Chapter 472

At this time, Nana had already picked up Adrian and Aileen from kindergarten. When she saw Eliana

approaching, she and the twins waited at the door to welcome Eliana home.

“Hey, kids, look what Mommy has bought for you.”

Eliana had several shopping bags in her hands. But there were still many shopping bags left in the car

that even Corbin got out of the driver’s seat to help.

Aileen and Adrian ran to Eliana and hugged her thighs, looking at her up and down nervously. Adrian

looked more worried. He was afraid that Maurice might have bullied Eliana.

“Eliana, are you okay?” Nana asked worriedly, also looking at Eliana. “Aileen and Adrian told me that

Maurice bullied you again. Let me…”

Nana was about to say that she wanted to scold Maurice. But when she saw Corbin carrying bags of

things from the trunk, she was suddenly at a loss for words.

It turned out that Maurice went shopping with Eliana. Although she didn’t think it was good to scold

someone who had just bought them a lot of things, she didn’t want her best friend to suffer any

grievances.

But she noticed that Eliana and Maurice got along quite well. So she simply pulled Corbin to the side

and asked in a low voice, “What exactly had happened between Maurice and Eliana today?”

Corbin glanced at Eliana and Maurice, who never talked all the way here, and sighed, “It’s a long story.”

While Corbin and Nana were whispering in the corner, Maurice was embarrassed to face Eliana and

the twins alone.

Aileen didn’t greet him warmly like usual.

Instead, she hugged Eliana’s thigh and peeked at him from time to time. She must have been

frightened by what had happened this morning.

Maurice couldn’t help reaching out his hand, wanting to touch Aileen’s head.

But as soon as Aileen saw him move, she immediately hid behind Eliana.

He paused for a while, and then silently withdrew his hand.

Adrian looked at the shopping bags on the ground with disgust and snapped, “Do you think you can

buy us off with these things? No way!”

When Eliana saw Adrian’s and Aileen’s indifferent attitude towards Maurice, she felt a little sad.

However, she was not in the mood to intervene.

“Thank you for all of these. I’m tired, and I want to rest now. You should leave.”

Then she took the two children upstairs wearily.

Maurice watched the three’s receding backs, feeling empty in his heart. It was as if he had lost

something important. There was a feeling of loneliness in his heart that he had never felt before.

Before Corbin left with Maurice, Nana learned what had happened this morning from him.

So she walked into Eliana’s room and asked worriedly, “Eliana, are you okay?”

Lying on the bed, Eliana looked at her with a forced smile and said, “I’m fine.”

“You don’t have to act tough in front of me. Tell me the truth. Are you going to accept Maurice as Adrian

and Aileen’s father?” Nana asked.

Eliana looked at her in surprise. “Why do you think so?”

“If not, why did Earle come to you? I also heard from Corbin that Earle wanted to take the kids into the

Moran family’s house. Does that mean he’s starting to like you?”

Obviously, Nana was still not totally convinced.

Eliana smiled bitterly and replied, “No. Earle doesn’t even know I’m the kids’ mother.”

“What?” A trace of disappointment was written all over Nana’s face. “So he still doesn’t like you?”

“Yes,” Eliana answered, trying hard to hold back her sadness. “And it’s precisely because of his attitude

towards me that I am more certain that Maurice and I can never be together.”

Nana didn’t know what else to say to comfort Eliana, so she could only reach out and hug her.

“It’s okay. Eliana. I’m here. You and the kids have me. At worst, I will support you and the kids for the

rest of my life.”

Eliana smiled, got up from the bed, and rested her head on Nana’s shoulder. Mixed emotions filled her

heart.

A relationship without the family members’ blessings wouldn’t last.