Ch. 436..440: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 436-440

Chapter 436

Eliana finally followed Nana’s advice. The next day, she got up early in the morning to go back to the Moran Group.

She even bought a cup of coffee downstairs for Maurice, wanting to apologize to him.

Then as planned, she went to talk to Corbin first.

As soon as she reached upstairs, Eliana saw Corbin walking towards the CEO’s office with a doctor.

She rushed over to him and asked, “Corbin, what happened?”

“Eliana? Why are you here?” Corbin was a little surprised to see her.

“Did something happen to Maurice?”

Eliana’s expression revealed her worries about Maurice.

Corbin suddenly thought of an idea. Wasn’t there a chance for Maurice to make peace with Eliana?

So he pretended to be very worried and said, “It’s a relapse of his arm injury.”

“His arm injury? It has recovered, right?” Eliana was confused.

“You know what kind of person our boss is. His arm was badly injured before, but he refused to receive timely treatment. It has been dragged on until now.”

Corbin heaved a deep sigh. It was as if Maurice really had an incurable disease.

And it worked. Because Eliana became anxious and began to panic.

When Corbin saw that she took his words seriously, he suggested, “How about you go in with the doctor?”

Eliana wanted to find an opportunity to reconcile with Maurice, so she agreed.

She took the doctor to the door of Maurice’s office and knocked.

“Come in.”

Eliana pushed the door open and came in. Maurice sat at his desk, concentrating on his work. He didn’t even raise his head to see who came in.

“Mr. Moran, I brought a doctor to check your arm.”

When Maurice heard the familiar voice, the pen in his hand paused. Then he immediately returned to normal.

“Okay. You can leave now.”

His tone was extremely indifferent.

Holding the cup of coffee in her hand, Eliana hesitated for a while. Then she walked over to the desk and said, “I also brought coffee for you. Drink it first.”

“Just put it there,” Maurice said, still keeping his head down.

Eliana didn’t know what else to say.

“Miss Pierce, Mr. Moran is injured. He can’t drink coffee now,” the doctor reminded her.

“Oh…”

She couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.

“Mr. Moran, let me check your injury now.”

The doctor walked over to Maurice and was about to roll up his sleeve. But Maurice looked at Eliana and suddenly said, “Come here.”

“Me? Why? What do I need to do?”

Eliana was still a bit lost, but Maurice had already raised his arm.

“Oh, okay.”

She hurriedly walked up to him to roll up his sleeve obediently.

Maurice turned his head sideways to look at her. There was an unreadable look in his eyes.

Eliana cheered herself up and rolled up Maurice’s sleeve carefully, revealing his strong arm underneath.

Without the cover of the clothes, a large bluish-purple bruise was exposed in front of her.

It wasn’t just a simple injury.

Eliana was a little out of breath. It was as if her heart had been squeezed.

“Does it still hurt?” she asked sulkily.

Maurice sneered, “Didn’t you yell at me yesterday? Why are you suddenly so kind today?”

Eliana lowered her head, not knowing how to explain.

The doctor stepped forward and examined Maurice’s arm carefully. He frowned and said, “Mr. Moran, I have warned you not to do strenuous exercise, right? Did you do some exercise secretly?”

“No.” Maurice firmly denied. “I haven’t done any strenuous exercise since I saved someone last time.”

Strenuous exercise?

Eliana suddenly remembered that Maurice had sex with her after being injured.

No way! Was sex also a kind of strenuous exercise?

But actually, their sex was really quite intense.

At the thought of this, Eliana’s face flushed. She was so embarrassed that she stretched out her hand and tugged at Maurice’s sleeve.

“Stop it.”

Maurice looked at Eliana’s red face, feeling confused.

What was she thinking?

Why was she acting so weird?

Maurice didn’t understand. But the doctor did.

He coughed lightly. “Mr. Moran, it’s normal for young people to be energetic. But you are injured now. It’s better to restrain yourself, so as not to hurt your body.”

Maurice was more confused. Restrain himself to avoid hurting his body?

He thought for a while. Finally, he realized what the doctor meant. He looked at Eliana with a playful expression.

Eliana wished she could dig a hole and hide.

After checking on Maurice, the doctor prescribed medicine and left the office, leaving Maurice and Eliana.

There was a deathly silence in the office.

In the end, Eliana couldn’t hold it anymore. She looked at Maurice and said seriously, “Maurice, I…”

But before she could apologize, there was a knock on the door.

Then Harriet came in.

Chapter 437

“Mr. Moran…”

When Harriet entered Maurice’s office, she saw that only he and Eliana were there. This made her feel very uncomfortable, but she did her best not to show it on her face.

“Miss Pierce, you are here too.”

Eliana smiled awkwardly. She really admired Harriet’s ability to keep cool even under such circumstances.

The relationship between them was no longer harmonious. But in front of Eliana, Harriet could still maintain a calm expression. Eliana was impressed.

“What’s up?” Maurice asked Harriet. He sounded impatient.

“I heard that your grandpa is sick, and I’m very worried about him. How is he now?” Harriet had a worried expression on her face, and she sounded sincere.

“He is fine now,” Maurice replied indifferently.

“Oh, that’s good to hear.” Harriet took a deep breath and continued, “I’ve invited the doctor who performed his heart surgery back then to come back, just in case. Mr. Moran, when you are free, I’ll take you to see him.”

Maurice raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised.

The doctor who treated Earle was not easy to invite. After Earle’s operation, he engaged in medical research activities in other countries. Maurice didn’t expect that Harriet could persuade him to return to the country.

When Maurice thought of Earle’s physical condition, he couldn’t help but feel a little worried too. He pondered for a moment and replied, “Okay, I’ll go with you.”

“Really? That’s great!”

Harriet was apparently happy.

Eliana stood at the side, feeling like a superfluous person.

“What about Miss Pierce?” Harriet asked Maurice, but her eyes were on Eliana, looking at her provocatively.

Maurice turned to Eliana and said expressionlessly, “You can go out first.”

He was still angry about what happened yesterday.

When Eliana heard this, her face turned pale. She looked a little embarrassed.

Harriet noticed the change in Eliana’s expression, and she couldn’t help but gloat inside.

She thought Maurice liked Eliana very much. It turned out that he got sick of Eliana so soon.

But when Eliana went out, Maurice didn’t treat Harriet any better either.

His deep-set eyes were unusually cold. He looked at her up and down for a moment and finally said with disgust, “As Earle’s grandson, I am grateful for what you’ve done for him. But I still have to remind you, don’t waste time and energy on me. No matter how much you invest in me, it will be futile. I’m not interested in you, let alone marrying you.”

However, Harriet didn’t get hurt by his words. Instead, she smiled confidently.

“Maurice, I’m confident that you will be mine in the end.”

After walking out of Maurice’s office, Eliana returned to her desk, lost in thought.

Suddenly, confetti was thrown at her head with a bang. Then Lilian came out with a bottle of champagne and their other female colleagues.

“Welcome back, Eliana! I really envy you. You can come and go to the company as freely as you want. You have almost taken our office as your home. But why haven’t I seen any of your good works?”

Lilian seemed to welcome Eliana. But actually, every word she said was full of sarcasm.

Eliana had already gotten used to this a long time ago. So she calmly removed the confetti from her head and took the bottle of champagne from Lilian’s hand. Then she poured two glasses leisurely, one for her and the other for Lilian.

“Want to drink with me?”

Lilian felt frustrated when she saw that Eliana was not even affected by her words.

“Eliana, are you really that thick-skinned? How dare you still come to the company now!”

Eliana took a sip of the wine. She didn’t care about Lilian’s sarcasm at all.

“Lilian, I know you don’t like me all along. You’re saying that I seldom come to work, and I have no good works? How about you? I have checked your works online before. Yes, you work every day. But why haven’t you come up with any good designs? With the quality of your work, how dare you still come to the company!”

“Eliana! You…”

Lilian was so angry that she wanted to pounce on Eliana and hit her. But a female colleague beside her stopped her.

“Don’t do it. She has someone powerful backing her, so we can’t afford to offend her.”

This made Lilian calm down a little.

Eliana smiled with self-mockery. “I hope the next time I drink with you, it’s a celebration of my resignation.”

Then she drank up the champagne in her glass and sat in her seat indifferently.

This time, Lilian still failed to piss her off.

Lilian stared at Eliana’s back indignantly. There was hatred in her heart.

She couldn’t wait for Harriet to get Maurice.

When that time came, Eliana would be doomed.

Chapter 438

After Harriet left Maurice’s office and returned to her department, she saw a group of people gathering around Eliana.

She frowned. “What are you doing? Aren’t you supposed to be working? Go back to your work!”

Seeing their boss coming back, everyone, including Lilian, immediately returned to their desks reluctantly.

In an instant, only Eliana was left.

Harriet raised her head and walked towards Eliana aggressively.

She had already offended Eliana openly when she was at the Moran family’s house. Now that Maurice was not here, she didn’t have to pretend to be kind anymore.

Judging from Maurice’s attitude towards Eliana in the office just now, he must not care about Eliana that much.

Harriet was confident she could win his heart this time. So she was happy to make more trouble for Eliana now.

At the thought of this, the smile on her face became brighter. “Eliana, I know you’ve worked so hard recently, and you must be tired. But you’ve rested. So since you’re back, you need to work harder. Please finish Cheryl’s project now.”

Eliana’s eyes widened in shock. She asked, “That damn project isn’t done yet?”

Harriet feigned a smile and remarked, “Not really. I mean, the bracelet you designed is really good, and I’ve already sent it to Cheryl for you. A few days ago, Cheryl wore that bracelet, and it became a trending topic.”

“A trending topic? Why?”

Did Cheryl become the trending topic because the bracelet was gorgeous?

But a bad feeling suddenly came to Eliana. She quickly took out her phone and searched for news about Cheryl.

And she was shocked by the topics.

“Shocking news! Top idol Eli is in love with a mysterious woman?”

“Bracelet!”

“Top female artist Cheryl is the owner of the bracelet?”

“Eli and Cheryl are in a relationship?”

After Eliana browsed the topics, it was only then that she realized that the news was ridiculous romance gossip.

It turned out that some paparazzi photographed Eli meeting a mysterious woman four days ago. But the paparazzi did not take a frontal photo of the mysterious woman.

But the photos immediately exploded on social media as soon as they were posted.

The mysterious woman was wearing an exquisite bracelet. Later, the netizens found out that the woman was Cheryl because of the special shape of the bracelet she wore.

A few days ago, she attended an event wearing the same bracelet.

So the news that Eli and Cheryl were in a secret relationship quickly became a hot topic and rocketed to the top of the news list. And even the bracelet received so much attention.

Many people crazily looked for the same style online.

Eliana was totally speechless. After reading the entire report, she said indignantly, “This is bullshit!”

She didn’t believe that an arrogant man like Eli would fall in love with Cheryl.

“I don’t care whether it’s true or not. All I know is that it’s a good chance to promote the bracelet. Thanks to them, your bracelet is famous now. We can take advantage of this opportunity to make mass production. This can be profitable for the Design Department,” Harriet said.

Eliana was even more speechless. She wanted to refute, but Harriet interrupted her impatiently, “The company has already decided on this matter. I have arranged an interview for you and Cheryl. It will be in the next few days. Then you and she will join forces to promote our bracelet.”

“Miss Stone, I don’t think an interview is necessary.” Eliana directly refused.

“It’s not up to you or me. If you don’t want to do it, you can talk to Mr. Moran. But he said just now that he doesn’t have time to see you today.”

Harriet deliberately lied to stimulate Eliana.

Sure enough, Eliana was really pissed off.

She wondered how Maurice could suddenly turn hostile towards her in just one day. And now, he even sided with Harriet.

Chapter 439

She had no fear!

Eliana suppressed her rage, fearing that Maurice and Harriet would think less of her. With clenched teeth, she muttered, “Fine! I am able to take on this issue, but…”

“But what?” Harriet inquired restlessly.

“I doubt that I can solve this problem on my own. I’m hoping that the company will send someone over to assist me.”

Eliana was adamant that she would not accept any sort of concession.

She was unable to fall victim to the same trap repeatedly. It had cost her dearly to have to labor alone previously. This time around she would team up with someone.

Harriet could have done nothing except assent. She took a sweeping glance at the staff members and made an informal gesture toward one of them.

“What do you think of her? Come on, Lucia.”

Eliana traced Harriet’s finger and saw a lovely girl in black-rimmed glasses get up as she pointed.

“Miss Stone,” she said.

Eliana was surprised upon taking a glance at her on her way towards them.

She recognized her!

She recalled that the previous time when the electricity went out in the Moran Group building, a girl stood next to Lilian and tried to admonish her, but Lilian halted her.

And she refrained from joining in Lilian’s taunt just now.

Eliana had a good opinion of her.

“From this point on, Lucia will be Eliana’s intern.”

Harriet’s patronizing tone belied the seriousness of her command.

“Certainly, Miss Stone. I commit to putting forth a lot of effort.”

Harriet nodded and gazed at Eliana once more.

“I’ve actually gotten you an ally. You can begin right away.”

After that, she walked away without a moment’s hesitation, leaving Eliana and Lucia alone.

They were both feeling a bit ashamed. Eliana was the one who initiated the conversation. “You are still an intern? Why do I get the impression you have associated with the organization for a long time?”

Lucia Todd flushed. She gave Eliana a bashful look and remarked, “Hello there, Miss Pierce. My name is Lucia Todd. I’ve been with the firm for three months now.”

“Three months, you say? How come you haven’t become a regular worker?” Eliana inquired in shock.

Lucia’s smile faded, and she bowed her head.

“I haven’t been officially hired since Miss Stone hasn’t validated my request. Probably… Maybe she thought there was something I haven’t done well enough. I don’t think I’m going to become a regular worker here.”

Eliana noticed the sadness on her face and tried to cheer her up by saying, “Eliana is fine with me. Do not feel down. I’ll see if I can get an answer from the hiring manager for you. You didn’t do anything

wrong, so you probably would be a regular.”

Lucia sighed instantly. “That’s a lot to expect of you, Miss Pierce. It’s fine if I can’t become a permanent employee here as long as I can gain valuable experience. I shall master from you henceforth!”

What a sincere young lady.

Eliana could only take a breath as she observed Lucia’s lack of interest. “Call me Eliana, please. Let us collaborate to fulfill this objective.”

“All right!” Lucia’s competitive spirit was retrieved.

After that, Eliana and Lucia went downstairs. Upon getting out of the entrance, they found Harriet waiting beside the road, and the silver Maybach halted in front of her.

Eliana noticed Maurice in the backseat as Corbin stepped out of the car to let Harriet in.

Once Harriet was buckled up, the car started.

Eliana felt an overwhelming sense of loss as she glared sadly at the car as it pulled away.

“Eliana? Eliana? What’s the matter with you?”

Lucia turned to look at the stunned Eliana in surprise.

Harriet tried to engage Maurice in a conversation while they rode in the car; nevertheless, he simply shut off his eyes to rest with no response.

As time went on, Harriet gave up.

At some point, while driving, Corbin had to inquire.

At a red light, Corbin turned to Maurice and stated, “Boss, when we picked up Miss Stone just now, I appeared to have seen Eliana at the entrance…”

“I don’t want to know anything about her,” said Maurice after opening his eyes.

“Mr. Jenkins, you should not bring an unrelated person to Mr. Moran in order to bother him,” Harriet stated. “In addition, Mr. Moran’s grandfather has cardiac issues. Don’t bring up Eliana in his presence either.”

Corbin moaned as he looked at Maurice, who said nothing but seemed to comply.

It appeared that Maurice and Eliana were still at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Chapter 440

Soon, Maurice and Harriet arrived at the hospital. Inside Earle’s ward, Nancy was taking care of him.

Nancy looked at Earle. Seeing his weak appearance, she couldn’t help asking, “What happened yesterday? Why did you get so excited that you had a heart attack.”

Her words reminded Earle of the twins yesterday, especially the little girl who looked like Rosina.

But he knew that once he told Nancy, he would probably make her sad. So he chose to remain silent.

Nancy was about to ask again when Maurice walked in with Harriet.

“Mrs. Moran, I heard that Mr. Moran is sick, so I came to see him.”

As usual, Harriet flattered them openly.

But unfortunately, Nancy didn’t buy it. She looked behind Harriet and found that Eliana wasn’t there. She felt very disappointed.

But she still expressed her gratitude to Harriet. “Miss Stone, thank you. I heard from Maurice that you asked the doctor who performed the surgery on Earle to check on him.”

“It’s nothing, Mrs. Moran. Don’t mention it.”

Harriet waved her hands politely, inadvertently showing the necklace on her neck.

When Nancy saw the familiar jade necklace, her expression softened a little.

She didn’t expect that Harriet would wear the necklace she gave.

So Nancy’s attitude towards Harriet softened.

When she felt that Maurice and Earle seemed to have something to talk about, she went out of the ward with Harriet.

After the two women left, Maurice immediately asked Earle about what happened yesterday.

But Earle didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “Maurice, do you know whose kids are the twins playing with Silas?”

Maurice’s heart sank upon hearing this question. Why did Earle have to ask about the twins?

No, he couldn’t let Earle find out the relationship between Eliana and the twins.

So he replied with feigned calmness, “I don’t know. They are Silas’ friends from his kindergarten. But you don’t have to worry about them. They are just children.”

“Oh, I see.” Earle sounded disappointed.

“Grandpa… Why did you suddenly ask about them?” Maurice asked back.

“Nothing. I just feel that the twins look like you. If I hadn’t known that you never had an intimate relationship with other women except for Eliana, I would have really suspected they were your kids,” Earle said with slight sarcasm.

Maurice didn’t expect to hear it from Earle.

He was surprised that Earle thought Aileen and Adrian looked like him.

Soon, Earle’s face became serious again. “Maurice, let me remind you. Use contraceptives every time you are with Eliana. She can’t carry our heir. The heir to the Moran family can only be born to your legal wife.”

“Grandpa, it’s too early for you to say that. I have never considered getting married yet,” Maurice replied impatiently.

“Too early? You are almost thirty years old. Men start a family first before they achieve more. But all your attention now is on that tramp. How am I supposed to entrust the Moran Group to you?”

As he spoke, Earle became excited again. The heart rate monitor next to him beeped.

“Grandpa, just relax. Don’t be so excited. Don’t worry, I’ll think about it,” Maurice hurriedly comforted him, and his heart rate finally stabilized.

“Get married as soon as possible and give birth to the heir of the Moran family.”

Maurice was agitated inside. He had a lot in his mind, but he couldn’t say anything more to irritate Earle now.

His own child?

He fell silent. He had never thought about having children.

He would never sleep with another woman, let alone have kids with them.

But what if he and Eliana’s children?

For some reason, he liked this idea.

At this moment, Earle’s secretary came in with a blue jewelry box. He handed it to Maurice.

“Grandpa, what is this?” Maurice asked.

His brows furrowed in confusion.

“I prepared this for you. Give it to Harriet as soon as possible,” Earle said in a commanding tone.

When Maurice opened the box, he saw an exquisite big diamond ring inside.