Chapter 118

Eliana’s body became numb in an instant, as if an electric current had passed through her body.

She was a little alarmed by the tone of his voice.

“What do you want? I am not going to sell my body to you as compensation, if that’s what you have in

mind!”

Crossing her arms across her chest, Eliana stepped back and stared at Preston warily, like a frightened

little animal.

She could feel the goosebumps upon her skin and the breath caught in her lungs in the presence of the

Devil standing before her.

What she didn’t know was that her behavior would only make her more attractive to him.

Maurice chuckled and said, “You’re crazy if you think I would be that desperate. I don’t know what you

can do to compensate me yet, but I’ll decide later. Besides, I’m sure you won’t try to run away from

your responsibilities.”

“No! No! No! I won’t!” Eliana nodded repeatedly and added, “The ring belonged to your mother. I

promise I’ll do everything in my power to bring it back to you. But, before that, you will…”

“I will what?”

Maurice leaned forward again, his thin lips almost touching Eliana’s skin.

It was almost as if any moment a kiss would land on Eliana’s cheek.

Suddenly, the atmosphere around them intensified. As she looked up at his handsome face, Eliana

swallowed nervously.

‘What should I do?’

She only wanted to compensate for the ring, not by herself!

Maurice just wanted to make a fool out of Eliana.

There was an adorable pinkish blush on her cheeks and her beautiful eyebrows looked like they were

painted on by master painter. At that moment, he was drawn by her charming eyes.

At such a close distance, he could catch a hint of Eliana’s fragrance with every breath.

Everything about her seemed so alluring that he felt a strong desire for her that needed instant

satiation.

While Maurice was biting his lips in pure arousal, Eliana’s words snapped him out of his lustful

imagination.

“I’ll tell you what… I’ll be your mother. Don’t worry about anything. I will give you all the maternal love

you need,” Eliana suggested seriously.

Maurice didn’t know what to say.

“Get out!”

She wanted to be his mother?

What an ungrateful woman! It was almost impossible to have a decent conversation with her without

him getting infuriated.

As soon as the man gave the order, Eliana was taken away and thrown out of the Imperial Golden

Club, leaving her with a confused expression on her face.

She looked up at the gloomy sky before turning around to look at the closed door of the Imperial

Golden Club.

A strong gust of wind blew over Eliana and she shivered like a dry leaf.

She felt as useless as a four-day-old cabbage that got left on the streets to rot.

Indeed, her entire life seemed to be cursed.

She owed the CEO money and the gigolo a ring now. On some deeper deliberation, Eliana started to

find a strange resemblance between the two men. Was her fate entangled with theirs?

Perhaps, a visit to the nearest fortuneteller could help her see into the future so she could avoid such

disasters from ever entering her life.

After mulling over the matter for some time, Eliana decided that it would be better to use the

fortuneteller’s helps to find the dog instead.

The most urgent problem at hand was finding the dog, so that at the very least, she could keep her

dignity in front of the gigolo and avoid the miserable fate of being humiliated both by the CEO and the

gigolo at the same time.

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense to Eliana.

Meanwhile, she had no idea that there was a camera aimed at her from a dark corner of the road just

outside the Imperial Golden Club.

The person who pressed the shutter stared at her attentively and then confirmed her identity.

Elsewhere, a dimly lit lamp cast a little light on a figure sitting on the expensive office chair. In front of

him was a big French window from which he could overlook the nightscape of the entire city.

The glass of red wine in the man’s hand sparkled, casting a scarlet reflection on his hand.

“Boss, is this the person you’ve been looking for? It seems like she’s a regular at the Imperial Golden

Club and she was last seen meeting Hodge.”

The man reporting was stood in the middle of the room, bowing his head with respect. The photos of a

woman were scattered under the small lamp on the desk.

The woman in the photos was none other than Eliana. Some of the photos were shot when she was

working in the Design Department and some were shot when she was entering the Imperial Golden

Club. Besides, he even took a picture of her while she was holding Hodge’s hand inside the Imperial

Golden Club.

The chair turned around slowly, revealing a middle-aged man’s face. His expression revealed a cold

and murderous side to him that made the person before him tremble with fear.

He was Gerald.