Ch. 606..610: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 606-610
Chapter 606
As he watched the endearing interaction between Adrian and Maurice, Silas suddenly felt a little unhappy, and he then realized he was jealous.
These two disliked each other before, didn’t they?
So why was his uncle being so nice to Adrian now? Maurice had never been so caring towards him before. It was strange and uncomfortable to watch.
Maurice didn’t notice his nephew’s jealousy. Now that he knew he was the children’s father, he was immersed in all of the feelings that went along with fatherhood.
He took the kids back to Eliana’s home, and arranged for Silas to stay in his apartment downstairs.
“Silas, you can stay here and go to school with the twins in the morning,” Maurice said. “Would you like that?”
Of course, Silas had no objection to this plan. He was more than willing to live closer to his good friends who he adored.
At dinner time, Maurice took Silas to go upstairs and sat together with Adrian and Aileen to eat.
Lena made dinner for everyone. The two kids were used to her cooking, and Maurice wanted them to feel as comfortable as they could while their mother was away.
At the dinner table, Maurice couldn’t help fixing his eyes on the twins. He carefully observed which foods they liked and which foods they didn’t. He wanted to know everything about them, from the biggest detail to the smallest.
He had never experienced this feeling before.
Seeing that Aileen was having trouble cutting her steak, Maurice took the plate from her with no hesitation. He carefully helped her cut the steak into small pieces and then handed it back to her with a smile.
“Take your time eating. If you want more, I’ll ask Lena to cook more for you.”
Maurice’s voice was so gentle that all three children were surprised.
“Thank you, Mr. Moran,” Aileen said politely. Then she looked at her plate.
Staring at the little girl in front of him, Maurice suddenly wondered how he had been stupid enough to not realize that the twins were his children.
Both Aileen and his sister were allergic to peach. But he had failed to remember this.
Then he turned to look at Adrian.
Adrian blushed and said, “What are you looking at? I can cut my steak myself. Don’t try to get on my good side. I don’t buy your act!”
If this had happened in the past, Maurice would have been angry about this rejection and Adrian’s disrespect.
But now, looking at Adrian’s red face, he was not unhappy at all. He just saw the similarities between Adrian and himself, both in the way they thought and spoke.
The more he looked at the twins, the more he felt a sense of familiarity.
They really were his children. His flesh and blood.
Maurice felt a twinge of excitement. He had the urge to immediately tell the children that he was their father. He didn’t want to keep it a secret anymore.
But he quickly calmed down and realized that this was a stupid idea.
For years, he had been absent from these two children’s lives. The fact that he hadn’t known he had children wouldn’t make a difference to them. After all, they were still young and didn’t yet know everything about how the world worked.
So how could he make up for all the time that he had missed? Would the kids accept him as their father or would they resent him for his absence?
Maurice, who had always been confident and decisive, suddenly had no clue what to do.
Just as he began stewing in these thoughts, Aileen suddenly set down her fork and said she was done eating.
Maurice frowned as he looked at her full plate. “Aileen, no, you have only had a few bites to eat. If you don’t like it, I’ll ask Lena to cook you something else.”
“No, I like it. I just… I can’t eat any more.”
Aileen lowered her head.
Maurice guessed that her mother’s absence was the cause of her reduced appetite.
Just as he was about to say something to comfort her, Adrian turned to him and spoke.
“Hey, Mommy asked you to take care of us. So, does that mean you have met her and know where she is?”
Adrian stared at Maurice, waiting for his answer.
Maurice was surprised at Adrian’s perceptiveness. He knew that Adrian was not as easy to fool as Aileen, so he could only give a vague answer in response so as not to tip Adrian off to information he wasn’t yet ready to share.
“Yes, I did get in contact with your mommy. She said she has something to handle, but she will be back with you in a few days.”
“Really? Are you sure?” Adrian asked doubtfully.
Maurice said calmly, “Of course. I have no reason to lie to you.”
“Really?! That’s great!”
When she heard that her mother was fine, Aileen felt much better and was immediately willing to eat more.
Finally.
Maurice breathed a sigh of relief.
As he watched Maurice, Adrian, and Aileen interact, Silas felt that something was off.
Like Maurice was hiding something. Why had he changed so much all of a sudden? Why was he being especially kind to the children?
He suppressed his doubts and waited until everyone was finished with dinner. While the twins were not paying attention to him, Silas grabbed Maurice’s hand and dragged him into another room out of earshot.
“Uncle Maurice, what’s going on?” Silas asked directly.
Maurice knew his nephew very well. If he didn’t tell the truth, Silas would try and find it out himself; the outcome of which could be even more disastrous than if he just came clean right now.
So he decided to be honest.
Maurice took a deep breath, put his hands on Silas’s shoulders, and said seriously, “Listen carefully, Silas. I have something important to tell you. Aileen and Adrian…are actually my children.”
Chapter 607
The news was so shocking that for a moment Silas was unable to take in the information he had heard. The news was so shocking that for a moment Silas was unable to take in the information he had heard.
When the truth finally sunk in, he was dumbfounded.
“What did you say? How are you their dad?”
“It’s complicated. But Aileen and Adrian are indeed Eliana and my children,” Maurice stressed.
It was not appropriate to tell Silas the precise details of how they came to be the children’s parents.
However, this statement was enough to make Silas go nuts.
He had long dreamed of one day becoming family with Adrian and Aileen. Now that his dream had actually come true, he was thrilled.
At this moment, he wished he could tell the whole world this news. He wanted to shout from the rooftops that he was no longer alone!
Excitedly, Silas said, “This is incredible! Uncle Maurice, let’s bring Miss Pierce back right now so that we can all be together!”
Maurice hesitantly replied, “We can’t yet.”
“Why not?” Silas asked, confused. “Didn’t you say that she is fine?”
Maurice sighed and told him the truth. “Well, in fact, the reason why she hasn’t come back yet is because she was in a car accident…”
Before he finished speaking, the door behind him suddenly flew open and Adrian stood in the doorway glowering.
“You bad guy! Why did you lie to me?! Where is my mommy? What do you mean she was in a car accident?!”
Adrian rushed over and grabbed Maurice’s clothes. He looked like an angry lion cub.
Damn it.
Maurice was annoyed that Adrian had overheard him. He should have lulled the twins to sleep before he told Silas everything just now.
Damn it.
Maurice was annoyed that Adrian had overheard him. He should have lulled the twins to sleep before he told Silas everything just now.
“Answer me! You just told Silas a lot. Why won’t you talk now?”
As Adrian became more worked up, his voice became louder and louder.
Maurice was afraid that Aileen might hear his shout, so he knew he needed to calm him down first.
He held the boy with one hand and covered his mouth with the other. “Adrian, come on. We can talk it over. But if you keep yelling, Aileen might hear you. Do you want to see her cry again?”
Adrian struggled against Maurice’s hands, but when he heard this question, he stopped.
Maurice was right. If his sister knew that their mother had been in a car accident, she certainly wouldn’t be able to bear it.
With this in mind, Adrian finally decided to cooperate and became quiet.
Seeing that the boy no longer had any intention of yelling, Maurice let him go.
“Tell me what happened,” Adrian said calmly.
“Your mommy did have an accident. She got injured and is receiving treatment at the hospital. She didn’t want you to worry, so she asked me to hide the news from you.”
Maurice told Adrian half the truth.
“Mommy…”
Adrian thought of the story that Silas had told him, and his eyes turned red instantly.
Maurice couldn’t bear to see him like this, so he tried to comfort the boy, “Don’t worry. Your mommy is fine. She will come back after she recovers. But there is one thing.”
Then he looked from Adrian to Silas and added seriously, “You have to promise me that you won’t let Aileen know about this, okay? Do we have an agreement?”
Adrian and Silas looked at each other and answered Maurice at the same time.
“Yes.”
“Okay!”
They all agreed to keep this information a secret from Aileen.
Early the next day, Aileen woke up from sweet sleep. She vaguely remembered having a beautiful dream, but the memory of the details was blurred.
She rubbed her eyes and looked around her room.
Everything in the room was covered with pink decorations. The entire room was pink.
Was something wrong with her eyes? Was this even her room?
Aileen’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Good morning, Princess Aileen!”
The door swung open. Adrian and Silas entered the room dressed in formal clothes.
“Princess Aileen, which dress do you want to wear today?” Lena asked. She came in with a smile, carrying several beautiful dresses in her arms.
Aileen was stunned. She couldn’t tell reality from a dream.
She felt that this was the dream she had just woken up from!
Just then, Maurice entered the room.
“Aileen, get up. I’m taking you somewhere special today,” he said with a smile.
Chapter 608
“Where are we going?”
Aileen was overwhelmed by this sudden surprise, and the excitement was evident in her voice. She stared at Maurice in a daze, still unsure if what was happening was real. She looked so adorable with her dreamy expression that she almost melted everyone’s heart.
Maurice couldn’t help walking over to her and lifting her up in his arms. He looked at her and said with a smile, “I am taking you to a very beautiful place today. I promise that you will love it, Princess Aileen.”
As she leaned against Maurice’s chest, Aileen had a realization.
This wasn’t a dream! It was really happening!
Later, as the three children all got into the car, they wondered aloud where Maurice was taking them. Was it somewhere they had been before or somewhere new?
In the past, Adrian never would have agreed to go anywhere with Maurice, no matter how enticing the offer. In fact, he would have tried to stop Aileen from going as well and called him a human trafficker.
But after that conversation with Maurice last night, Adrian’s attitude toward Maurice had softened a bit. He was even looking forward to the adventure today.
After a long journey, they finally arrived at their destination.
As soon as they got out of the car, they saw an endless sea of gorgeous sunflowers stretching as far as the eye could see. The golden color of the flowers was as warm as the sun itself. Instantly, their moods lifted as they stared at the sunflower field.
“Wow, they’re so beautiful! I can’t believe it!” Aileen couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise. “Mr. Moran, how did you know I love sunflowers?”
“Because I saw you drawing sunflowers once, so I took a guess. Do you like this place?”
Maurice’s eyes were full of tenderness as he looked at the little girl.
“Yes, I do! Very much!”
Aileen’s face flushed, and her big eyes seemed to shine with light from the inside. She looked like a doll.
Aileen’s face flushed, and her big eyes seemed to shine with light from the inside. She looked like a doll.
“Mr. Moran, can I go into the field to play?”
Her eyes were now full of expectation.
“Of course!” he replied tenderly.
Maurice had arranged for people to come and ensure the children’s safety so that they could play to their heart’s content among the tall flowers.
With his permission, Aileen immediately ran into the sunflower field. Her laughter could be heard from far away as she ran back and forth through the stalks that towered over her.
As he listened to Aileen’s delighted laughter, Adrian awkwardly turned to Maurice and said, “Thank you…”
Maurice just smiled without saying anything in response.
At this moment, in such a beautiful place, he suddenly thought of the children’s mother, Eliana.
That liar would probably also like a beautiful place like this.
Truthfully, he missed her a little bit.
At this moment, Maurice’s phone buzzed as he received a text from Corbin.
“Everything is ready. There will be news regarding Eliana soon.”
As Maurice acted as a father to the twins, Eliana was alone in Jonathan’s sanitarium, still receiving treatment.
“Miss Pierce, it’s time for you to take your medicine.”
On schedule, the doctor walked into the ward and handed a white pill to Eliana.
Every day, the doctor would bring these unknown pills to her exactly on time.
But Eliana was not a fool. She had been treated in a hospital before, and she knew to trust her gut. Looking at the strange white pill in the doctor’s hand, she felt that something was wrong.
As she reached out to take it, she asked suspiciously, “Doctor, what is this medicine for? What does it do?”
The doctor’s hand trembled slightly, and an unnatural expression crossed his face for a moment before it resumed its usual emotionless expression.
As she noticed these signs, Eliana’s face immediately darkened.
She was right! There was something wrong with the medicine!
“I’m not taking those! And if you don’t tell me what this medicine is, I will never take it from you again!”
She immediately pulled her hand away from the doctor’s, and the pill fell to the floor and rolled away.
Eliana felt like she had escaped some sort of danger, but just at that moment, Jonathan entered the ward.
“Eliana, why are you lashing out at the doctor who is trying to help you recover?”
“I don’t want to take that medicine.”
Eliana knew that something fishy was going on, and she was determined to keep the strange pill out of her body.
But Jonathan couldn’t allow that.
“Nonsense!” Jonathan’s expression became sharp and cold. “Listen to the doctor, Eliana. The medicine is to relieve your pain and calm you down. If you don’t take it, you won’t be able to sleep tonight because of the pain.”
Then he winked at the doctor, who immediately took out another pill and handed it to him.
Jonathan took the pill, sat on the bedside and held the pill close to Eliana’s mouth, so close that he could feel her breath on his fingers.
“Listen to me. The pain will stop after you take this.”
Although he spoke in a gentle voice, there seemed to be a threat behind his words.
Knowing that she couldn’t resist him, especially in her state, Eliana had no choice but to take the pill Jonathan held in front of her face.
“That’s my girl…”
Jonathan looked at her face tenderly, and Eliana felt a chill run down her spine.
Chapter 609
After taking the medicine, apart from feeling a bit tired, Eliana didn’t feel any special effects.
However, Eliana remained on her guard. She knew better than anyone that Jonathan was not someone to be taken lightly, and his attitude made her feel a little weird.
“Eliana. It’s not good for you to stay in the ward all the time. Let me take you out for a walk.”
Although Jonathan’s words sounded like a suggestion, Eliana knew very well that he wasn’t asking her opinion.
Knowing that it would be useless to refuse, Eliana nodded.
Jonathan then took her for a walk in the garden of the sanitarium.
Eliana’s face was still wrapped in gauze. Holding Eliana’s hand, Jonathan slowly walked her around the garden to soak up the sun.
This tender scene reminded Jonathan of when Eliana woke up from a coma five years ago.
Back then, he also took her for a walk in the garden.
“Eliana, do you have the impression of reliving the past like I do? It was so nice back then, just you and me…”
Jonathan was immersed in his memories of the good old days.
However, unlike Jonathan, Eliana was very distressed.
It had been days since she had seen Aileen and Adrian and she missed them so much. Above all… She missed Maurice.
The next day, when the doctor was changing the gauze on Eliana’s face, she couldn’t help asking, “Doctor, when will my face recover?”
The doctor paused for a moment and answered hesitantly, “Very soon… You just need to undergo a little surgery…”
Surgery?
Eliana was shocked and stared blankly at the doctor. Why did she need to undergo surgery now when she had never had surgery to treat her scars back then?
“Jonathan didn’t tell me I should have surgery.” Eliana was suddenly very anxious.
“Jonathan didn’t tell me I should have surgery.” Eliana was suddenly very anxious.
The doctor then realized he had said something he should have kept quiet about and he seemed pretty worried.
“Well… Maybe he didn’t tell you because… he doesn’t want you to be worried,” the doctor stuttered.
Eliana felt something was off. She subconsciously touched her face and asked hesitantly, “Was my face really that badly injured?”
“Yes! It was quiet serious.” The doctor didn’t dare meet Eliana’s gaze and lowered his head.
Eliana felt that things were getting stranger and stranger. From the moment she was committed to this sanitarium, she had the feeling that something was wrong with this place.
First of all, she had to take medicine every day, the nature of which she did not know. And there was the strange behavior of the doctor… Besides, she didn’t feel any of the pain she was supposed to feel.
If what the doctor said was true and her face had indeed been badly injured to the point where she needed surgery, why didn’t she feel any pain?
Confused, Eliana finally asked, “Doctor, why don’t I feel pain on my face?”
“Miss Pierce, you do take medicine, don’t you? These medicines are painkillers.”
Eliana felt the doctor’s explanation was a little weird.
When the doctor left, a thought suddenly popped into her mind and she had no choice but to face the doubt she had been subconsciously ignoring this whole time.
She was sitting in the back seat of the car when the accident happened. Her face and leg were badly injured, which indicated that the accident had been serious. In that case, why was Jonathan completely fine? After all, he was the one driving that day.
Eliana could no longer ignore her doubt.
She felt there was really something wrong. She had to ask Jonathan about it!
Unable to bear it any longer, she immediately lifted the quilt and got out of bed. She had to find Jonathan right away.
She was very excited at the moment and didn’t notice the high threshold.
She tripped over the threshold and fell to the floor, her injured left leg hitting the floor first.
At that moment, something stranger happened. She felt no pain in her injured leg.
Eliana was stunned. Things were getting more and more abnormal…
“Miss Pierce, are you okay?”
A maid suddenly rushed over and helped her up.
“Thank you… I’m fine.”
Leaning on the maid, Eliana stood up.
When Eliana saw the maid’s face, she felt like she knew the maid.
“Miss Pierce, let me help you to the bed. You need to have a rest.” The maid helped Eliana back into the ward and carefully led her back to bed.
Worried and not knowing what else to do, the maid suggested calling the doctor.
“No, it’s okay. You don’t need to bother the doctor.”
Eliana had no desire to see that strange doctor’s face.
However, the maid insisted, “Wait for me here. I’ll be back soon!”
Chapter 610
After the maid left, Eliana was alone in the room. All these mysteries made her so nervous she couldn’t relax.
After a while, Eliana decided she couldn’t just sit still and do nothing.
Looking at her cast-wrapped left leg, she made up her mind and directly removed the cast.
The pieces of plaster fell one after the other, and Eliana was stunned to see that her leg didn’t have the slightest scratch.
She could move her leg without any problem. She even got up and took a few steps. She didn’t feel any pain in her leg.
How was this possible? She was sure that even the most effective painkillers could not have done such a miracle.
There was only one plausible explanation…
Her leg had been fine the whole time and Jonathan had been lying to her.
Thinking of that, Eliana suddenly rushed to the bathroom.
Ever since she woke up, she had been afraid of seeing her disfigured face, so she never dared to look in the mirror.
Now, looking at her gauze-wrapped face in the mirror, she thought of something.
If her supposedly injured leg was alright all this time, was it possible that her face wasn’t hurt, too?
Eliana knew there was only one way to verify her guess.
She made up her mind to take off the gauze on her face.
Just as she was about to unwrap the gauze, there was a knock on the door.
Damn it! It must be the maid and the doctor.
Eliana was now certain that the doctor was in cahoots with Jonathan. She couldn’t let them in.
She rushed out of the bathroom and pressed her body against the door. No matter how much they knocked at the door, she wouldn’t open.
While Eliana was discovering the whole truth, Jonathan, who was the mastermind of it all, was receiving two special guests at his villa.
While Eliana was discovering the whole truth, Jonathan, who was the mastermind of it all, was receiving two special guests at his villa.
They were Harriet and her mother, Bonita.
“Mr. Bowman, Harriet wasn’t herself when she hired someone to hit Eliana. She didn’t know that you were also in the car. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. I’m here to apologize to you on behalf of Harriet,” Bonita said with a smile.
It turned out that the car accident wasn’t an accident at all.
It was Harriet who had tried to get revenge on Eliana.
Harriet couldn’t stomach being humiliated by the Moran family, and she was determined to get revenge on Eliana. She had therefore hired someone to follow all of Eliana’s actions.
When she thought the time was right, she sent someone to hit Eliana in what looked like a car accident.
What Harriet hadn’t expected was that Jonathan would be in the car with Eliana that day.
Fortunately, Jonathan had quick reflexes and he was able to narrowly avoid the car that was coming to hit them at full speed.
However, he lost control of the car and hurt a tree. He was saved by the airbag which triggered just in time. As for Eliana, she passed out. The impact cracked the car window but it wasn’t strong enough to break it.
Seeing that he hadn’t accomplished his mission, the man hired by Harriet was about to rush towards them again, but Jonathan’s men appeared just in time and stopped him.
Despite all this, the real culprit, Harriet, had no intention of apologizing.
Even after Bonita nudged her several times, she was still holding her head up, without a shred of regret on her face. “Why should I apologize? I want that bitch dead!” Harriet said disdainfully.
“Harriet!”
Bonita’s face changed and she pinched Harriet’s arm.
Harriet’s expression grew fierce and she shouted hysterically, “I have to say it! I wonder what dirty tricks that bitch has used to seduce you guys. Maurice fell into her trap, and now you, Mr. Bowman?”
Jonathan’s face darkened. He glared at Bonita and said coldly, “Mrs. Stone, you’d better discipline your daughter. Is this how the Stone family raises the children? Know that if you don’t discipline her, she will end up bringing a big disaster on all of you sooner or later.”
Bonita was really pissed.
It was all that bitch Eliana’s fault. She had made a monster out of her daughter.
Harriet wanted to say something more, but Bonita angrily interrupted her.
“Shut the hell up!”
Harriet was taken aback. She didn’t expect her mother to be so angry. At this moment, Harriet didn’t dare to say anything more.
Bonita tried her best to adjust her mood and put on a smile. She then said to Jonathan fawningly, “Mr. Bowman, I am very sorry about what my daughter did. For the sake of the friendship between the Stone family and the White family, will you please forgive her this time?”
The White family?
Jonathan narrowed his eyes.
It seemed that Bonita knew a lot of things.