angry that she could no longer be reasoned with. Her fury was directed solely at Maurice. Even though what Silas had said made sense, she would only think of it as an excuse to defend his uncle.

“Silas,” Eliana said through gritted teeth. “I trusted you, so I let you play with Adrian and Aileen. But you shouldn’t have taken them away without informing me at all! You’re so irresponsible! I’m very

disappointed in you!”

It was the first time that Silas had seen Eliana lose her temper. He was so frightened that his face turned pale, and his eyes welled up with tears.

“That’s enough!” All of a sudden, Maurice slammed his hand on the table, capturing everyone’s attention. “Eliana, why are you taking out your frustrations on the children? You are being unreasonable!”

Eliana had every right to be angry because she had been worried sick the whole day. Maurice even chose to keep silent when she berated him.

But now, she was throwing a temper tantrum at the children. He couldn’t just sit by and do nothing.

“Excuse me? I am being unreasonable?” Eliana snorted in disbelief. “You asshole! You were trying to take them away from me!”

Maurice couldn’t help but laugh at her baseless accusation. “You’ve lost your mind! I have spent hours helping you search for your kids! Now that I’ve found them, this is how you repay me? What an ingrate!”

The two of them continued to argue so intensely that their faces turned red. They glared at each other, and neither side was willing to concede.

Frightened by their shouting match, the kids sat there frozen in silence.

The noise attracted the attention of all the customers inside the restaurant, drawing looks of concern and disgust.

A senior waiter hurried over and interrupted, “Sir and madam, I know that couples tend to fight, but please keep it down. Our other customers are complaining. Please settle the matter inside your home.”

To his surprise, Maurice and Eliana turned their heads at the same time and shouted in unison, “We are not a couple!”

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The waiter was stunned for a moment. He looked at Maurice and Eliana, and then at Adrian and Aileen, who looked like Eliana. Finally, he fixed her eyes on Silas, who looked like Maurice. There was a confused expression on his face.

“Are you sure you’re not a couple?”

“Of course not!”

Eliana was so pissed that she grabbed Aileen’s and Adrian’s hands and was about to leave.

But at this moment, Aileen suddenly squatted on the floor with a pale face.

“Mommy, I don’t feel well.”

Eliana immediately squatted down and held up Aileen’s face.

“Aileen, your face!” she exclaimed.

Aileen’s tender face was covered with small red rashes, and her body was burning hot.

Silas and Adrian were both terrified and immediately came over.

Maurice was also shocked when he saw Aileen’s red face. “What’s wrong with her?”

Eliana looked at Maurice in a panic and asked, “Did you order something with peaches for her?”

“Peaches?” Maurice frowned. “I didn’t give her any peaches.”

“Aileen has been allergic to peaches since she was born. She must have eaten some!” Eliana shouted at Maurice, holding Aileen tightly in her arms.

“Peaches…” Silas muttered to himself and glanced at the yogurt on the table.

Something suddenly occurred to him. He picked up the yogurt and checked it carefully.

“Miss Pierce, this yogurt is peach flavored.”

Silas handed the yogurt to Eliana. Indeed, there was a label on the bottle saying that it was peach flavored.

“Damn!”

Eliana nervously took the bottle of yogurt that Aileen had drunk. There was still a lot left in the bottle. It meant that Aileen had only drank a little.

“Fortunately, she only drank a little.”

With a gloomy face, Maurice took out his phone and called a doctor. After hanging up, he went to carry Aileen in his arms.

“What are you doing?” Eliana became vigilant.

Maurice said solemnly, “I’ve already called the doctor. We need to get her home right away.”

Eliana looked at Aileen’s flushed face in her arms. She gritted her teeth and said, “Let’s go!”

Then they rushed back to the Pierce family’s house.

When they arrived home, the doctor was already there, waiting for them.

They surrounded the doctor nervously as he examined Aileen at once.

At this moment, Eliana and Maurice didn’t care about their fight anymore. They looked at Aileen on the bed worriedly.

Eliana sat on the edge of the bed and touched Aileen’s forehead. “Aileen, how are you feeling? Do you feel uncomfortable?”

Aileen felt uncomfortable, lying on the bed. But seeing Eliana and Maurice so worried about her, she felt happy.

After checking Aileen, the doctor prescribed some medicine and said that the little girl would be fine the next morning after she took the medicine and had a good sleep.

Aileen obediently took the medicine. Eliana stayed by her bed and wanted to tuck her in.

But unexpectedly, she stretched out her little hand from the quilt and reached out to Maurice.

“Mr. Moran, can you accompany me?”

Looking at the poor and lovely girl lying on the bed, Maurice couldn’t bear to leave. He wanted to stay with her.

But when he thought that Aileen was Eliana and Jonathan’s daughter, he felt bad, wishing to leave immediately.

Maurice remained silent. Aileen stubbornly reached out her hand at him, gradually looking disappointed.

Adrian held Aileen’s hand and comforted her, “Aileen, it’s okay. I’ll keep you company.”

Eliana looked at Maurice indifferently and said, “You can leave now. Take Silas home. It’s been a long day for everyone.”

Silas kept his head down the whole time. And when he heard Eliana’s words, he felt sadder. He raised his head, and there were already tears in his eyes.

“Miss Pierce, I’m sorry. It’s all my fault today. If I hadn’t taken them with me, Aileen wouldn’t have had an allergy. I am really sorry.”

The room was so silent that only Silas’ sobs could be heard.

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When Eliana saw the guilty look on Silas’ face, mixed emotions filled her heart.

She knew that what had happened today was not entirely his fault. But she couldn’t help feeling scared.

She couldn’t imagine the pain of losing her children.

“Silas, you must be tired today too. Everything is fine here. You can go home first,” Eliana sighed. She didn’t accept Silas’ apology.

Silas understood what she meant, so he lowered his head more. There was a guilty and depressed expression on his face.

Maurice put his hand on Silas’ shoulder, leaned over, and comforted him softly, “Silas, it’s not your fault.”

Then he took Silas and left the Pierce family’s house.

On their way home, Silas still thought of what had happened during the day. He couldn’t help asking Maurice, “Do you know who is Aileen and Adrian’s father?”

Maurice was stunned for a moment. He didn’t understand why Silas suddenly became curious about it.

“Why do you ask?”

Silas answered honestly, “Because I really hope that you are their father.”

“Why me?” Silas’ answer made Maurice even more confused.

“So I can be their real family.”

There was a trace of expectation in Silas’ voice.

Maurice couldn’t help laughing. “Do you like them so much that you want them to be your family?”

Silas nodded. “Yes, I like them very much.”

Real family?

It could never happen.

After all, the twins’ father was not him but Jonathan.

At the thought of this, Maurice’s face suddenly darkened.

“I’m not the twins’ father.”

“Oh…” Silas looked disappointed. “Miss Pierce is so angry today. Will she not let me play with Aileen and Adrian anymore?”

At the mention of this matter, Maurice felt morose.

“Silas, you should stop playing with those two kids in the future. I don’t want Eliana to blame you again if something happens.”

Silas was distressed at once. “But I want to play with Aileen and Adrian.”

“Silas, just listen to me!”

After saying this, Maurice immediately pulled a long face.

“No, I don’t want to listen to you!”

Silas stubbornly turned his head sideways and covered his ears, not wanting to hear Maurice’s words anymore.

No one was willing to give in, and the atmosphere in the car suddenly became depressing.

They soon arrived at the Moran family’s house.

Silas opened the door and rushed out of the car. Maurice could only sigh silently and follow him.

Silas ran into his room and threw himself on the bed, feeling dejected.

There was his family photo on the bedside table. At that time, his parents were still there. They held his hands and smiled happily.

He hugged the family photo, and Aileen’s words echoed in his mind.

“You are both my older brothers, we are related!”

Silas thought that he had found a new family, but he was wrong. Eliana would not let Aileen and Adrian become his family anymore.

The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. Tears streamed down his face like a waterfall.

Maurice was worried about Silas, so he went straight to the door of the boy’s room. He heard Silas’ suppressed crying from the inside.

He knocked, opened the door, and walked in. He saw Silas lying on the bed and crying secretly with the family photo in his arms.

“Silas, are you alright?”

Maurice wanted to walk over and comfort Silas.

But when Silas saw Maurice approaching, he was very resistant. He grabbed a pillow and threw it at Maurice. Then he buried his head in another pillow and shouted, “Go away! I don’t want to see you anymore!”

Watching Silas lose his temper, Maurice didn’t know what to do for a while. He couldn’t help feeling very depressed.

In the Pierce family’s house, Eliana and Adrian coaxed Aileen to sleep.

Eliana patted Adrian on the head and said, “Adrian, you must be tired. Go to bed now.”

“Mommy…” Adrian raised his head and looked at Eliana as if he had made up his mind. “Actually, what happened today is not Silas’ uncle’s fault.”

Eliana was confused. “What do you mean? What really happened to you today?”

Adrian thought it over for a while. Then he came up with an explanation that could not only keep his promise to Earle but also make him explain to his mother clearly.

“You and Nana didn’t come to pick us up, so Silas offered to send us home. But on the way, we met an old man who had a heart attack. We had to take him to the hospital, so we went home late.”

“Then why didn’t you immediately tell me?” Eliana was surprised by what she had learned.

“Because the old man didn’t want his family to worry about him. He begged us to keep it a secret. We promised him not to tell anyone. We wanted to keep our promise, so we didn’t tell you about it.”

Adrian’s explanation made Eliana feel a little guilty.

It seemed that she really misunderstood Maurice this time.

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Nana returned home late at night. She seemed to be in high spirits and was even humming a song. When she opened the door, she was stunned to see Eliana sitting alone in the living room, visibly lost in thought.

“Honey, what’s up with you?” Nana asked with concern.

“Nana, you’re back!”

It was only when she heard Nana’s voice that Eliana came to her senses.

Nana ignored Eliana’s greeting and asked seriously, “Eliana, why aren’t you sleeping at this time of night? What are you doing alone in the living room?”

“I just can’t fall asleep,” Eliana replied perfunctorily.

“Oh, I see.”

Nana believed her word and didn’t not to think too much.

Seeing that Nana was visibly very happy, Eliana couldn’t help teasing her. “Nana, tell me frankly, you and Corbin, you… You guys are in a relationship, right?”

Nana was a little shy and stammered, “Well, we’re… we’re just friends…”

Eliana was utterly stunned. “I don’t get it. It’s obvious you like him. Hasn’t Corbin confessed his love for you yet?”

Upon hearing what Eliana said, Nana burst into laughter. “Corbin… He seems to have never been in a relationship, so he’s a bit shy…”

Eliana was stunned to hear that Corbin had never been in a relationship before.

She couldn’t help but sigh. “It’s really hard to understand love. Corbin has never had a romantic relationship before, so he seems a bit silly about it. I, on the other hand, already have two children, but I’m still confused about love.”

“Honey, tell me, what happened between you and Maurice this time?”

After hearing what Eliana had just said, Nana sensed that something was wrong.

With a bitter smile, Eliana told Nana everything that had happened tonight.

“Well, this time it was all my fault. I realized too late that I had misunderstood him. I don’t know how to face him now.”

Nana came to sit next to Eliana. She put her arm around Eliana’s shoulder and comforted her, “If you want to clear up the misunderstanding, you better take real action!”

“How?” Eliana asked sadly.

“Well, you have to calm down first. Go back to work as usual. If you meet Maurice, keep your cool and talk to him in order to clear up the misunderstanding as soon as possible. What do you think?”

“That makes sense!” Eliana replied with a bright smile.

Nana quickly had another idea. “I can also ask Corbin to tell you when Maurice is in a good mood. You can go to Maurice and clear up the misunderstanding at that time.”

The idea appealed to Eliana. However, she was still a little hesitant. “Won’t it put you into too much trouble?” Eliana asked worriedly.

However, Nana quickly reassured her, “Honey, don’t worry! The fact that I help you means that I help myself. After all, you, me, Aileen and Adrian are all under Maurice’s control. Who would like to live a life

under surveillance?”

Nana’s face was serious.

Eliana was silent for a moment. Then she looked at Nana and said seriously, “Nana, sometimes you seem to be enjoying your life right now…”

Nana was very reluctant to stay in the Pierce family’s house when they had just moved in. She complained every day that Maurice was a freak and asked Eliana to not compromise.

But now she seemed to have adjusted to this life. When she spoke of Maurice now, she didn’t complain anymore.

She had even just proposed to Eliana to reconcile with Maurice…

Nana paused for a few seconds when she heard what Eliana said.

She couldn’t help thinking that Eliana was right to an extent.

Why did she suggest Eliana to make up with that freak Maurice?

Didn’t she hate Maurice to the core?

Nana made deep introspection to understand when her attitude towards Maurice had changed.

She felt it all came from her frequent contact with Corbin.

Every time they met, Corbin would harp on about how special his boss treated Eliana and all the things his boss had done for Eliana.

At first, she just scoffed at the whole thing, but over time, her hatred for Maurice had seriously subsided.

After Corbin saved her so many times, Nana began to trust him blindly and no longer doubted what he said.

After the deep introspection, Nana discovered the crux of the problem. She exclaimed, “I see. As Maurice’s hostage and accomplice, Corbin is constantly brainwashing me…”

“You are probably right. We are prisoners of Maurice and he won’t let us go anytime soon.”

Eliana and Nana looked at each other and sighed in unison.