Ch. 536..540: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 536-540

Chapter 536

“What are you waiting for? Come and pour me some wine,” Maurice ordered gruffly, glaring at the masked woman who was in a daze. A cunning light flashed across his eyes.

“Yes, okay.”

Even though Eliana was reluctant, she had no choice but to play along in order to keep her identity a secret.

She picked up the wine bottle with one hand and, subconsciously, the wine decanter with the other, since that was how Maurice liked to be served his wine.

While pouring the wine into the decanter, Eliana raised her head only to be met with the sight of Maurice holding Jennifer in his arms and lowering his head, as if he was going to kiss her.

He was going too far!

Blinded by rage, Eliana swung the decanter forward towards Maurice, spilling red wine all over his clothes.

The moment she regained her senses, however, she knew that she was doomed.

It was too late to regret her recklessness now.

Letting go off Jennifer, Maurice slowly looked down at his wine-stained clothes. His face was calm, but it was clear to see from the coldness in his eyes that he was seething on the inside. Somehow, his silence almost scared Eliana to death.

Jennifer was also frightened, so much so that tears welled up in her eyes.

“I’m sorry! I’m really sorry!” Eliana said in a hurry, picking up the napkin on the table and trying to dab Maurice’s shirt with it. “Let me clean it up.”

But Maurice took a step back and waved his hand. “Don’t touch me.”

Eliana swallowed hard and lowered her head, wishing that she could bury herself in a hole.

Maurice stared coldly at her. He wanted nothing more than to rip the mask off her face and teach her a good lesson.

The truth was, he had recognized her as soon as he had caught a glimpse of her from outside Kelvin’s private room. What was the use of her wearing a mask? He was still able to recognize her.

He couldn’t believe that she actually thought she could hide from him. In order to provoke her into revealing her identity, he deliberately made a move on Jennifer.

But to his dismay, Eliana insisted on putting on an act till the very end.

Disappointed with her reaction, he snapped, “Get out of here!”

He was afraid that if he looked at Eliana’s face for even a second longer, he would drag her home and lock her up there.

Eliana set down the wine bottle shakily and glanced at Jennifer, whose face was as white as a sheet. “What about her?”

“Get out with her!” Maurice scoffed in disbelief.

With his permission, Eliana immediately grasped Jennifer’s hand and bolted out of the room.

Maurice was left alone in the room, with a gloomy look on his face.

Outside the door, Corbin watched in confusion as the two women sprinted away, as if they were running for their lives.

What was going on?

Corbin walked in and saw that his boss had taken off his coat and begun to drink alone. Strangely enough, his clothes were stained with wine.

“Mr. Moran, what happened just now?”

Maurice raised his glass and gave him a humorless gaze. “You didn’t recognize her?”

Corbin exhaled a sigh.

“I did,” he admitted.

Even if Corbin didn’t recognize her on his own, he would have put two and two together after seeing his boss like this.

The only woman who could bring out such a reaction from Maurice was Eliana.

As soon as Corbin had realized that the masked woman must be Eliana, he had done a little investigation and found something interesting.

“Mr. Moran, it seems that Eliana came here with a group of men and some contracts. She must have come to the Imperial Golden Club for a social engagement.”

With a loud bang, Maurice smashed the glass in his hand onto the table.

Was Eliana’s idea of socializing to take some men to drink in the Imperial Golden Club?

Had that woman gone to such lengths to escape from him only to live a damned life like this?

Maurice’s face darkened.

Meanwhile, it was only after getting away from the private room that Eliana and Jennifer slowed to a stop and caught their breaths.

“Well, it’s all right now.”

Eliana patted her chest, as if she was reassuring herself.

What an awful day! Why did she have to face problem after problem?

Jennifer, on the other hand, was deeply touched. “Thank you for helping me just now, Eliana.”

“Oh no. In fact, I should be saying sorry to you,” Eliana said, waving her hands.

Somehow, she felt that Maurice’s ill treatment of Jennifer had something to do with her.

But Jennifer refused to let Eliana take the blame. “No! If it weren’t for you, something might have happened to me. But…”

She paused for a moment, with a hesitant expression on her face.

“What is it?” Eliana asked.

Pursing her lips, Jennifer replied, “There’s something off about Mr. Moran today, Eliana. I don’t think he is a bad guy or a playboy. What happened between you and him? Weren’t you dating each other? Did something bad happen?”

 

Chapter 537

Noticing Eliana didn’t seem so well, Jennifer didn’t ask any more questions.

“Okay, that’s enough about me. However, you should be cautious next time. It’d be best for you not to perform in this kind of place anymore. If you encounter a scumbag like Kelvin again, you will be done for!” Eliana said honestly.

Her face clouded with embarrassment, Jennifer muttered, “I don’t really have a choice, Eliana…”

“Are you facing any difficulties?” Eliana couldn’t refrain from asking.

Perhaps it was due to Eliana’s selfless help that Jennifer finally poured out her heart. She shared with Eliana all her unspeakable thoughts.

“My parents died early, Eliana. My sole younger brother and I are left in the world. However, my brother has heart disease. I need to cure him, but my family already has no money. Still, as his sister, how can I give him up?! I need money, a huge amount of money… so…” Jennifer said, her voice choking.

Alas… There were different problems to each family. Eliana felt pity for this woman who had a rough life, but she could not help her forever.

“I understand, Jennifer. I’ll stop bugging you, but you have to remember, take caution! Kelvin, that guy, he’s not a good person. You’d better avoid him from now on. You were lucky today to have met me and… Maurice. However, you wouldn’t be let off the hook so easily next time.”

“Alright, I know, Eliana.”

After telling Jennifer goodbye, Eliana rushed to her private room, afraid that something bad would happen.

The workers in the private room were sitting sincerely and happily drinking. Almost all the renewal contracts had been sighed.

Various workers poured out their troubles due to being drunk and emotional. They embraced each other and chatted freely. Many of them were saying their wives were very strict, and they couldn’t come to such a place on a normal day.

Bernard had remained sober. He joked with a glass of wine in his hands, “Ha, you know nothing! Living a routine life is not that bad. Men who are good to their wives are the only ones who can live a peaceful life.”

Quietly listening to the senior employees’ conversation, Eliana related to their state of mind. She could not stop herself from sighing.

It appeared that time could really cause people to change a lot. They were really old. They were once ambitious middle-aged men, but now all they wanted now was to live a peaceful life. They no longer possessed the energy and drive they used to have when they were young.

Eliana thought of her parents. If they had lived through that year, perhaps they would also be like this…

Time flew by very fast and the gathering ended. After the workers had a good time, Eliana went downstairs to pay the bill.

However, when she got the bill, her eyes immediately widened in incredulity. She was really shocked by the amount on the bill.

“Eighty one thousand dollars! Why is it costing so much?”

The Imperial Golden Club cashier told her the truth. “Most of the wine you ordered tonight was very expensive, miss. Plus, you ordered various bottles in a row. Also, your companions were drunk and

threw up. You have to pay for the cleaning fee because they dirtied our bar.”

Taking a closer look at the bill, Eliana noticed there was truly a cleaning fee on it. However, she soon discovered that there was an issue. Why was she charged for so much?

“That’s not correct. Even though it’s remuneration, it shouldn’t be that much, right? Isn’t this cheating?”

The bar cashier coldly responded, “This price was initially set by our boss. If you have any objections, please feel free to talk to the boss.”

All of a sudden, Eliana went quiet. Her people had trashed someone’s place, and after that, she felt it was costly and needed to find the boss to argue with. She couldn’t do something like that. Eventually, she gritted her teeth and paid the money, but, she had a gnawing feeling that she was being swindled.

As a matter of fact, Eliana’s intuition was correct. At that point, a person was looking forward to her coming to quarrel with him.

“Mr. Moran, are you sure Eliana is coming?” After waiting in the private room for a while, Corbin found that no one came up. He stared at the man helplessly sitting on the sofa.

As time passed, the person he had been expecting didn’t come to the private room. Maurice’s face was clouded with darkness. He couldn’t help but sneer in the end as he said, “It appears that this woman has money to throw away right now. She doesn’t care about such trifling amounts!”

Corbin was unable to keep from shivering.

It was over for Eliana! Mr. Moran was in an intense rage. It appears there was no way to end the matter easily… Eliana could only hope that she was lucky enough.

Chapter 538

Corbin couldn’t believe it. “Really? Didn’t Eliana always hesitate over a little money? Since she has to pay so much this time, is she gonna do nothing about it?”

“Of course, she doesn’t have to worry about money anymore,” Maurice replied with a sneer on his face. “Jonathan will back her up.”

Whenever he thought of the relationship between Jonathan and Eliana, he would feel like there was a small, sad stone in his throat.

Corbin shook his head. He just felt that there was something wrong.

“You know what I think, Mr. Moran?” Corbin said in all honesty. “It’s actually the opposite.”

Maurice raised an eyebrow. “The opposite?” he asked in a mocking tone. “What do you mean?”

“I think Eliana didn’t run away with Jonathan. Or else, why would he let her entertain those people in the bar?” Corbin said after figuring out what was wrong with the matter.

Maurice looked at Corbin thoughtfully and soon his anger faded away a little.

Corbin’s statement made sense.

Eliana didn’t run away because there was another man…

Maurice smiled at the thought of it. He was beginning to feel better.

And now he had found her. He could just play along with her.

Meanwhile, Eliana thought that her real identity was still safe from Maurice.

She spent her whole day running for the factory. At the Imperial Golden Club, she had to deal with Maurice and Kelvin, a challenge of wisdom and courage. And finally, she had spent a huge amount of money. By the end of the day, she was physically tired and mentally exhausted.

Eliana returned home.

Nana greeted her and then covered her nose to let Eliana know that she could smell the alcohol from her. “Where have you been? Why do I smell alcohol on you?”

“Oh, that?” Eliana smiled bitterly at Nana. “I went to the Imperial Golden Club.”

“The Imperial Golden Club?” Nana said in consternation. “Why did you go there? You could have been seen by someone you know.”

Eliana just kept quiet. It was really unfortunate that she met not just one acquaintance.

But…

“Nana!” Eliana grabbed Nana’s hand and said urgently, “You must control Corbin. Don’t let him go to the bar with Maurice. He will be misled sooner or later.”

“Eliana, what are you talking about?”

Upon hearing Eliana’s words, Nana’s face flushed. Her anger brewing up, she said, “Eliana, don’t you ever say that asshole’s name to me. He makes my blood boil!”

She hadn’t contacted Corbin for a long time. It took her some time to muster the courage to call him using her new phone number. She wanted to inform him of her safety.

But that guy instead lost his temper with her. He accused her of leaving with Eliana without discussing it with him. He said that it was irresponsible of her to do that.

What he said made her furious, and she wouldn’t let it pass. She answered him back rather sharply.

And so ensued a big quarrel which ended up in discord.

For the next few days, she was livid that she found it hard to sleep at night.

Seeing that Nana was seething, Eliana realized that she was in a fight with Corbin.

“Nana, I know you and understand where you’re coming from,” Eliana said thoughtfully. “And I also know that Corbin is not a bad guy. He just cares about you. Don’t be too harsh on him.”

“Oh, that?” Eliana smiled bitterly at Nana. “I went to the Imperial Golden Club.”

Eliana had to remind herself that it was not her place to meddle in affairs between lovers. So she went to wash herself up and get ready for bed.

She was fine now, but Nana was in a mess the living room… Alone.

Nana remembered the last time she had called Corbin. She was chilly, and almost acrimonious.

Should she call him again?

She thought for a while and before she knew it, she was already tapping the dial pad of her cellphone to call Corbin.

Corbin was still at the Imperial Golden Club with Maurice when his phone rang.

He took out his phone and looked at the caller ID. His face changed seeing the name of the caller.

Darn! Why was Nana calling him now? Why didn’t she call him earlier or even later? Why now?

Even when Maurice had drunk a great deal, he could still sense that something had bothered Corbin when his phone rang.

“What’s the matter? Who is calling you?”

“Nothing. Just a spam call. I’ll take care of this right away.”

With Maurice watching him, Corbin felt that he should take the call.

“Hey, you! How many times do I have to tell you not to call me again?” Corbin growled on the phone.

Nana was aghast! She was at the receiving end of his torrent of abuse even before she could say anything.

The anger she had been suppressing exploded.

“Corbin! You asshole!” Nana was holding her phone tightly, shaking with anger. “I… will… never… call… again!” she said, punctuating every word with her

 

Chapter 539

The next doy, Eliono woke up, looking tired. Getting up from the bed os if in o tussle with herself, she thought of how her kids were to stort ot the new kindergorten todoy ond immediotely become olert.

As they stepped out ofter their preporotions, the twins, especiolly Aileen, were not in ony woy excited obout going to their new school. She wos one to moke these trips to school in high spirits ond would romble on excitedly, but now, she wolked on with her heod bowed in despoir.

Eliono kept reeling off codes of conduct to the twins os they wolked on, until they got to the gote of the new school. She couldn’t beor the lock of enthusiosm on Aileen’s foce os she looked ot her, ond so crouching beside her, she soid, “Aileen, it’s just o chonge of school. It’s not so bod… I know you will moke new friends here soon becouse, my boby, you ore so odoroble.”

Aileen roised her heod os she looked ot Eliono ond nodded gently. “I know. I will cheer up, Mommy.”

Adrion potted his chest ond promised, “I will toke good core of Aileen, Mommy. I won’t let onyone bully her.”

Sotisfied, Eliono touched the twins’ heods ond sent them inside. She left only ofter she wos sure they hod both entered the clossroom.

However, ofter the twins entered the closs, they immediotely storted o conversotion.

“Adrion, hove you contocted Silos?” Aileen osked in o low voice.

“Aileen, I con’t do such o thing now,” Adrion soid with o look of seriousness.

“Why?” Aileen osked, tilting her heod in confusion.

Adrion exploined, “Silly, I suspect thot Mommy’s obrupt decision to move from the former house hos something to do with Silos’ bod uncle this time. So I con’t contoct him now. Whot if his uncle finds out?”

The next day, Eliana woke up, looking tired. Getting up from the bed as if in a tussle with herself, she thought of how her kids were to start at the new kindergarten today and immediately became alert.

As they stepped out after their preparations, the twins, especially Aileen, were not in any way excited about going to their new school. She was one to make these trips to school in high spirits and would ramble on excitedly, but now, she walked on with her head bowed in despair.

Eliana kept reeling off codes of conduct to the twins as they walked on, until they got to the gate of the new school. She couldn’t bear the lack of enthusiasm on Aileen’s face as she looked at her, and so crouching beside her, she said, “Aileen, it’s just a change of school. It’s not so bad… I know you will make new friends here soon because, my baby, you are so adorable.”

Aileen raised her head as she looked at Eliana and nodded gently. “I know. I will cheer up, Mommy.”

Adrian patted his chest and promised, “I will take good care of Aileen, Mommy. I won’t let anyone bully her.”

Satisfied, Eliana touched the twins’ heads and sent them inside. She left only after she was sure they had both entered the classroom.

However, after the twins entered the class, they immediately started a conversation.

“Adrian, have you contacted Silas?” Aileen asked in a low voice.

“Aileen, I can’t do such a thing now,” Adrian said with a look of seriousness.

“Why?” Aileen asked, tilting her head in confusion.

Adrian explained, “Silly, I suspect that Mommy’s abrupt decision to move from the former house has something to do with Silas’ bad uncle this time. So I can’t contact him now. What if his uncle finds out?”

Aileen obviously didn’t understand Adrian’s point, so she said innocently, “Then we can ask Silas to keep it a secret. I believe he won’t tell anyone about it.”

Adrian was quiet for a while. He always thought it too dangerous to contact Silas, but he couldn’t refute what Aileen just said.

“Adrian, you’re not saying anything, which means you agree, right? I will dial his number now.” Aileen dialed Silas’ number immediately with her smart watch.

Silas’ voice came from the other end as soon as the call connected. “Hello, Aileen and Adrian, you finally decided to call me. I miss you both so much. Where are you now?”

Aileen was about to tell him where they were when Adrian, being cautious, interrupted her. “It’s not fitting to talk about it on the phone. We should talk in private.”

Silas agreed without hesitation, “Okay.”

Adrian thought for a while and added, “Silas, please do not let the adults know that we are calling you, okay?”

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell them,” Silas promised immediately.

Adrian breathed a sigh of relief and said, “See you this afternoon then.”

“Okay,” Silas agreed.

Both of them rapidly concluded the conversation.

Aileen pouted with dissatisfaction because even though she was standing beside Adrian, she was unable to slide in a word into their conversation.

Aileen obviously didn’t understand Adrian’s point, so she said innocently, “Then we can ask Silas to keep it a secret. I believe he won’t tell anyone about it.”

Right after sending the twins to kindergarten, Eliana sprang into her work for the day. She took the contracts signed by the workers to Rosamond, so she could check it.

As Rosamond took a look at the contracts Eliana gave her, she began to have a more respectable opinion of her.

“Eliana, you did a fantastic job this time.” She didn’t expect that Eliana would also be good in business just as she was talented at jewelry design.

Eliana felt somewhat embarrassed hearing Rosamond say those words, so she said, “Miss Deleon, please do not flatter me. I’ve still gotten a lot to learn.”

“There’s no need for you to belittle yourself. It’s hard to deal with those old foxes. Since you can handle them, it means you have the ability. Moran Group has handed over the bracelet project to the factory, so this time just go ahead and do a good job with this project.” Rosamond handed over the bracelet contract to Eliana with a smile.

Eliana was filled with mixed feelings as she collected the contract. She remembered the last time she came to the factory with the contract on behalf of the Moran Group. Now, she had become the representative of the factory. It showed that life was really unpredictable.

Eliana felt happy, as well as a bit worried. Would she be so unlucky to meet Maurice again now that he might have returned to the Moran Group?

On second thought, she refused to give in to her worries. Maurice was the CEO of the Moran Group and as such wouldn’t bother with small projects such as this one. Or would he?

Chapter 540

Eliana took the documents about the bracelet to the factory.

As soon as Brevard saw her arrive, he ran over to Eliana and said, “Eliana, what took you so long? The lady from the Moran Group has been waiting for you.”

Unlike Brevard who was very anxious, Eliana looked very calm. She looked at the man in front of her and said, “Mr. Wallace, why are you so nervous? Take me to her.”

Brevard was stunned for a while. Then, he came back to his senses and walked Eliana to the door of the meeting room.

It was the first time that Eliana would discuss business directly with someone from the Moran Group. Although she looked calm on the surface, deep down, she was a little nervous.

She took a deep breath and opened the door.

The representative of the Moran Group in the meeting room turned around as soon as she heard the door open.

“Eliana?”

“Lucia?”

The two women exclaimed at the same time.

It turned out it was Lucia who came to the factory to negotiate business.

“Eliana, where have you been these days? Do you know I’ve been looking for you?”

Lucia was so excited when she saw Eliana, that she rushed over and hugged her.

Eliana was still in a daze. When she came to her senses, she hugged Lucia back.

“I’m sorry for making you worry about me!” Eliana said in a low voice.

Lucia finally let go of her. However, she kept asking her questions. “Eliana, where do you live now? How come you are now the representative of this factory? By the way…”

Lucia asked Eliana so many questions at once that Eliana didn’t know which one to answer first. So she interrupted Lucia.

“Lucia, calm down, let me talk first.”

“Oh! I’m sorry. I was too excited just now.”

Lucia managed to calm down.

“After I left…” Eliana hesitated for a while before continuing, “Did Earle keep his promise? Did Maurice…”

However, she couldn’t ask directly what she had in mind. She was afraid that if she said too much, she couldn’t suppress her feelings for Maurice anymore.

Fortunately, Lucia understood what Eliana meant. “Don’t worry, Mr. Moran did keep his promise and gave Maurice everything back.”

Eliana felt relieved when she heard Lucia’s words, and she couldn’t help smiling.

She was glad that she didn’t cause any trouble for Maurice this time.

Lucia turned to look at Brevard who was standing at the door in a daze, and said, “You can leave now. I have something to talk with Miss Pierce alone.”

Then, she took Eliana’s hand and walked her to the sofa. The two of them sat down on the sofa. Lucia didn’t seem to be here on business, but seemed to be here to take Eliana away.

“Eliana, since Maurice is once again the CEO of the Moran Group, will you come back?” Lucia asked seriously.

Eliana shook her head firmly. “I can’t. You know the reason.”

Lucia pouted unhappily and lowered her head. She looked disappointed.

“Don’t be sad. Even though I can’t go back, we can still work together on several projects. We’d better finish this bracelet project as soon as possible,” Eliana said with a cheerful smile. “By the way, don’t tell anyone that I’m working in the factory now, okay?”

Lucia hesitated for a while and finally agreed, “Okay…”

The two of them were about to start talking business when Eliana’s phone suddenly rang.

She took out her phone and glanced at the screen. It was Jennifer. Last night, she gave her phone number to Jennifer because she was worried about her.

She didn’t expect Jennifer to call her so soon. Was anything wrong?

Eliana immediately answered the phone.

However, she couldn’t ask directly what she had in mind. She was afraid that if she said too much, she couldn’t suppress her feelings for Maurice anymore.

Jennifer’s crying voice soon rang out. “Eliana, bad news…” Jennifer said in sobs.

Eliana’s heart skipped a beat. She asked in a hurry, “Jennifer, what happened? Don’t cry. Take your time and tell me what happened.”

“I… I was working in the Imperial Golden Club today when… some people from the Stone family showed up. They… They have trapped me in the club! What should I do?” Jennifer explained in a choked voice.

Damn it!

Jennifer was in big trouble.

Eliana should have expected that the scumbag Kelvin, would definitely take revenge on Jennifer. She should have firmly asked Jennifer to leave the club last night!

But now wasn’t the time for regrets.

Eliana quickly stood up from the sofa. She had to go to the club!

“Lucia, can you wait for me here? There’s something urgent I have to go out to deal with it.”

She didn’t have time to explain to Lucia. After saying that, she rushed out.

Brevard, who was standing at the door, was stunned to see Eliana rush out anxiously. He thought something must have happened, so he asked immediately “What’s wrong? Did the negotiations go badly?”

“No. I have something urgent to deal with at the Imperial Golden Club now. I leave this project to you.”

This was a real headache.

Brevard was stunned. He asked again, “What happened? Is it that we spent too much money last night and you didn’t have enough money to pay for it?”

Eliana didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when she heard his assumption.

“No. Something happened to a friend of mine.”

Upon hearing Eliana’s brief explanation, Brevard’s face changed. He had more social experiences.

So he comforted Eliana, “Don’t worry. I’ll call some people to go with you, Okay?”