Ch. 471..475: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 471-475

Chapter 471

Maurice couldn’t help but smile discreetly as he looked at Eliana who was staring at the tie.

She was quite generous this time. She was willing to spend so much money just to buy him a gift!

When he took the tie, he felt a warm feeling in his heart, which made him happy.

Once they had paid the bill, they had both changed into new clothes. Maurice looked refreshed, while Eliana was completely withered. After all, she had just spent a veritable fortune!

“Since we’re done shopping, let’s get out of here now!” said Eliana in a feeble voice.

Smiling, Maurice followed her leisurely.

They were going to leave the mall when Eliana realized that there were a lot of people around her. These people all seemed to be looking at something. She looked up and saw an eye-catching sign hanging in front of her, which read, “There’s a big discount on food at the supermarket.”

Eliana’s eyes lit up when she saw that.

Immediately, she turned to look at Maurice and said seriously, “Maurice, you go first! I need to go to the supermarket.”

After saying that, she was about to run forward, but was stopped by him.

“What do you mean by leaving me here alone? Besides, you do not need to buy things at a discount.”

“You don’t understand!” Eliana blurted out before ruthlessly shaking off Maurice’s hand. Then she rushed to the supermarket which was already full of people.

Maurice was speechless. He couldn’t let her go there alone, so he decided to follow her to the supermarket.

When he walked into the supermarket, a group of middle-aged women quickly noticed him.

“Wow, what a handsome young man!” one of the women muttered.

Maurice was indeed a handsome man, and wherever he went, he was noticed by women. As soon as he entered the supermarket, the middle-aged women around him were fascinated by him. They soon forgot what they were here for and surrounded him.

“Hey, handsome. Who are you? How come I’ve never seen you before?”

“How old are you, handsome? Do you have a girlfriend? My daughter is still single…”

Maurice felt the anger rise in him as he was pushed around by these women.

What was Eliana doing?

Well, since Maurice’s presence had attracted most of the women, Eliana had the opportunity to grab a lot more food.

However, she looked occasionally in Maurice’s direction and noticed that he was about to lose his patience. His face was gloomy, indicating that anger was boiling inside him. Seeing this, Eliana finally decided to go back to him.

“Back off!” Eliana roared as she stood in front of Maurice.

“Hey, who the hell are you?” one of the middle-aged women asked Eliana with contempt.

“I’m his girlfriend. Now back off from my man!”

Although it was a lie, Eliana said it with such conviction that it was impossible not to believe her.

Hearing this, the women quickly walked away and went their separate ways.

Maurice was furious just now and had planned to teach Eliana a good lesson. But when he heard her say he was her man, his anger vanished immediately.

After she scrambled for food, Eliana’s hair was a mess. She even still had a cabbage leaf stuck in her hair. Although she looked scruffy, she was so excited as if she had won a grand prize.

Maurice was amused to see her like this and joked, “Why are you so happy? What’s the fun in fighting for discounted stuffs?”

“You are never short of money, so you can’t understand! I have been able to get a week’s food, saving at least 300 dollars! That’s equal to making 300 dollars!” Eliana said with a wide smile. She was clearly overjoyed.

Maurice gazed fondly at Eliana’s smug expression and naturally reached out to touch her head.

However, before his hand could touch her, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to stop him. “What are you doing?” Eliana asked vigilantly.

Maurice ignored her and took the cabbage leaf off her head. He shook it in front of her eyes and said with a helpless sigh, “See?”

Seeing that, Eliana blushed.

She had thought that Maurice wanted to kiss her in this public place.

She looked at Maurice, feeling a little embarrassed now. She couldn’t help but notice that when he wasn’t angry, he looked quite like Preston.

There was something about Preston that made her want to get close to him. However, Maurice only made her want to run away.

Maurice and Eliana then went to pay the bill silently.

Coincidentally, Eliana met the cashier who waived the bill for her and her children last time.

Eliana asked curiously, “Uh… Hello! Is there an activity like the one I participated in before that can make the goods free of charge?”

“Free of charge?” The cashier looked at Eliana up and down carefully and said, “Oh, it’s you! You’re the customer whose goods were free of charge last time, right?”

Eliana nodded. “I just want to know if I can get the food free this time again.”

The cashier was confused and explained, “Don’t you know? In fact, there has never been any activity to get free goods. Last time, the boss of the mall took care of your bills himself.”

Upon hearing that, Eliana was utterly stunned.

The owner of this shopping mall? Wasn’t it Maurice himself?

Eliana turned her head and stared at Maurice in shock.

It turned out he didn’t let her pay last time! And she never knew about it!

If she hadn’t found out by accident, would he have ever told her the truth?

“Maurice, did you…”

“No,” Maurice denied at once, without even waiting for her to finish her question.

Eliana frowned and said again, “But…”

“Don’t say anything more. Let’s go.”

Maurice felt awkward and directly dragged Eliana away.

He didn’t want Eliana to find out that he had watched over her in secret.

Chapter 472

At this time, Nana had already picked up Adrian and Aileen from kindergarten. When she saw Eliana approaching, she and the twins waited at the door to welcome Eliana home.

“Hey, kids, look what Mommy has bought for you.”

Eliana had several shopping bags in her hands. But there were still many shopping bags left in the car that even Corbin got out of the driver’s seat to help.

Aileen and Adrian ran to Eliana and hugged her thighs, looking at her up and down nervously. Adrian looked more worried. He was afraid that Maurice might have bullied Eliana.

“Eliana, are you okay?” Nana asked worriedly, also looking at Eliana. “Aileen and Adrian told me that Maurice bullied you again. Let me…”

Nana was about to say that she wanted to scold Maurice. But when she saw Corbin carrying bags of things from the trunk, she was suddenly at a loss for words.

It turned out that Maurice went shopping with Eliana. Although she didn’t think it was good to scold someone who had just bought them a lot of things, she didn’t want her best friend to suffer any grievances.

But she noticed that Eliana and Maurice got along quite well. So she simply pulled Corbin to the side and asked in a low voice, “What exactly had happened between Maurice and Eliana today?”

Corbin glanced at Eliana and Maurice, who never talked all the way here, and sighed, “It’s a long story.”

While Corbin and Nana were whispering in the corner, Maurice was embarrassed to face Eliana and the twins alone.

Aileen didn’t greet him warmly like usual.

Instead, she hugged Eliana’s thigh and peeked at him from time to time. She must have been frightened by what had happened this morning.

Maurice couldn’t help reaching out his hand, wanting to touch Aileen’s head.

But as soon as Aileen saw him move, she immediately hid behind Eliana.

He paused for a while, and then silently withdrew his hand.

Adrian looked at the shopping bags on the ground with disgust and snapped, “Do you think you can buy us off with these things? No way!”

When Eliana saw Adrian’s and Aileen’s indifferent attitude towards Maurice, she felt a little sad. However, she was not in the mood to intervene.

“Thank you for all of these. I’m tired, and I want to rest now. You should leave.”

Then she took the two children upstairs wearily.

Maurice watched the three’s receding backs, feeling empty in his heart. It was as if he had lost something important. There was a feeling of loneliness in his heart that he had never felt before.

Before Corbin left with Maurice, Nana learned what had happened this morning from him.

So she walked into Eliana’s room and asked worriedly, “Eliana, are you okay?”

Lying on the bed, Eliana looked at her with a forced smile and said, “I’m fine.”

“You don’t have to act tough in front of me. Tell me the truth. Are you going to accept Maurice as Adrian and Aileen’s father?” Nana asked.

Eliana looked at her in surprise. “Why do you think so?”

“If not, why did Earle come to you? I also heard from Corbin that Earle wanted to take the kids into the Moran family’s house. Does that mean he’s starting to like you?”

Obviously, Nana was still not totally convinced.

Eliana smiled bitterly and replied, “No. Earle doesn’t even know I’m the kids’ mother.”

“What?” A trace of disappointment was written all over Nana’s face. “So he still doesn’t like you?”

“Yes,” Eliana answered, trying hard to hold back her sadness. “And it’s precisely because of his attitude towards me that I am more certain that Maurice and I can never be together.”

Nana didn’t know what else to say to comfort Eliana, so she could only reach out and hug her.

“It’s okay. Eliana. I’m here. You and the kids have me. At worst, I will support you and the kids for the rest of my life.”

Eliana smiled, got up from the bed, and rested her head on Nana’s shoulder. Mixed emotions filled her heart.

A relationship without the family members’ blessings wouldn’t last.

Chapter 473

The next day, Eliana woke up early to prepare Adrian’s and Aileen’s schoolbags. She was about to send them to school, but when she opened the door, she saw a luxurious Lincoln parked outside.

“What is this car doing here?”

While Eliana was confused, the car door opened, and the driver got out.

He walked straight to Eliana and said respectfully, “Miss Pierce, Mr. Moran sent me to pick up your children. I’ll drive them to kindergarten.”

Maurice ordered his people to take Aileen and Adrian to kindergarten?

But why?

Eliana subconsciously hid the two children behind her.

Although Maurice didn’t know the identity of the twins yet, she still felt uneasy about leaving them with his people.

The driver seemed to have already anticipated she would react like this, so he explained, “Miss Pierce, please rest assured. Mr. Jenkins has told me to pick up the two children to school from now on to avoid unnecessary trouble between you and the chairman.”

It turned out that this was Corbin’s arrangement.

Eliana felt a little relieved upon hearing this.

This was indeed the best way to avoid Earle from further contacting the two children.

“Okay, thank you.”

After thinking about it for a while, she compromised.

“By the way, Mr. Moran also told me one thing,” said the driver.

Then he opened the rear door and took out a large bunch of fresh sunflowers. The bright color was particularly vibrant under the morning sunlight, making people happy at the sight of it.

Eliana was dumbfounded. Was Maurice intending to send flowers to her?

However, the driver handed the sunflowers to Aileen beside her.

“Mr. Moran specially asked me to give this to you.”

Adrian snorted disdainfully and turned his head away.

Aileen took the sunflowers, but she was still confused.

Was it a gift from that handsome Maurice?

Was it because she painted the sunflower on his trousers yesterday?

Aileen carefully touched the bright sunflowers and suddenly found a small pink card hidden inside them.

When she took it out, she saw a cute crying kitten painted in a childish style. And beside the kitten were three words, “I am sorry.”

It turned out that Maurice was apologizing to her.

Aileen’s mood immediately turned sunny. There was a sweet smile on her face again.

When Eliana saw the happy expression on Aileen’s face, she couldn’t help but feel curious.

She wondered what was written on the card. How could Maurice make Aileen so happy?

“Aileen, may I see it?”

Eliana stretched out her hand, wanting to take the card from Aileen’s hand.

“No.” Aileen quickly held the card in her arms and said, “Mr. Moran gave this to me. I won’t show it even to you.”

“You’re really petty.”

Eliana felt a little jealous, but she didn’t say anything more.

Anyway, she also hoped that the two children could get along well with Maurice.

She let the two children get in the car and watched them disappear from her sight before setting off for the company.

As soon as she entered the Design Department, Lucia rushed over to her, held her hand, and asked, “Eliana, how was it? What happened yesterday? Was the matter resolved?”

Eliana smiled. “Well… Yes, it was resolved.”

“That’s good then.” Lucia breathed a sigh of relief. But after a short while, she became anxious again. “Then let’s go find Harriet and solve the problem with the design of the bracelet.”

“Okay, let’s go.” Eliana’s expression suddenly became solemn.

She and Lucia walked to the door of Harriet’s office. But before they could enter, they were stopped by Harriet’s assistant.

“You’re not allowed to enter now.”

“Why not? We must see Miss Stone now. It’s something very important.”

Eliana couldn’t give in just like that. If she didn’t make things clear about the bracelet today, it might be too late.

“No, you can’t go in.” The assistant stood in front of them. “Miss Stone is busy with Mr. Moran inside now. They have ordered that no one should disturb them.”

Was Maurice really inside?

If that was the case, Eliana couldn’t do anything about it.

“Eliana, what should we do now?” Lucia asked anxiously.

“We will wait,” Eliana replied through clenched teeth. “I won’t give up just like that.”

Chapter 474

Eliana and Lucia waited at the door of Harriet’s office, refusing to leave.

Harriet’s assistant also stood there, watching them the whole time. When she saw that the two of them were so determined, she began to speak in a voice dripping with sarcasm.

“I don’t know why some people still have the nerve to stand here. Really shameless!”

Although she didn’t name names, Eliana and Lucia knew that she was referring to them.

But Lucia was in a bad mood, so she snapped, “Who are you referring to?”

The assistant’s words made her even more furious.

The assistant sneered coldly, “You know who I am referring to.”

“And what are you trying to say? If you have something to say, say it. I’m listening.”

Eliana didn’t want to cause any trouble. But she wouldn’t shrink back when she was being bullied.

“Okay, Miss Pierce, I’ll be frank with you then. Do you know what Miss Stone and Mr. Moran are talking about inside right now?” said the assistant.

“What?” Eliana asked in confusion.

“She and Mr. Moran are talking about the development of the land near the Moon Lake Manor. At the party in the manor last time, you embarrassed and offended Mr. Stone. The Stone family is not very happy with this cooperation now. And it has taken Miss Stone a lot of effort to talk to them and convince them to continue it. Now you want to mess it up again? I think you only want to ruin the cooperation between the two companies.”

Eliana almost could not digest so much information that she learned all at once.

She had vaguely heard someone from the company mention that the Stone and Moran Groups cooperated to develop the land.

Coincidentally, she also knew something about the inside story of that land.

Before the Pierce family went bankrupt, the Pierce Group had several factories built on that land.

Her family valued that land so much that they had considered cooperating with others to develop it and build a theme park.

But unfortunately, the government didn’t approve it because of the ancient buildings near the area.

And even if they were approved, the cost of development and construction would be very high because they needed to protect those ancient buildings. The Pierce family could not afford it, so her father had to give up in the end.

Eliana didn’t expect that even a wealthy family like the Moran family still had to cooperate with the Stone family to develop the land.

Inside Harriet’s office, she and Maurice were discussing the press conference that their families would hold in the afternoon.

“Mr. Moran, today is the big day for our families. And my uncle will be here later. But he and Eliana had some conflicts before. So if you mind, I can persuade him not to come.”

Harriet pretended to mention that incident casually.

“Do you think it’s necessary?”

Maurice sat on the sofa, carefully reading the documents for his speech. He didn’t even raise his head when he spoke.

It seemed that Eliana really didn’t matter much to him.

Harriet smiled happily. “I knew you won’t mind.”

This time, Maurice raised his head expressionlessly. “I mean, the cooperation between the Stone family and Moran family has been settled. Is it necessary for your uncle to come?”

Harriet’s expression became still. She forced a smile and said, “This is the first cooperation between our families, and the media will be there. To show that the Stone family attaches great importance to this, he will be here, of course.”

“Oh, really?”

Maurice stared at Harriet. A bad feeling rose in his heart.

Why was she so enthusiastic about inviting her uncle to the press conference? There must be something behind it.

Soon, Maurice found the answer.

Corbin, standing next to him, suddenly received a message.

After Corbin read it, the look on his face drastically changed.

He immediately bent over and whispered in Maurice’s ear, “Boss, I just got the news. Your grandfather is on his way for the press conference.”

His grandfather was coming too?

Maurice didn’t think this was good.

Then something flashed in his mind. And he understood it all at once.

In recent years, Earle had never intervened in the management of Moran Group unless it was something big. It was just a press conference for the development of a theme park. Did Earle really have to be there personally?

But since he was coming, there must be another reason. It was probably not because of the cooperation between the Stone family and the Moran family.

Earle might have another purpose.

Maurice carefully recalled what Harriet had said.

This was just a small press conference, but the elders of both families would be there.

There must be a plot here.

 

Chapter 475

“Mr. Moran, what do you think?” Harriet asked as she looked searchingly at Maurice.

“Well, since your uncle wants to come, let him be.”

Maurice looked calm and collected, but he was prepared for all eventualities.

It seemed like there was a storm brewing.

Seeing that Maurice had agreed, Harriet secretly let out a sigh and then smiled.

Gerald had given her a general idea. She had already invited her uncle and Earle to the press conference where her engagement to Maurice would be announced.

With regard to Maurice… Gerald had assured her that he wouldn’t dare object so long as Earle was attending the event.

By then the whole world would know that she was going to be Maurice’s wife—and no one could stop it.

As Maurice was deeply engrossed in his thoughts, so was Harriet. Eliana, on the other hand, was thinking about the land.

She remembered quite well what her father had once told her. He said, “When you have the land, the future of the whole city is in your hands.”

With this in her mind, she knew how important the cooperation must be to Maurice and the Moran Group.

Yet, Eliana shuddered at the thought of what would happen should something go wrong in the cooperation between the Stone family and the Moran family, and she was the cause.

She knew the consequences would be unthinkable.

Wrapped up in her thoughts, Eliana looked dazed. Seeing her like this, Harriet’s assistant laughingly made a snide remark. “So now you realize the seriousness of the matter. How ignorant!”

“Don’t you go too far!”

Lucia couldn’t stand it anymore so she retorted.

“Arg! Just forget it!”

Eliana grabbed Lucia’s arm. She didn’t want to make a scene at this moment.

“What’s wrong with you?”

At that moment, Harriet opened the door and walked out of the office, followed by Maurice.

Eliana raised her head and found herself looking straight into Maurice’s eyes. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

But Harriet was quick on her feet. She got herself between Eliana and Maurice so that she was able to break eye contact between the two.

“Miss Pierce, are you here for the bracelet?”

Harriet was looking straight at Eliana.

“Yes, Miss Stone, Mr. Moran, there’s something that I’d like to ask about the design of the bracelet…”

“You know, we can talk about it now,” Harriet cut in. “Mr. Moran however has to prepare for the press conference in the afternoon and he must not be disturbed. So it will just be the two of us.”

She then grabbed Eliana’s arm and took her to the meeting room.

Lucia followed but she was stopped at the door of the meeting room. “Look, you’re just an intern,” said Harriet’s assistant. “Miss Stone has explicitly said that she and Miss Pierce will talk in private. So, get on with your work.”

“But…”

Lucia began to fidget. She didn’t know what to do.

Her anxiousness made Maurice take a second look at her. He thought she looked familiar, and it dawned on him.

He turned to Corbin and asked, “Isn’t she Wyatt’s cousin? She’s… what’s her name? Lucia… isn’t it?”

“Yes, she is Wyatt’s cousin,” Corbin replied, looking at the uneasy Lucia.

He wondered why Eliana was with Lucia.

Seeing Corbin’s reaction, Maurice frowned.

“Boss, do you think something will happen to Eliana?” Corbin asked.

He was feeling a bit worried. He thought of what Harriet had done to Eliana before.

Corbin knew that Harriet, being sneaky, cunning, and crafty, would do anything to get her way. She could be nasty to Eliana, knowing that they were rivals in love.

So he started to walk towards the meeting room to see for himself what Harriet was up to.

But he couldn’t go any farther as Maurice grabbed his arm to stop him.

“No,” Maurice said forcefully. “We have a press conference this afternoon. An important press conference. We should focus on it first.”

Corbin considered what Maurice had said and thought that it made sense.

But if Harriet’s plan worked, things would go really bad.

“Boss, what should we do now?”

Maurice frowned. “The top priority now is to stop the elders of the two families from coming here,” he said in a serious tone. “Do whatever it takes to keep them away from the press conference this afternoon.”

“But, boss… That would be disobeying your grandfather. Is that what you’re doing?”

Corbin looked at Maurice quizzically.

Maurice’s expression darkened. “Can you think of another way to do it?”

Corbin was stumped.

The afternoon’s press conference was so important to the Moran Group that it had to push through no matter what. There was no option other than trying to stop the elders of the two families.

But…