Ch. 521..525: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 521-525

Chapter 521

After leaving home, Eliana moved into the house Rosamond had arranged for her.

It was a nice apartment. Although it was not as big as the Pierce family’s villa, it had nearly the same ambience as the house she lived in when she had just returned from abroad.

Rosamond arrived while Eliana was busy arranging her stuff.

Eliana abruptly stopped what she was doing and said, “You are here. Thank you for helping me this time.”

“Don’t mention it. Even though you are Ingrid’s daughter, you must pay the rent,” Rosamond replied.

Eliana was not upset at all after hearing that. Instead, she felt relieved.

“Of course I have to pay for the rent. How much is it?”

“How about 3, 000 dollars a month?”

Rosamond set a price based on the market price.

Eliana nodded and smiled. “Okay.”

In fact, she was well aware that 3, 000 dollars was not a huge amount of money for Rosamond, but she would pay her without hesitation.

Rosamond, unlike Maurice and Jonathan who had arranged everything for Eliana, chose to make her pay the rent.

Eliana was clearly pleased with Rosamond’s attitude. Rosamond had already given her a lot of help, and she no longer wanted to rely on her.

“By the way, there is a kindergarten nearby where you can enroll Aileen and Adrian. It is sponsored by the Deleon family, and they can go there to study as soon as possible,” Rosamond said after a few moments.

Knowing that her children would be able to attend school very soon, Eliana became excited in an instant. “Really? Thank you so much.”

“It’s nothing. Don’t mention it.”

Rosamond then began to discuss business.

“Eliana, do you remember what I told you about the Pierce family’s old factory the other time? Have you made up your mind?”

Eliana was taken aback when she heard that. “Are you proposing to sell the factory to me?”

“Yes, I never break my word.” Rosamond laughed and added, “You just need to tell me whether you want it or not.”

Eliana swallowed her saliva in excitement. She did not dare to consider it before because she didn’t have any money. Now that she had money, she really wanted to take the factory back.

“I want it! I want to take it back.”

After careful consideration, Eliana gave an affirmative response.

“It appears that I do not misjudge you,” Rosamond said, relieved. “There are some factory workers who had also worked for the Pierce family, but they were not dutiful. It gave me headaches over the years. But you are a member of the Pierce family. I think they will be more obedient to you.”

Looking into Rosamond’s eyes, Eliana thought for a moment before nodding. “Since you trust me, leave it up to me. I’ll give it a shot.”

After that talk, Rosamond played with the twins for a while before she left.

The two children, especially Aileen, sat in the unfamiliar living room, feeling dejected.

When Eliana could no longer bear seeing them down in spirits, she walked over, squatted down, and caressed their heads. “What’s the matter? Isn’t our new house good enough?”

Aileen and Adrian looked at each other before shaking their heads.

“Then why are you not happy?”

But Eliana already knew the possible reason.

“Mommy… Mommy, we had a good time with that handsome man in the amusement park. Why did we still move out?” Aileen asked, looking into her eyes.

Eliana was taken aback when she heard that. She was feeling a little down, too, but she couldn’t show it to her children. “Aileen, you are still young. You don’t understand everything. Sometimes separation is not for oneself, but for the good of everyone,” she said gently.

Aileen stared at Eliana with confusion. Apparently, she didn’t understand what her mother meant.

Eliana sighed. She knew that her children would not understand such complicated things.

But then Adrian said, “But Mommy, have you ever considered that leaving someone might be the most traumatic experience for that person?”

 

Chapter 522

Eliana was taken aback by Adrian’s words.

She seldom talked about such a serious topic with children.

So, she didn’t expect that a five-year-old child could make such remarks.

Eliana cupped her son’s face and looked him in the eye. In a soft and patient tone, she said, “Adrian, I don’t really want to talk about this with you because it’s a very complicated thing. But it seems important to you so I’ll try to explain it. You see, there are many ways to be good to a person. It also happens that sometimes, we don’t have to be with them.”

Adrian knitted his brows and looked at Eliana perplexedly. “But if you want to be good to a person, shouldn’t you be more honest to him, instead of lying to him? I don’t really understand. Do people act this way when they grow up?” He paused for a while before he added, “Then, I don’t want to grow up…”

Eliana couldn’t believe that such reflective words could come from a little boy. She couldn’t think of anything to refute her son.

Adrian’s words touched her. She could not calm herself down until late at night.

She was thinking that she could be wrong this time.

She wouldn’t want to admit it.

She automatically reached for her phone and then turned it on.

Maurice’s number was not even in the directory of her new phone. But it didn’t matter. She had already committed it to her memory.

She tapped the numbers on the dial pad. When she was done entering the numbers, she couldn’t bring herself to press the “Call” button and deleted the numbers. But somehow, she would do this repeatedly.

She told herself to stop doing this.

Eventually, she made up her mind to make the call. When she got through to Maurice, Earle’s threat flashed through her mind.

“If he proceeds with this stubbornness, I won’t let him take over the Moran Group. In addition to being deprived of his place at Moran Group, I will drive him out of the Moran family!”

Earle immediately hung up the phone and threw it far away.

She sank to the bed weakly and covered her eyes with her hand. She muttered, “I must be really crazy… How could I break my promise? Eliana, Maurice will be in deep shit if you continue acting like this!”

It was late at night. Everyone in the Imperial Golden Club was already intoxicated with the life of dissipation.

Maurice was in the private room, drinking alone. His table was full of empty bottles. He had drunk one after another as if he wouldn’t get drunk.

Corbin was standing next to him. Several times he opened his mouth to tell Maurice to stop drinking but he couldn’t and didn’t know what to do anymore.

Just then Wyatt opened the door and sauntered into the room.

Seeing that Maurice was sitting alone, he didn’t think too much and teased him, “So here you are! Why are you drinking alone? Why don’t you bring Eliana here?”

Maurice’s hand that was holding the bottle paused midair. His face had darkened as he looked at Wyatt.

Oh no! Why did Wyatt mention this?

Corbin turned to face Wyatt and signaled him to shut up.

Wyatt however was clueless about what Corbin meant at all. Instead, he just kept talking.

“Did you quarrel with each other again?”

Corbin slapped his forehead. He didn’t know what to say. Was Wyatt being so irritating to Maurice on purpose?

But it looked like Wyatt was absorbed in teasing Maurice, oblivious to how his friend was feeling at that moment. He even pulled out the nearest chair, sat down, and put an arm around Maurice’s shoulder.

“As your good friend, I will give you some advice,” Wyatt said, giving Maurice a meaningful look. “Girls need to be coaxed. A bad temper will get you nowhere. If you don’t win Eliana’s heart, I think you will be single for the rest of your life!”

Maurice’s expression turned sullen. He lifted his bottle and tipped it into his mouth. Having had his drink, he scrunched his face up. Just then he caught a glimpse of a familiar woman. “Nicole?”

The mention of Nicole made Wyatt stand up. “Hey, stop! I just remembered that I have to be someplace else. You’ll have to excuse me. I’m leaving now!”

Wyatt moved hurriedly like someone was hunting him down.

Maurice grabbed his hand and pointed toward a seat beside the dance floor. “You’re running away?” he said jokingly. “I mean… I think I saw Nicole.”

“What? Is she here?”

Wyatt turned around and looked into the seat he was indicating.

He saw a familiar figure over there. She was enchanting, looking like Nicole.

Chapter 523

Will you let us go if I drink it?” Nicole asked. Her face was inscrutable as she tried to hide her sadness.

Wyatt was stunned. He didn’t expect that Nicole would agree to his request.

“I keep my words,” he said with a stern voice. “I’m not like someone who tells lies.”

He stared at Nicole pointedly, as if accusing her of not being honest with him.

But Nicole didn’t seem to care. After getting the answer, she walked over to Wyatt, grabbed the glass in his hand, and drank up all its contents.

“Mr. Todd, I’ve emptied your glass. Can I leave now?”

Nicole tried to look calm. In reality, her stomach was churning.

She had a sensitive stomach. There were food and drinks that would irritate her tummy. She had juice earlier with Eli and Wyatt gave her a pretty strong drink.

Wyatt looked at Nicole with a complicated expression on his face. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

Just then a group of people came up to them.

The producer took one look at Nicole and he knew at once that something might be off with her. “Are you feeling okay?” he asked with concern in his voice.

“Oh… yes, I am,” Nicole said with a thin smile. She then turned her head sideways to introduce Wyatt to the producer. “This is Mr. Todd. He said he wanted to invite everyone to drink, so you can order whatever you want to drink.”

The producer raised his eyebrows in surprise. “So you’re Mr. Todd! I’ve heard a lot about you. Our crew is having a party here today. I didn’t expect you to come here.” He then raised his glass and said, “On behalf of everyone in the crew, I’d like to propose a toast to you!”

“Cheers!” said the crew members behind them in unison.

Wyatt gave a nonchalant shrug. He didn’t care about it at all. He just stared at Nicole who looked calm but dazed.

So, it turned out that she wasn’t alone on a date with Eli.

He felt guilty about what he had thought of her. He grabbed her hand, wanting to explain himself.

Nicole turned pale as a ghost. Large beads of sweat formed on her forehead. She almost keeled over. Covering her mouth, she staggered into the restroom.

Damn it!

She was feeling that cramping abdominal pain again. It must be because of the strong drink she just had.

Wyatt wanted to slap himself for causing the upset stomach. At the same time, he was worried so he followed her.

Nicole pushed the restroom door open and went straight to the sink.

She spilled out stomach juices with mushed-up, half-digested food. A strong winy stench filled the restroom.

Nicole felt a little better after throwing up. She turned on the faucet and rinsed her mouth with water.

She tried to straighten herself and struggled to walk towards the door to get out of the restroom. Stepping out, she bumped into a man.

“Oh, heck! Who the hell are you to bump against me?”

It was a man who had tattoos on his arms. He cursed after turning around to look at Nicole.

The hooligans around him also stared at her fiercely.

“I’m sorry.”

Nicole, still pale and feeling a bit woozy, tried to walk away.

The man however grabbed her by the arm.

“Hey, look at who I bumped into. That famous star. Nicole, right?”

“Oh, yes! It’s Nicole!”

The hooligans’ eyes lit up and they surrounded Nicole.

Feeling disgusted, Nicole dodged to get away from the man.

“Just what do you think you’re doing? Leaving after colliding with me? Well, it’s not that easy!”

The man stared at Nicole with burning eyes. Clearly, he had nothing but ill intentions toward her.

“Get out of my way!” Nicole spat with repugnance at the man.

She raised her hand and gave the man an angry slap on his face.

“You bitch!”

The man was so furious that he grabbed Nicole with one hand and lifted the other hand to slap her.

His hand was about to land on her face when he felt a strong hand grabbing his arm.

“What do you want to do?” Wyatt said furiously.

He grabbed the man’s arm so hard as if he wanted to crush the man’s bones.

“Ouch!”

The man withdrew his hand in pain. The hooligans behind him quickly surrounded him and asked if he got injured.

Nicole fixed her eyes on Wyatt who stood in front of her. She felt aggrieved.

“What are you doing here? It’s none of your business!”

Chapter 525

Wyatt hurriedly turned around and said concernedly, “Nicole, are you okay? Does your stomach still feel uncomfortable? It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have let you drink. I’m sorry.” As he spoke, his tone was no longer as domineering and rude as when he forced Nicole to drink.

But Nicole just said sarcastically, “You are always like this. How can I blame you?”

“Nicole… It’s because you didn’t explain it to me just now. You weren’t like this before. We used to talk about everything clearly, right?” Wyatt said in a deep and unhappy voice.

“As you said, we used to. It means not anymore,” Nicole interrupted him forcefully. “I’m no longer the silly and naive woman I used to be. And you too… The old Wyatt will never humiliate me just because I am an actress. You have changed.”

In her eyes, the man in front of her right now was no longer the Wyatt who loved, tolerated, and cared for her.

Since Nicole brought up the past, Wyatt felt like the old wounds in his heart reopened, making him recall the pain of being abandoned again.

His anger ignited in an instant. He sneered, “You like the old Wyatt because he was a stupid man you could manipulate, right? Then I should really be glad that I have changed.”

Wyatt and Nicole glared at each other and continued to quarrel. No one was willing to give in. It seemed that they had totally forgotten that there were other people there.

The man with tattoos got angry when he saw that they were so engrossed in their fight that they totally ignored him. He picked up the wine bottle on the floor and smashed it at Wyatt’s head.

He shouted, “Go to hell, you brat!”

By the time Wyatt realized the danger, it was already too late.

Besides, he couldn’t dodge it even if he sensed it sooner. After all, Nicole was behind him.

The bottle directly hit his head with a loud bang. It burst, and broken pieces splashed everywhere.

Blood gushed out of Wyatt’s head and slid down his face. At this moment, he only felt that the whole world was spinning. Finally, everything went black, and he fell into Nicole’s arms.

The loud noise attracted the attention of the people around, and the scene immediately became chaotic.

It was only then the man with tattoos sobered up from his anger. When he saw that Wyatt’s head was covered with blood, he was so frightened that he threw away the remaining half of the bottle and ran away.

In the middle of the chaos, Nicole held Wyatt in her arms.

She was so horrified that she burst into tears.

“Wyatt, are you okay? Don’t scare me. Please wake up.”

Nicole shook Wyatt’s body, but his eyes were still closed. He had no reaction at all, not even responding to her words.

“Wait, I’ll call an ambulance.”

Holding Wyatt with one hand tightly, Nicole took out her phone with her other hand, trembling.

Soon, the ambulance arrived at the scene.

Wyatt, who was still unconscious, was immediately put in the ambulance. Nicole got in to accompany him, and they rushed to the hospital.

The doctors in the ambulance gave Wyatt emergency first aid. Nicole was so worried that she kept crying. But all she could do was hold his hand tightly and pray silently.

In a trance, Wyatt recalled the time when he had a car accident years ago.

At that time, he was also lying on a bed like now. And there were moments when he was awake and seemed to have seen Nicole.

But when he regained consciousness, his mother told him that Nicole had never come to see him even once when his life was in danger.

At that time, he had believed her mother’s words without a doubt. But now he didn’t believe her so much.

Wyatt tried to open his eyes and stared at Nicole who was crying and holding his hand. He couldn’t help saying in a weak voice, “Nicole, tell me the truth. Back then… When I had a car accident, did you come to see me even once? Tell me.”

Nicole stared back at him with tears in her eyes. He got injured because he saved her. She could no longer pretend to be indifferent towards him. Choking with sobs, she answered, “Wyatt, you are the biggest fool in this world. You were severely injured at that time. How could I not be there?”

Nicole had really gone to see him. She had cared about him.

Although Wyatt had a serious headache now, he couldn’t help smiling.

Then he immediately thought of another question.

“Since you care about me, why did you break up with me?”

Nicole was stunned. Could she tell Wyatt the truth?