Chapter 141

Eliana was preparing herself to be exposed.

However, to her surprise, Maurice jumped to a different question. “If you were the only daughter of the

Pierce family, then would you believe that I was the one behind all of this?”

He did not reveal her identity, in the end.

He did it because he knew that it would be difficult for Eliana to get along with him as the daughter of

the Pierce family, and he felt that it was best for the both of them to maintain their current relationship.

Eliana fell silent, reminiscing the past few days she had spent getting along with him.

He had helped her stay in the company; he had helped her deal with the other employees who were

making life difficult for her; he had taken her to the party, and had sex with her when she had been

drugged; he had helped her clean up the mess, prove her innocence, and saved her from Rachel’s

trap.

Eliana knew everything that he had done for her.

However, the Moran Group was still the one behind the acquisition of the Pierce Group, and Maurice

was the dominant one.

Although she could not be sure that Maurice was the one behind everything just by relying on Asher’s

words, she could also not bring herself to trust Maurice just because he trusted her.

Maurice had indeed occupied an important place in her heart, but the Pierce Group and her parents

were also important to her. In fact, it was obvious that she would choose the latter.

“I only believe in evidence.”

Saying that, she shook off his hand, turned around, and left.

Maurice stood there, looking lonely, staring at her receding figure.

At the same time, Asher had not gone too far, so when he saw Eliana walk out alone, he immediately

caught up with her.

“Eliana, long time no see. I didn’t have time to talk to you lately. How have you been?”

Just when he was about to grab her hand, Eliana dodged him.

“Mr. Harrison, please behave yourself. You are married now.”

Eliana’s indifference towards him embarrassed him, but still he continued to talk to her.

“Eliana, don’t be like that. I care about you. Remember not to get too close to Maurice, okay? He is a

shrewd guy, and he won’t think twice about deceiving you.”

There was a tenderness in Asher’s eyes, as though he was still infatuated with her.

Eliana got goose-bumps all over her body, disgusted by his shamelessness.

“Asher, how dare you say that you care about me? You slept with my best friend and she almost killed

me. Did you really think that I was going to trust you again just because you said that you cared about

me? That won’t even happen in your dreams!” Eliana retorted in disgust.

Asher’s expression darkened when he heard those cold words, but he suppressed his anger, and

pretended to be affectionate towards her.

“Eliana, you misunderstood me and I don’t blame you. But everything that I did was for your own good.

You will understand one day.”

Eliana sneered, “Stop pretending like you’re a loving man. If you don’t have anything useful to say, then

leave!”

It was Asher’s first time seeing her so determined, and he had no choice but to leave.

And the moment he left, Eliana’s phone started ringing.

Looking at the ID, she saw that it was from the same unknown number.

With a deep frown, she decided to answer it.

“Hello?”

There was a long moment of silence on the other end, so she was about to hang up when the man

spoke.

“Eliana, it’s me, Hodge.”

“Hodge!”

She was surprised to hear from the man she had been looking for in the entire city.

Thinking about the circumstances, she figured that there must be something fishy about it.

“What are you doing?”

“Haven’t you always wanted to know the truth behind the bankruptcy of the Pierce Group? Well, I can

tell you all about it, but in exchange, I want you to get some information from Maurice for me.”

Eliana’s heart skipped a beat as she asked, “What information?”

“It’s about an important ring. Maurice said that he lost it before, but… He seems to have found it

recently.”