Chapter 162

Eliana woke up early the next morning. She immediately put her hand over her forehead. Her body

temperature had dropped.

She shook her head as she remembered her dream from the night before, wherein Preston had kissed

her on the forehead. But when she thought about it, she realized that it was actually Maurice.

Even her dream was hazy.

Eliana sighed.

Suddenly, the door was opened.

Eliana quickly shut her eyes and pretended to sleep. She didn’t want to see Maurice’s face yet,

especially when she had just woken up.

“Eliana, are you awake?”

Apparently, it was Maurice’s grandmother.

Eliana couldn’t stay in bed any longer. She quickly opened her eyes and sat up.

“Mrs. Moran, why are you here?”

Eliana was slightly embarrassed. She had adamantly refused to have a relationship with Maurice, but

she was in his bed.

“Just lie down. You are still sick.”

Nancy walked to the bed and sat on the edge. “Eliana, I’m very happy that you came. I heard it was

Maurice who brought you back in his arms yesterday,” she said warmly, holding Eliana’s hand.

The old lady gave Eliana a playful look, as if she were looking at her granddaughter-in-law.

“Mrs. Moran, you misunderstand,” Eliana said quickly. “Maurice and I…”

Nancy cut her off, saying, “I’m older and more experienced. I can definitely tell whether Maurice likes

you or not. Where is he, by the way? He shouldn’t be going out since his girlfriend is sick. He’s gone

too far.”

Nancy couldn’t help but be concerned about her grandson’s emotional state.

He moved so slowly. When would he marry Eliana? How long would it take for her to finally have a

great-grandchild?

“Mrs. Moran, I’m fine now,” Eliana assured her.

Nancy felt sorry for Eliana. She touched Eliana’s face lovingly and said, “Look at you. Your face is

thinner. I have made a sandwich and heated a cup of milk for you. Hurry up and have them.”

Nancy then instructed a maid to immediately bring the sandwich and milk to Eliana, not giving her a

chance to refuse.

Eliana didn’t dare mention going home in front of Nancy, so she just obediently sat on the bed and ate

the food.

“Good girl. Take the medicine after your breakfast. You young people don’t take getting a cold seriously,

but it will harm your health if it worsens.”

Eliana listened to Nancy’s nagging while finishing up the food.

At that moment, Eliana felt the warmth of family for the first time in a long time.

Her mother was exactly like that. Ingrid would always nag at her when she was sick, complaining that

she didn’t care about her own health. But no one had ever talked to her in that way since her mother

died.

She had a string of bad luck in the days following her return from abroad.

It was either Maurice who would make things difficult for her or Preston who would bully her. Even

when she was sick, she had to deal with it alone, without telling her children.

Now, with Nancy taking care of her, Eliana felt like she was back to being a helpless child, tears welling

up in her eyes.

“Eliana, why are you crying? Is there any problem? Maurice is entirely to blame. Wait a second. I’ll call

him.”

Nancy blamed her grandson for everything. In any case, her future granddaughter-in-law couldn’t

possibly be wrong.

Eliana was startled and immediately stopped crying.

“Mrs. Moran, I’m fine. Don’t call Maurice.”

She just felt touched. Things would surely get out of hand if Nancy called Maurice.

But Nancy didn’t listen to her. She still called Maurice.

At the time, Maurice was attending a company meeting.

The Moran Group had just released its mid-year report that day. All of the company’s leaders at various

levels were present.

However, due to the car accident involving Corbin, the company temporarily hired Theo Scott as

Maurice’s assistant.

It was Theo’s first day as Maurice’s assistant, and he didn’t know the ins and outs of the job yet. On

such a significant occasion, it was normal for him to be nervous.

People who were nervous were more likely to make mistakes.

The first tragedy in Theo’s career happened soon after. He was so nervous that he projected Nancy’s

video call to Maurice directly on the screen.

Nancy’s face appeared on the large screen in the meeting room. Simultaneously, another person’s face

could be seen.

Wasn’t that Eliana? Eliana was at the CEO’s residence.

Everyone was taken aback and looked at Maurice.

Something fishy must be going on between them.