Ch. 651..655: The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy Chapter 651-655
Chapter 651
The kids heard Maurice’s words from the cubicle.
“Did you hear that, Adrian? Mr. Moran said that Mommy’s kids will always be his kids, regardless of who our dad might be! He is so manly! Our father is a good man!”
Aileen’s face turned red from the excitement.
“He’s good today…”
Although Adrian did not seem to be so thrilled about it, he was pleased with Maurice’s words.
In fact, he had not liked Maurice for a long time because he was so unfriendly to him and Aileen.
Even though Maurice’s attitude towards them improved a lot later, Adrian believed that it was only because he and Aileen were his biological children.
And that was the reason he felt that Maurice did not actually love them at all.
However, Maurice’s words shocked him that day.
Adrian realized that Maurice really loved Eliana, and would have accepted them even if they were not his children.
Silas saw Adrian and Aileen, who seemed to be moved, and said, “Trust me! My uncle has been very good to me, and I have no doubt that he would be a great dad to his own kids!”
At the same time, Harriet could not believe her ears when she heard Maurice’s words.
“You’re a fool! Eliana has fooled you, Maurice! Those kids can’t be yours!”
Maurice watched her being hysterical, but he did not react.
However, the kids, who were eavesdropping on them, could not hold back anymore.
Furious, they pushed the door open and rushed in.
“You are not allowed to scold my dad!”
The adults in the office were shocked to see the kids coming out of nowhere.
“Why are you little bastards here?”
Harriet looked at Adrian and Aileen in disgust.
Maurice’s expression darkened when he heard her calling them bastards.
He was just about to refute when Adrian fought back on his own.
With a cold look in his eyes, he stared at Harriet and said with disdain, “Has no one ever told you how ill-bred you are?”
Silas also nodded and chimed in, “Miss Stone, I have not seen you in a long time, and I’ve always known how impolite and rude you are, but it’s surprising to see that you still haven’t changed at all, even when your mother is here.”
“You…”
Harriet trembled with anger.
She was too furious to say anything to the kids, which embarrassed Bonita.
She turned to Maurice, who seemed like he had nothing to do with the situation, and questioned him with a frown, “Maurice, are you really going to indulge these kids into humiliating my daughter? Don’t forget that we still have a cooperation!”
Maurice was smiling and did not want to blame the kids at all. In fact, he was glad to see Harriet and Bonita lose their faces.
“Mrs. Stone, I remember warning you that I will not be nice if your daughter dared to call my kids bastards again. Now take her and leave my company!”
The air in the room was freezing cold all of a sudden. Looking at Maurice being so aggressive, Bonita figured that the negotiations had failed.
Her expression darkened as she stood up from the chair.
“Let’s go, Harriet.”
“No, Mom, I won’t leave!”
Harriet was not reconciled and wanted to continue to pester Maurice. However, Bonita was not having it. She immediately grabbed her daughter’s hand and pulled her up.
“Don’t make a fool of yourself. Come with me now!”
Bonita then turned to Maurice and said coldly, “Remember how you treated us today! We’ll see what happens!”
She then dragged her daughter out of the room.
After they left, Maurice and the kids were alone in the office.
“Dad, you were so cool!”
Aileen looked at Maurice with admiration.
Maurice froze.
Did he hear it wrong?
Did Aileen just call him dad?
His heart was about to explode with joy, but he composed himself and asked, “What did you just call me, Aileen?”
Aileen suddenly realized that she had called him dad!
Blushing with embarrassment, she could not even speak.
Maurice walked over, carefully took Aileen’s face in his hands, and said excitedly, “Aileen, did you just call me dad? Does that mean… You have accepted me as your father?”
Chapter 652
“Yes,” Aileen murmured.
Maurice’s joy leaped, bursting from the confines of his chest.
His arms spread open and enclosed around his daughter.
“Thank you, Aileen…”
Aileen returned his tight embrace and smiled. “Dad, we all heard what you said just now.”
The words caught Maurice by surprise. He turned to Adrian and Silas. The boys were stiff, standing with uncharacteristic awkwardness.
Maurice never imagined that they would accept him because of what they had heard.
Adrian felt Maurice’s gaze on him and became embarrassed. Hiding behind stubbornness, he said, “Did you say that on purpose? You must have known we would hear you.”
Seeing the boy desperately try to cover up his own shyness by putting Maurice on the spot, he couldn’t help but retaliate.
“Maybe.”
“What? Shouldn’t you be denying it?” Adrian turned furious, as expected.
“Adrian, you’re just like Silas. He used to be the exact same way,” Maurice answered with a laugh.
A flush spread all over Adrian’s face.
Silas’s cheeks were burning with the same hue. “That’s not true! We’re nothing like each other.”
Aileen covered her mouth and snickered.
“I think so too. You are our cousin. We’re related by blood, so it would make sense.”
She shrugged without thinking too much.
Maurice being her father was a dream coming true for Aileen. He was tall and handsome, and more importantly, he treated all of them well. She could tell Maurice loved her mother so much.
Most importantly, her mother felt the same towards him.
They were a family in every sense of the word.
Adrian had nothing to say this time, as if conceding to his sister.
“A family…”
Silas felt a lump in his throat as he repeated the words.
He had lost count of how many times he had imagined that Eliana and the twins were his family.
He didn’t expect his wishful thinking would turn into reality.
“From now on, we’re a family!”
Maurice looked at the children, the sight of them warming him with affection and contentment.
His children.
He was a father. The weight of the word had never felt more real than at this moment. Even the five years of their separation seemed inconsequential to the feeling of completeness that came to him.
Maurice touched Aileen’s head. With a smile, he affirmed her words. “You’re right, Aileen. We’re a family from now on.”
The four of them looked at each other, each glowing with happiness. Meanwhile, Bonita and Harriet returned home after being driven out of the Moran Group.
Their negotiation with Maurice had been a complete failure.
“Mom, what do we do now? Maurice is really going to marry that bitch! I can’t let that happen! You have to help me!” Harriet frantically begged her mother.
Even just the thought of Maurice and Eliana standing in front of the altar made her want to smash everything around her.
But Bonita was not in the mood to humor her. She was too exhausted.
“Honey, what else can we do? We’ve tried everything. I’ve done all that I can, but Maurice is too obstinate. It’s time to give up and move on.”
Bonita’s words fell on deaf ears. Harriet refused to listen to her.
“No! I can’t just accept it like that! Even if I can’t marry Maurice, I’ll die before I let Eliana marry him!”
Bonita grew concerned over her daughter’s bitter fixation on Maurice.
When her husband and her first daughter passed away, Harriet was the only one left to Bonita. She had made her daughter her entire world, giving her everything she wanted. Harriet had never experienced loss, and she had never had to yield to anything or anyone.
“Don’t worry, Harriet. You just have to wait.”
“Wait? How long do I have to keep waiting? Am I supposed to just watch Eliana take what was supposed to be my happiness?” Harriet shouted, almost going into hysterics.
Bonita held Harriet’s hand and smiled meaningfully.
“It wouldn’t be that easy for her to marry into the Moran family. No matter how much Maurice wants to marry Eliana, she’s still related to the White family. Have you forgotten Jonathan?”
“Jonathan…”
The mention of that crazy man finally seemed to get through to Harriet. Her breathing slowed and she gradually calmed down.
There was a sly glint in Bonita’s eyes. Her daughter understood what she had meant.
“Maurice is a fool if he thinks he would be able to marry Eliana by taking us out of the picture. It’s not yet over. Jonathan won’t give up on Eliana. Just wait and see.”
Chapter 653
Sometime later, news went around that the Universe Group might be planning to join the theme park project.
Dora also came across the details of the news on a financial TV station.
She was very shocked.
These days, most people active in the business world knew that theme park project was a big piece of cake, and if you could get it right, you would definitely make a lot of money.
Originally, the Stone family and the Moran family could have fully taken over the project; thus, even though the Todd family was also tempted to take part in the project, they did not want to get involved in it.
After all, it was a really big cake. No one would be willing to share it with yet another person.
Then suddenly, the Bowman family got involved. This really surprised Dora. She couldn’t stop thinking that if one more family was entitled to share the cake, then why couldn’t it be her family? The Todd family?
Wasn’t Wyatt’s relationship with Maurice as solid as ever? How could Maurice prefer to have Jonathan added to this project, rather than give the Todd family a chance to prove themselves?
Dora lamented bitterly that the Todd family had missed a golden opportunity to make a big profit.
As these thoughts reeled through her head, Wyatt slipped into the room.
“Wyatt, so you still remember the way back home?”
Dora walked up to him, with a look of dissatisfaction in her eyes. She had asked her son to go for a blind date, but he had clearly not gone there.
Then she picked up the strong smell of alcohol from him.
“Were you drinking? What happened to you, Wyatt? Why did you stand the girl up?”
Wyatt glanced at his mother with a long face.
Without warning, he suddenly flung a pile of documents down in front of Dora and angrily asked, “Mom, can you explain what these documents mean to me?”
Dora was confused. She slowly reached down and picked up the documents. As soon as she read the content of the documents, her expression changed instantly.
These were all documents of Nicole’s mother, Kyra, who had been treated for heart disease at a time in the hospital.
It clearly recorded the time when Kyra was sick, the treatment process, and her attending doctor who had a deep relationship with the Todd family.
“Mom, tell me the truth today. What really happened that time? I want to hear the truth. Why did you have to find a doctor for Nicole’s mother?”
Wyatt kept his gaze fixed on Dora’s face, as if searching for the truth there.
He knew his mother well. Dora was a profit-oriented person. Every move she made was to her own benefit. Every action she took was to ensure that she could make more money. She didn’t know Nicole at that time, but she was willing to help her mother find a famous doctor. There had to be an ulterior motive for that action she took.
As a matter of fact, he already had his answer in his heart. It was a vague explanation, but…
Wyatt asked again, “Mom, did Nicole promise you anything in return? Is that why you were willing to help her?”
Dora dropped the documents and flew into a fit of rage. “Wyatt, you’re my son. How can you be so rude to me? Have you forgotten that I’m your mother? Why are you disrespecting me because of this issue?”
“Mom, I just want to know the truth. That’s all I want to know.” Wyatt maintained his stance and refused to back down.
“Okay. I’ll tell you what you want to know.” Dora gritted her teeth. “At that time I did contact Nicole, but I also had good intentions and wanted to help her mother recover from that terrible illness that was plaguing her. But this woman was so ungrateful that she left without hesitation when you needed her the most after that car accident! I really regret helping her. I didn’t mention this earlier because I didn’t want to hurt you. Do you still wish to speak for such a bad and ungrateful woman now?”
Wyatt’s eyes were filled with disappointment after he heard his mother’s statement.
“Mom, why are you lying again?”
Dora’s heart skipped a beat. However, she maintained her composure and asked, “Lying? I don’t understand what you mean by that, Wyatt.”
Wyatt stared hard at her and said, “If all you have said to me is the truth, then you should loathe Nicole very much. But why did the Todd family sponsor Nicole’s first movie which made Nicole become famous? Why was it sponsored by our family? Mom, I need you to explain it to me. Can you do that?”
Dora was stunned. How did he find out? There was an expression of shock on her face as she stared at her son.
She had done all these things carefully and without the knowledge of anybody, but she had not anticipated that Wyatt would manage to find out everything.
Now she was stuck. There was no better excuse she could use to cheat him.
Dora sighed heavily and took in a deep breath. She dropped all the pretenses and said, “It seems that you have indeed grown up a lot in the past few years. You now have the guts to question your mother in such a condescending manner. Do you want to break away from the Todd family for that woman?”
His tone softened a little, but the expression on his face still remained very serious.
“Mom, no matter what you say, I have to know the truth today. I choose to come to you first, instead of just going straight to ask Nicole. This is just because I respect you. I hope you won’t let me down again.”
Knowing she could no longer hide the truth, Dora sat down slowly on her chair and made up her mind to tell her son the truth.
“You want to know the truth? Okay, I’ll tell you everything. Get ready, Wyatt. Here comes the truth you have been craving!”
Chapter 654
Five years ago…
Dora was very unhappy when she learned that Wyatt was dating a woman called Nicole Swift.
After getting a private detective to shadow the couple and investigate Nicole’s background, Dora had found out that her son, who was an excellent young man, had fallen in love with a girl who was born into a poor family from a small town and dreamed of becoming a big star.
How could she ever allow them to be together?
To Dora, Nicole was nothing more than an insignificant ant that she looked down on.
At first, she didn’t interfere in her son’s love life because she thought that he was just having fun with Nicole. After all, Wyatt had a big collection of ex-girlfriends. What was one more girl to add to the list?
However, to Dora’s surprise, her son, who had always been a playboy, seemed to be serious about Nicole. He even set up a restaurant with her.
Afraid to wait any longer, Dora decided to put an end to the farce at once.
She secretly called Nicole to meet her at a restaurant that she owned. As soon as they were seated at a table, she cut to the chase. “You’re Nicole Swift, right? I’m Dora Todd, Wyatt’s mother.”
At that time, Nicole was very young and naive, and didn’t look like a lofty, gorgeous star at all.
She said awkwardly, “Yes, Mrs. Todd. I’m Nicole Swift.”
Dora let her gaze run over the young girl from head to toe, and finally sneered.
“I know you are dating my son now, but he is way out of your league. You need to break up with him right now. The conditions are negotiable.”
Hearing that, Nicole turned pale.
Even though she had expected this to happen, a part of her had been hoping desperately that Wyatt’s mother would turn out to be different from those other ladies from rich families.
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Todd,” Nicole said courteously. “I know you don’t like me, but Wyatt and I really love each other. I won’t leave him just because you ask me to.”
Dora’s face darkened.
She had already guessed that a shrewd woman like Nicole, who had managed to make her rich playboy son fall for her, would not break up with him so easily.
Fortunately, Dora had come here with a plan.
This was just the beginning.
“Miss Swift, it’s too early to say that. Let’s talk while eating.”
Just then, the door of the private room swung open, and a waitress walked in.
“Hello, ma’am. What can I do for you?”
Hearing a familiar voice, Nicole raised her head and looked at the waitress.
“Mom?”
“Nicole!”
Kyra and Nicole stared at each other in wide-eyed shock.
“Mom, what are you doing here?”
“I… I work here,” Kyra stammered, and her shoulders drooped as she spoke.
Turning her head to look at Dora, who was watching the scene with a calm, almost satisfied expression, Nicole instantly understood everything.
Dora had asked Nicole to meet her at this restaurant on purpose.
As if confirming her guess, Dora shot Nicole a complacent smile.
While investigating Nicole’s background, Dora had found out that her mother was a waitress working at her restaurant. How could she give up such a good opportunity?
At this moment, there was undisguised contempt in Dora’s eyes as she looked at the poor mother and daughter.
“Miss Swift, now do you understand your place in this world? You are the daughter of a waitress, while Wyatt and I will always be privileged guests. I will never allow my son to be with a nobody like you,” she said bluntly, narrowing her eyes at Nicole.
Nicole trembled and bit her lower lip to fight back the tears that had leaped to her eyes. She couldn’t believe that Wyatt’s mother had gone so far to get rid of her.
It was not until then that Kyra realized what was happening. She walked forward to say something.
But before she could even open her mouth, Dora turned to her and smirked. “Since you’re Nicole’s mother, I hope you can teach your daughter not to chase men of higher status.”
“Enough! Mrs. Todd, stop speaking nonsense. Whatever it is, you can discuss it with me. Leave my mother out of it.”
Nicole’s eyes grew cold as she pulled her mother behind her. She wouldn’t allow anyone to insult her mother.
“How dare you talk to me like that!” Dora asked furiously, pounding the table.
Nicole was about to retort when her mother stopped her.
“No, Nicole!” Kyra cried out. Looking at her daughter, she felt guilty.
She had had no idea that this restaurant belonged to the family of the man that her daughter was dating. She had just wanted to get a job to support the family and ease the burden on her daughter.
But now, because of her, her daughter was being looked down upon by others!
“Nicole, continue your meal. I’m leaving.”
In order not to embarrass her daughter any further, Kyra turned around and hurried out of the room.
“Your mother has more sense than you at least,” Dora said indifferently.
Nicole stared with watery eyes at her mother’s receding back, feeling sorry for her.
Dora had really crossed the line! Despite how good-mannered Nicole was, she was so irritated that she was prepared to tell off Dora for her arrogance.
But just then, there was a sudden thud outside the door.
“Oh my God! Someone fainted. Call an ambulance!”
Nicole keenly heard these words from outside the room.
Damn it!
Something must have happened to her mother.
Nicole’s mind went blank.
Without thinking, she got up and rushed out of the room.
She saw her mother just outside the door, lying unconscious on the floor.
Chapter 655
Dora told Wyatt everything that had happened between her and Nicole that day.
By the end of it, Wyatt had gone pale. “And then? What happened next?”
Dora kept her smile complacent.
The voice that came from her was mocking. “You know how the saying goes, Wyatt. The devil looks after his own. Those people won’t die so easily. When Nicole’s mother was sent to the hospital, even the doctor couldn’t believe their eyes. He said that her mother should have long been dead from heart disease. How she survived that long was beyond him.”
Wyatt hesitantly prodded, “So… Nicole made a deal with you for her mother?”
Dora snorted and looked at him with a self-satisfied smile.
“Oh, she made things difficult, that’s for sure. She fought me off, declaring her undying love for you. But that was in the beginning. After all, her mother lay dying before her very eyes, and there was nothing she could do. She knew I was the only person who could save the poor woman. In the end, she changed her mind. Even she would beg for her parent’s life.”
“So you promised to save her mother in exchange for leaving me.”
It had no longer come out as a question. As the story went on, it became clearer to Wyatt how it would end.
He could almost hear Nicole’s voice as he imagined how she wept, apologizing to him in her mind as she pleaded for her mother’s life.
Nicole was only a child when she lost her father. Her mother was everything to her.
The news of her mother’s looming death must have torn her apart.
But in her most desperate moment, Wyatt was nowhere.
He left her to fend for herself in the midst of her devastation.
Wyatt felt his chest constrict painfully, guilt and anguish pressing down on his lungs and making it difficult to breathe.
“How could I let her go so easily?” Dora’s face darkened with her next thoughts. “That woman was the cause of your accident. Do you have any idea how it felt to see you lying down on that hospital bed? I wanted to kill her!”
Wyatt’s stomach lurched. “Mom, what did you do to her?” he asked even as he feared her answer.
“I slapped her several times and told her to get out. But that didn’t even begin to tame my anger. Later on, to save her mother, she knelt outside the gate of our house for the entire night. That finally appeased me enough to go outside and ask her to leave you. It was priceless to see her wag her tail obediently like a dog. She didn’t even bark anymore. She said that if I helped her, she would never appear in front of you again.”
Wyatt could barely contain his rage after hearing what Nicole had to suffer. “Mom, how could you do that to her?”
“Wyatt, you are my son! I would be dead before I let you fall into the clutches of such a low and inferior woman. You had to go through so much because of her. She deserved everything!”
Dora did not have the slightest ounce of guilt in her conscience. All she could think of was how Wyatt had changed because of that vile woman. Her son had never stood up to her until Nicole came into the picture.
Wyatt took two steps backward in disbelief.
He had always thought that his mother was one of the most elegant and regal women he would ever lay eyes on. Dora had supported him through every decision he had made, and he believed it would continue to be that way in the future.
But as he looked at her now, he felt as if he was looking at a stranger. He didn’t recognize the woman in front of him—one who had driven a young girl to a corner and struck her relentlessly until she broke.
Wyatt had been too naive. He had always laughed at Maurice and joked about how Earle would force Maurice and Eliana apart. Now, it was his turn to face the bitter truth.
“Mom, you are a horrible person…” he said as he stared at Dora, her image reflected with contempt and sorrow in his eyes.
“I’m horrible? Everything I did was for you!” Dora erupted at his words.
Wyatt closed his eyes slowly, as if the small act itself pained him. “I’ve heard enough. Now that I know the truth, I won’t let you torment her anymore.”
“And just how are you going to do that?” Dora sneered. “I know you, Wyatt. You wouldn’t have the guts to give up everything you’re enjoying now. And that woman is too proud. Even if you try to find her, she would never come back to you.”
When Wyatt opened his eyes again, they gleamed with determination.
“You’re wrong, Mom. You don’t know me, and I’m starting to think you never did.”
With those words, Wyatt left without looking back.
“Wyatt! If you take one step outside of this house, you can never go back. You are no longer my son!” Dora screamed after him.
Wyatt’s steps did not falter.
Damn it! This was not how it was supposed to be! It was all that damned woman’s fault.
Dora burned with rage.
She snatched her phone and dialed a number.
Nicole turned her son against her. This time, Dora would make sure that Nicole learned her lesson.