Ch. 631..635: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 631-635
Chapter 631
Aleck cast a meaningful glance at the ward and sneered, “You look so flustered. I am sure Mr. Moran and Miss Pierce are in the ward, and they’ve made up after talking about the children’s matter, right?”
Corbin wondered how he could be so smart.
Depressed, Corbin muttered in a low voice, “Why are you asking me if you already know?”
Aleck then knocked him on the head and scolded, “I’m the one who taught you how to deal with different matters! The twins’ birth is very important. If I had not asked you to check their DNA, you would not have done it!”
Corbin placed his hand on his head and said innocently, “I had no choice! Mr. Moran ordered us not to investigate the twins’ parentage, and that’s why we could not even mention it before him. How could I dare to look into them after he ordered us not to?”
Aleck looked at him disdainfully and said, “Do you still believe that you’re right? You could have investigated them without his knowledge!”
Maurice and Eliana were being intimate in the ward while Corbin was being bitterly scolded outside.
Corbin could not help complaining in his heart.
However, Aleck did not stop scolding him.
Unable to take it anymore, Corbin changed the topic.
“Stop scolding me. When are you going to tell Mr. Earle Moran that the twins are Mr. Maurice Moran’s biological children?”
Hearing that, Aleck instantly calmed down.
He thought for a moment and sighed. “It is not appropriate for us to interfere in their affairs. Let’s wait for Mr. Maurice Moran to tell Mr. Earle Moran by himself.” Aleck cost o meoningful glonce ot the word ond sneered, “You look so flustered. I om sure Mr. Moron ond Miss Pierce ore in the word, ond they’ve mode up ofter tolking obout the children’s motter, right?”
Corbin wondered how he could be so smort.
Depressed, Corbin muttered in o low voice, “Why ore you osking me if you olreody know?”
Aleck then knocked him on the heod ond scolded, “I’m the one who tought you how to deol with different motters! The twins’ birth is very importont. If I hod not osked you to check their DNA, you would not hove done it!”
Corbin ploced his hond on his heod ond soid innocently, “I hod no choice! Mr. Moron ordered us not to investigote the twins’ porentoge, ond thot’s why we could not even mention it before him. How could I dore to look into them ofter he ordered us not to?”
Aleck looked ot him disdoinfully ond soid, “Do you still believe thot you’re right? You could hove investigoted them without his knowledge!”
Mourice ond Eliono were being intimote in the word while Corbin wos being bitterly scolded outside.
Corbin could not help comploining in his heort.
However, Aleck did not stop scolding him.
Unoble to toke it onymore, Corbin chonged the topic.
“Stop scolding me. When ore you going to tell Mr. Eorle Moron thot the twins ore Mr. Mourice Moron’s biologicol children?”
Heoring thot, Aleck instontly colmed down.
He thought for o moment ond sighed. “It is not oppropriote for us to interfere in their offoirs. Let’s woit for Mr. Mourice Moron to tell Mr. Eorle Moron by himself.”
Corbin nodded in agreement.
Corbin nodded in egreement.
After ell, once the truth ceme out, something wes bound to heppen in the Moren femily.
The doctor finished Eliene’s checkup end informed thet there wes nothing wrong with her, so she rushed beck to the fectory, despite Meurice’s objection.
For the pest few deys, Rosemond hed been helping her run the fectory beceuse Jonethen hed ceught her. Although Rosemond end Eliene were ecqueintences, Eliene felt like she should not bother her ell the time.
As soon es Eliene errived et the fectory, she wes met with Breverd’s dirty glere.
He seemed to be discontented with her for diseppeering without even seying e word.
However, she could not explein to him thet she wes kidnepped by e lunetic who hed elmost forced her to do plestic surgery. He hed tried to chenge her fece to look like his lete wife’s, who wes likely releted to her.
No one would believe such e story unless they personelly experienced it.
She geve e perfunctory enswer ebout her whereebouts during the pest few deys.
Fortunetely, the brecelet project wes elmost over, end the peyment dete wes neering. Even though Breverd wes unheppy ebout Eliene’s beheviors, he did not went to be sour towerds her.
Coincidentelly, Lucie elso ceme to check the finished project es e representetive of the Moren Group.
The moment Lucie sew Eliene, she immedietely ren over to her end hugged her.
“Eliene, where heve you been for the pest few deys? I heerd thet you hed en eccident end wes worried sick!”
Corbin nodded in agreement.
After all, once the truth came out, something was bound to happen in the Moran family.
The doctor finished Eliana’s checkup and informed that there was nothing wrong with her, so she rushed back to the factory, despite Maurice’s objection.
For the past few days, Rosamond had been helping her run the factory because Jonathan had caught her. Although Rosamond and Eliana were acquaintances, Eliana felt like she should not bother her all the time.
As soon as Eliana arrived at the factory, she was met with Brevard’s dirty glare.
He seemed to be discontented with her for disappearing without even saying a word.
However, she could not explain to him that she was kidnapped by a lunatic who had almost forced her to do plastic surgery. He had tried to change her face to look like his late wife’s, who was likely related to her.
No one would believe such a story unless they personally experienced it.
She gave a perfunctory answer about her whereabouts during the past few days.
Fortunately, the bracelet project was almost over, and the payment date was nearing. Even though Brevard was unhappy about Eliana’s behaviors, he did not want to be sour towards her.
Coincidentally, Lucia also came to check the finished project as a representative of the Moran Group.
The moment Lucia saw Eliana, she immediately ran over to her and hugged her.
“Eliana, where have you been for the past few days? I heard that you had an accident and was worried sick!”
Corbin nodded in agreement.
After all, once the truth came out, something was bound to happen in the Moran family.
Eliana comforted her, “I’m fine. Don’t worry.”
Lucia was still not relieved and proceeded to check if Eliana was hurt. Only after making sure that she was really fine did she proceed with her work.
Eliana took out a batch of bracelets manufactured by the factory and handed them over to Lucia for inspection.
While Lucia was busy inspecting them, her phone rang several times.
She took occasional glances at her phone with a depressed look in her eyes.
Once she put her phone down, Eliana asked, “Is there a problem in the Moran Group?”
Lucia immediately complained, “It’s all because of Harriet! She got suspended.”
“Suspended? Why? What happened?” Eliana asked in confusion, putting down the bracelet in her hand.
She thought that Harriet should be happy now since she had left the Moran Group just like Harriet wanted. In fact, she figured that Harriet would try her best to seduce Maurice.
So it did not make sense for her to be suspended.
Lucia became enraged when she mentioned Harriet. “When she was in the Moran Group, the company collaborated with the Stone Group to design a ring that had a specific fragrance. But for some reason, there was an issue with it, and many customers who wore it had an allergic reaction. Word got out, and the media mentioned that there was a problem with the materials used by the Moran Group, which caused the company to face a lot of angry customers and complaints. And to escape from the problem, Harriet left!”
Chapter 633
The atmosphere in the conference room became more downbeat as the instigation made by Arius intensified. More and more doubts were thrown at Maurice, making him finally open his mouth again.
“Enough!”
As his stern voice suddenly erupted, everyone shut up.
His sharp eyes swept across the crowd, and they were so overwhelmed that they couldn’t help trembling.
It was only then that the shareholders suddenly sobered up and realized how stupid they were to question Maurice just now.
When everyone was silent, Maurice spoke again.
He decisively said, “It’s absolutely impossible to dissolve the Design Department.”
“Why impossible?” Arius asked.
Although he was afraid of Maurice, the task assigned to him by Gerald was more important.
With a cold expression, Maurice looked at him deeply.
“If the entire department is dissolved directly because of the pressure from public opinion, then the employees of Moran Group will not be united anymore. Besides, the consumers don’t care whether the Design Department is dissolved or not. What they need is a sense of security for luxuries. So that’s what we will give them.”
“Mr. Moran, how can we give our consumers a sense of security then?” asked another shareholder.
At this moment, Corbin, who had been following the trending topic since the beginning of the meeting, suddenly interrupted.
“Mr. Moran, the trending topic has changed.”
Then he turned on the Bluetooth and connected it to the big screen in the conference room. A new trending topic appeared in front of everyone.
The previous trending topic was “The allergy caused by the jewelry produced by Moran Group.” But now, it was replaced by “The CEO of Moran Group and a mysterious woman wear couple rings. Their suspected relationship is exposed.”
The public was in an uproar, guessing who this mysterious woman was. At the same time, they also paid attention to the rings that the two wore. These rings were the new product of the Moran Group, which had been discussed recently.
Corbin looked around and said slowly, “This is the sense of security that Mr. Moran is talking about.”
Everyone looked at the trending topic on the screen in confusion.
“Mr. Moran has prepared this news in advance. He deliberately put on the couple ring and found someone to take photos. Then he exposed them at the right time. This news is more explosive. So, on the one hand, it can suppress the bad public opinion about the customer’s complaints. While on the other hand, since the boss, Mr. Moran, wears the ring himself, it can make those customers feel relieved.”
Corbin’s explanation shocked the shareholders.
In an instant, the conference room was in an uproar.
Although they felt this method was strange, they must say it was very effective. It was a wise method.
The focus of public opinion now was on the affair of the CEO of Moran Group and the mysterious woman. Only a few people condemned the Moran Group.
“Now that the crisis has been temporarily resolved, you can do whatever you need to do. As long as I’m in charge of Moran Group, I won’t dissolve any department with potential.”
As he said this, Maurice sounded firm and undisputed.
Corbin was the first to stand up and applauded. The shareholders looked at each other. They had no more reason or courage to refute, so they could only compromise.
Seeing this situation, Arius didn’t want to give up yet. So he questioned in a raised voice, “Mr. Moran, now another woman is involved. How about the marriage between you and Miss Stone?”
Maurice reminded him, “There is no marriage between Miss Stone and me. I have already rejected it in the press conference.”
“Then what about the theme park project cooperation? Are you not afraid that you will annoy the Stone Group, and they will withdraw the funds?” Arius continued to ask.
Maurice sneered, “Stone Group has no other choice but to continue with this cooperation. Otherwise, they will suffer greater losses than us.”
“But…”
Arius still wanted to say something. But Maurice knew that Arius was a spy sent by Gerald. Could he let Arius go just like that?
So he forcibly interrupted, “Mr. Evans, why do you suddenly care so much about the cooperation? If I remember correctly, you seemed to be very close to my uncle when he temporarily took charge of the
company before. What? Did he tell you anything?”
At this moment, Arius’ back was sweating profusely.
Chapter 634
Today was a busy day, and time passed quickly. Before Eliana knew it, she was about to get off work. She finished her work and prepared to leave.
When she passed by the staff lounge of the production workshop, she suddenly heard some female employees discussing inside.
“Have you seen the trending news?”
“Not yet. What is it about?”
“Yes, what news is it?”
“It is said that the CEO of Moran Group seems to have a new girlfriend. He was seen wearing a couple rings with that woman.”
Standing outside the door, Eliana froze upon hearing this gossip. She was too stunned to move.
They were talking about Maurice and a couple rings. Did Maurice have another woman behind her back?
At the thought of this, Eliana couldn’t stand still anymore. She rushed directly into the lounge.
And the female employees discussing inside were frightened by her sudden appearance. Shock was written all over their faces.
One of them suddenly came back to her senses and greeted her, “Hello, Miss Pierce!”
“Miss Pierce, don’t get us wrong. We are not slacking off.”
Eliana didn’t mean to frighten them, so she hurriedly explained, “Hey, guys, don’t be afraid. I just came in to ask you something. I heard you mention the rumor about the CEO of Moran Group. What is it?”
When the female employees saw that Eliana really didn’t mean to blame them, they finally relaxed.
One of them even joked, “Miss Pierce, you also like gossip news? Then you must have missed the big gossip today. Go check the trending news. Many people are shocked by this gossip.”
Eliana immediately took out her phone, opened it, and clicked on the trending topic. She gave it a cursory glance. She didn’t expect that she would also be shocked.
Eliana subconsciously touched the ring Maurice had put on her finger this morning. And her heart was immediately filled with jealousy.
How many women did he put rings on?
Sure enough, all men were up to no good.
Eliana’s reaction caught the attention of one female employee. Then she took a closer look at the ring on Eliana’s finger, feeling it looked a little familiar.
She looked at the phone screen again and exclaimed, “OMG! Miss Pierce, you and the mysterious woman in the news seem to have the same ring.”
Eliana was stunned. The same ring? What did the female employee mean?
Eliana lowered her head and looked at the news carefully. The photo on the Internet was unusually blurry, and the angle was very strange. Only Maurice’s face was shown clearly. The woman’s face was also blurry, but the ring on her finger could be seen clearly.
Eliana’s eyes suddenly widened, and her mouth gaped open slightly. The woman in the photo… She seemed to be her.
Eliana was speechless for a while and felt a little funny. It turned out that the woman in the photo was her.
The female employee was only joking. But the more they looked at the woman in the photo, the more they felt that she looked like Eliana.
One of the female employees seemed to have suddenly remembered something and subconsciously asked, “Miss Pierce, did you work in Moran Group before?”
Eliana didn’t know what to say. But she thought that if she continued to stay there, she would be exposed. They would really find that she was the woman in the photo.
“Well… I still have something to do at home, so I’ll leave first.”
After saying this, she quickly covered her face and ran away.
She went home directly. Fortunately, she didn’t find any reporters downstairs.
Eliana had been worrying that those reporters would come to her home like last time. So she was relieved that there was no trace of them at this moment.
She patted her chest. But before she could have the time to rejoice, a hand suddenly rested on her shoulder.
“What are you doing here?”
“Ahhh!”
Eliana was so startled that she screamed. But when she turned around, what she saw was Maurice’s handsome face.
“Maurice! Are you trying to kill me? You scared me to death!”
“Why do you look so nervous? What happened?” Maurice looked surprised.
“It’s all because of you.” Eliana suddenly remembered the news, so she blamed him. “Quickly, tell me. Did you deliberately post that news?”
There was no sign of guilt in Maurice at all. Instead, he walked up to her, took her hand, and said jokingly, “So what? I just used you. But you lied to me before, right? This is just a small revenge, and it’s nothing compared to what you did before.”
Eliana was rendered speechless. How could she retort?
What Maurice said was actually right.
Maurice held her hand and asked playfully, “Do you still want to question me now?”
“Not anymore…”
Eliana knew that she was in the wrong first, so she shut up decisively. If she continued to rake the past up, she would only lose to Maurice.
In this way, they walked home together, hand in hand, like an ordinary couple.
Chapter 635
Something occurred to Eliana.
“Oh no!” She turned to Maurice in panic. “The news of our relationship is now public! Your grandpa must be having an issue with it!”
However, Maurice was not afraid of anything since he was the one that chose to make things public.
Pulling Eliana into his arms, he said calmly, “If he doesn’t accept it now, we can give him time. Anyway, he has to attend our wedding, right? I am sure he’ll pull himself together by then.”
“Our wedding? When are we…”
Eliana’s eyes widened in surprise when she heard that.
“Are you… Are you proposing to me now?”
Maurice was amused to see that she was only realizing it now.
Raising his eyebrows with a complacent smile, he said, “Of course, you have to marry me. Didn’t you put on that ring?”
“You tricked me! You tricked me into marrying you!”
Eliana’s beautiful face turned red, but no one knew if it was her shyness or her anger that caused it.
She was about to leave, but then Maurice held her waist and pulled her back in his arms.
He then leaned forward and kissed her lips passionately.
Eliana tried to resist at first, but she was too weak against his tempting kiss.
They kissed as though no one was watching them, so they obviously did not see Nana walking towards them with the kids.
When Nana saw Eliana and Maurice kissing, she immediately used her hand to cover the twins’ eyes.
“Hmm… Honey, you’ve both had a lot of fun. Let’s go home. There are too many mosquitoes here!”
Nana said with a nervous laugh, scrambling her brains to make her lie sound natural, but Adrian’s reply embarrassed her.
“Nana, there are no mosquitoes in winter!”
Aileen also did not listen to her, and when Nana was not looking, Adrian and Aileen peeped through her fingers to see what was going on.
They saw Eliana and Maurice kissing.
Aileen shouted excitedly, “Wow! Adrian, look! Look!”
“Kids are not supposed to see such things!”
Nana blamed Eliana and Maurice inwardly. She felt that they should have found a more private place to kiss.
Embarrassed, Nana dragged the kids back home.
Adrian was very quiet on the way back.
“Nana, is Silas’s uncle my real father?” he asked when they were back home.
Nana was astonished by Adrian’s cleverness.
However, she believed that it would be best if Eliana told them about it.
“I don’t know…”
Nana flashed an awkward smile, not daring to look him in the eye.
Adrian pursed his lips tightly. In fact, he already knew the answer to that question.
During dinner, Adrian kept a straight face, and his attitude towards Maurice gradually worsened.
He did not eat anything that Maurice served him, which made everyone at the table embarrassed.
“You should eat well, Adrian,” Eliana said.
Adrian, who had been depressed for a long time now, finally lost his temper.
He threw the knife and fork aside and shouted, “No!”
He then ran into his room and slammed the door shut.
“Adrian… What’s the matter with him?”
Eliana was overwhelmed by his reaction, because it was the first time he snapped at her.
Staring at the closed door, Maurice was lost in thought.
After having dinner, he went to the kitchen, heated up a glass of milk, and took it to Adrian’s room.
Adrian lay on the bed, burying his face in the pillow. When he heard the door opening, he raised his head, but when he saw Maurice, he buried his head back in the pillow again.
Maurice put the glass of milk on the table when his eyes suddenly fell on the unfinished model plane. He picked it up and took a look at it before turning to Adrian. “Why haven’t you finished this plane? You like it, don’t you?”
Adrian still ignored him.
Maurice sat on the chair and began to assemble the plane model quietly.
The sound of the various parts being put together by Maurice made Adrian very curious and he took a peek at him.
But when he saw him effortlessly assembling the plane, he was a little unhappy.
He had been struggling to assemble it for a long time, but Maurice did it very smoothly.
Adrian finally opened his mouth and said, “You’re an adult! Why are you taking my toy?”
By then, Maurice had finished assembling the model.
“Are you willing to talk to me now?” Maurice handed the glass of milk to Adrian with a smile and added, “I can buy you a new one, but you have to finish the milk first.”
Although Adrian still felt reluctant, he didn’t refuse.