Chapter 239

“Maurice, what are you doing here?” Eliana asked, surprised.

Hadn’t he just warned her to stay away from Eli? So why would he come here himself?

Eliana couldn’t fathom his motives.

“Miss Pierce, have a seat!” Inger gave her a warm greeting.

Only two vacant seats remained. One on Eli’s left and one on Maurice’s right.

Which should she choose?

This was a dire dilemma.

“Eliana, take the seat beside mine.”

Before she could make her choice, Eli stood and pulled out the chair next to his.

She couldn’t refuse.

She had no choice but to walk over and sit down beside Eli. Unfortunately for her, her seat was

opposite Maurice.

After all the guests had been seated, Inger stood up with a wineglass in her hand.

“Thank you all for coming. I invited you here to clarify the misunderstanding last night. Eli, now’s the

time to apologize to Miss Pierce.”

Inger swallowed the wine in her glass and gave Eli a gentle shove.

“Inger, I already apologized to her, and she forgave me. We even hugged…”

Eli blurted out the words. Eliana kicked him under the table.

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

“Are you saying you haven’t forgiven me yet?” Eli raised his eyebrows.

“Of course not. The situation has not been resolved, after all. You haven’t given it back. I’ll forgive you

as soon as it is returned to me,” Eliana said in a joking manner.

Inger didn’t understand what was happening. “Eli, did you take something that belongs to Miss Pierce?

You must return it to her quickly.”

Eli didn’t hesitate to remove the chain with the ring on it from around his neck.

Maurice recognized his mother’s ring immediately.

So this was the person who had taken it. Maurice was so furious in that moment that he wanted to kill

Eli.

Eli held the ring up and stared at Eliana seriously. “I will return my lucky ring to you, but only if you

agree to one condition.”

These words made Eliana’s stomach sink. She felt that she would agree to anything to get the ring

back.

“Well, what is the condition?”

“I want you to be my full-time stylist.”

The truth was that Eli had already decided that he would return the ring to Eliana. Her words before

had convinced him. But he couldn’t pass up the chance to ask for a favor before he returned the ring.

“Absolutely not!”

Maurice rejected Eli’s request before Eliana could even speak.

“She can’t be your stylist, because she is going to return to work for the Moran Group.”

Maurice’s voice was firm. He commanded everyone’s attention.

Eli sneered and pulled the ring closer to himself. “I don’t think that’s true, Mr. Moran. If Eliana wanted to

work for you, why did she leave?”

“You’re not inside her head. How do you know that she didn’t change her mind?” Maurice said coldly.

The competition between Maurice and Eli chilled the room.

Why did they have to argue?

Eliana massaged her forehead. Her heart told her to agree to Eli’s request. Getting the ring so that she

could return it to Preston was more important than anything else.

But when she saw the cold expression on Maurice’s face, she couldn’t say the words.

She knew that if she dared to agree, Maurice wouldn’t let her go easily.

Which should she choose? The ring, or her life?

She didn’t know. She just wanted to eat dinner like this awkward moment never happened.

She raised her hand and accidentally knocked over the glass in front of her. Wine splashed all over her

clothes.

The icy air was disturbed. Maurice and Eli both looked at her.

Eliana stood. “I’m sorry. All of you just enjoy the meal. I’ll clean up in the bathroom.”

“I’ll go with you.”

Inger followed her to the bathroom.

As soon as the two of them left, Maurice dropped his facade.

He suddenly seemed to radiate a murderous aura.

“I want that ring,” Maurice said in a powerful voice. “Name your price.”