Chapter 274

“Who…” Cheryl and her sugar daddy, who were engaging in something intimate and inappropriate,

suddenly snapped back to their senses.

They separated in panic and whipped their heads to the direction where the ringtone was coming from.

Being glared at by two pairs of eyes, Eliana felt stressed.

She started stammering. “Please go…go ahead. I didn’t see anything.”

In the current situation, the best course of action was to leave, and that was exactly what Eliana did.

She ran like she was on fire.

Cheryl, who was rattled, could only stare after Eliana and knit her brows. Why did that woman look so

familiar to her?

“Why do I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before?” Cheryl murmured.

Hearing this, the middle-aged, balding man next to her, who looked ordinary at best, suddenly asked

curiously, “Honey, do you know that woman who just walked in on us? Who is she?”

Just now, the balding man’s lust had been aroused further by his glimpse of Eliana’s beautiful face.

When he heard the question that Cheryl asked herself, he became a little restless.

He thought that since Cheryl was familiar with the beautiful stranger that just interrupted them, the

stranger might be running in the entertainment circle, too. If that was the case, then he might have a

chance to get close to her.

Cheryl knew her sugar daddy very well. When she saw him staring after Eliana with drool practically

dribbling down the side of his mouth, she knew that the greasy old man desperately wanted a piece of

her. Cheryl could only bite down her resentment.

Eliana was already far away from the scene she just left, but her phone was still ringing.

It was an unknown number. Eliana answered the phone. “Hello?”

“Hi. Is this Miss Pierce? This is Ethan.”

What? Ethan!

Why was he calling her?

“I’d been too impulsive before, Miss Pierce. I know now that you’re not the one who harmed my father.

I’m calling because I want to ask you out. I want to apologize to you face to face.”

Ethan sounded sincere.

Eliana felt relief wash over her heart, but she answered flatly, “There’s no need for that, Ethan.

Consider the air between us cleared.”

“Actually… I have some information about the Pierce Group that my father gave me before. It’s another

reason I want to meet up with you. I want to hand the documents to you in person. They seem to have

something to do with the culprit behind the Pierce Group’s bankruptcy. Maybe they can help you.”

“Do you really have the documents?” Eliana blurted out.

“Yes. Let’s meet this weekend. I’ll text you the address. But come alone. I don’t want anyone else

knowing about this.”

“Why?” The moment Ethan insisted on secrecy, alarms went off in Eliana’s head.

“Well… I’m holding some highly sensitive pieces of information. I will get in trouble if they fall into the

wrong hands.” Ethan sounded convincing when he expressed concern for his own safety.

But Eliana was still suspicious.

Ethan had changed too fast. The last time they saw each other, he wanted to hurt her badly to avenge

his father, but now he was sticking his neck out for her. It was an anomaly.

And anomalies didn’t usually present in good situations.

However, Ethan’s offer was so tempting that Eliana couldn’t pass it up, even if it meant she’d potentially

be stepping into a lion’s den alone and unarmed.

Gritting her teeth, she replied, “Fine. I’ll come see you. Just let me know where.”

“Okay. See you this weekend.”

After that, Ethan hung up.

Eliana held her cellphone in her hand. A voice inside her screamed at her that something was amiss,

but she wasn’t about to let go of an opportunity to find out the truth just because her trust issues were

doing a number on her.

What should she do?

Should she tell… Maurice about this?

At this critical moment, Eliana suddenly realized that she had already taken Maurice as her support.