Chapter 292

With a splitting headache, Eliana opened her eyes and slowly realized that she was inside an

abandoned warehouse filled with a variety of broken and tattered items.

She was lying sideways on the cold floor. As she struggled to regain her senses, an alarmed look

flashed across Eliana’s face when she noticed that her arms and legs were tied up. She couldn’t move

at all.

Her eyes suddenly darted to a familiar figure standing nearby. With her mobile phone in his hand,

Ethan stared at her with cold-blooded intent in his eyes.

He had kidnapped her.

‘What a bastard!’

Now Eliana was fully aware of her dire situation, and her heart sank. Cold sweat began to form all over

her body, and her brain went haywire.

“You’re finally awake.”

Ethan walked over with a sinister smile and looked down at Eliana, his eyes full of malice.

Eliana propped herself up and glared at him. “Are you out of your mind?”

“Shut up. You’re in no position to insult me. If you hadn’t hurt my father and used Maurice’s influence to

cover up your crime, then I wouldn’t have resorted to taking you captive. This is all your fault!” Ethan

snarled in contempt.

How could he be so sure that it was her who had hurt Hodge? It didn’t make sense.

With her eyes wide open in fear, Eliana made a guess.

It seemed that someone framed her and Maurice for a crime they didn’t commit.

“Ethan, whoever said that is lying to you. Someone else did it. I swear! You have to believe me.

Please!”

“Shut up!”

Gritting his teeth in anger, Ethan crouched and slapped Eliana hard across the face.

“You murderer, how dare you not accept responsibility for your actions? I’ll make you pay for what you

did!”

Eliana fell to the floor and lost consciousness momentarily. Her cheek was burning in pain, and her

ears were buzzing. A few seconds had passed, and she still couldn’t regain her bearings.

“Come here, you little bitch. There’s something I need to see.”

Ethan yanked her by the hair and forcibly held her face in front of the phone to unlock it.

“What the hell are you up to?” Eliana roared in defiance.

“Don’t worry. You’ll find out soon enough.”

With a wicked sneer, Ethan opened the photo album on Eliana’s phone and saw pictures of her and the

little twins. ‘Eliana has two children? Wait a minute, could it be? Ah, it all makes sense now. No wonder

Maurice always stood up for her. It turns out that they have been together for a long time. This makes

things much more interesting.’

The sudden discovery of the two children greatly piqued Ethan’s curiosity.

“Who is their father? Is it Maurice?” Ethan asked after leaning closely.

“Of course not! Are you insane? Five years ago, I didn’t even know Maurice. How could I have a child

with him?”

Eliana immediately denied it.

Narrowing his eyes at her explanation, Ethan was still doubtful of her words. But then again, she could

be telling the truth. If she had indeed hooked up with Maurice back then, the Pierce Group wouldn’t

have gone bankrupt.

“Enough. It’s pointless to talk to you about it. After all, I’ll soon have Maurice in my clutches. If he

refuses to speak, I have no problem beating the answer out of him.”

His next target was Maurice! And now Eliana served as bait.

Hearing his frightening words, Eliana gulped anxiously and lowered her eyes.

Ethan didn’t bother with the topic any longer. He turned his attention back to the phone and opened the

contact list. But after a minute of searching, he couldn’t find Maurice’s name anywhere.

“Where is Maurice’s phone number? Tell me this instant,” Ethan said impatiently.

“You won’t find it there. I don’t have his phone number.”

“Bullshit!”

Eliana was telling the truth. She didn’t save Maurice’s phone number and never memorized it. It was a

long-standing rule of hers to keep him out of her private life.

However, Ethan didn’t believe her. Unwilling to give up, he kept scanning through her phone data. Later

on, he found an unknown number on the blacklist.

Finally!

Grinning triumphantly, he showed the phone screen to Eliana and said, “You said you didn’t have it. But

look what I found.”

Eliana’s eyes widened in shock, and her jaw dropped in disbelief. It was Preston’s phone number.

When she had bid her final farewell to Preston, she deleted his name and blacklisted his number

because she didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore.

But she didn’t expect that Ethan would think that it belonged to Maurice.

“That is not Maurice’s number!”

Seeing Eliana’s fierce reaction, Ethan became more certain that he was on the right track. With an evil

grin on his face, he immediately dialed the number.

Inside the old house of the Moran family, a shrill ringtone interrupted the peaceful silence.

The special mobile phone for Preston lit up and began to vibrate. Curious to know who it was, Maurice

picked it up and furrowed his eyebrows. He was stunned to see Eliana’s name on the screen.

Didn’t that woman just break up with him recently and tell him to get out of her life? Why was she

calling all of a sudden?

The phone kept ringing incessantly. Maurice pondered for a moment whether to ignore it or not. But he

couldn’t resist learning why she was reaching out to him. So he accepted the call and held the mobile

device to his ear.

On the other end of the line, Ethan was thrilled to finally get through. Without hesitation, he went

straight to the point and voiced his threat.

“Maurice, I have Eliana as my prisoner. Don’t call the police, or there will be grave consequences! If

you truly value her life, take the ransom money to the abandoned warehouse at No. 528, Brilliance

Road. Otherwise…”

Before Ethan could finish his words, a muffled groan escaped from his mouth. While he was

preoccupied, Eliana summoned all her strength to get up and rush forward, tackling Ethan to the floor.

The phone flew out of his hand and crashed to the floor.

As a result, the call abruptly ended.