Chapter 492

“Actually, your mother and I hadn’t seen each other for many years. When I heard about her again,

something had already happened to the Pierce Group. So I didn’t know the inside story, and I didn’t

know what kind of enemy your mother had,” Gerald said casually with a somewhat unnatural

expression on his face.

And his attitude made Eliana even more suspicious.

Just when she was about to ask something else, he suddenly changed the subject.

“Well, let’s not talk about this for now. As your mother’s friend, I have to remind you that Maurice and

Miss Stone must get married in the future. This time, Maurice was so nervous when he saw Miss Stone

get hurt. It was also because of the future alliance between the Stone family and the Moran family.”

“Why are you telling me this, Mr. Moran? What do you mean?”

As she asked, Eliana felt a dull pain in her heart.

Gerald said earnestly, “Miss Pierce, you are still young, and you have to plan for your future too. If you

allow yourself to be my nephew’s mistress for the rest of your life, your identity will remain a skeleton in

the closet even if you give birth to a child for him. And you won’t get any benefit from the Moran family.

So why don’t you find another way out as early as now?”

After saying this, he looked at her meaningfully. Judging from his words, he seemed to want to

ingratiate himself with her.

However, his gaze only made her uncomfortable. She always felt that there was something wrong with

the way he looked at her.

“What do you think, Miss Pierce?” Gerald asked again.

Looking at Eliana’s face, which bore more than a passing resemblance to Ingrid, he couldn’t help but

take a step closer to her.

All of a sudden, Lucia calmly stepped forward to separate them.

“Mr. Moran, it’s getting late, and we are hungry. You won’t refuse to let us eat at your home, right?”

Gerald stopped and vigilantly looked at Eliana and Lucia. He immediately adjusted his expression.

It seemed that he couldn’t rush.

So he smiled and said, “Of course not. What do you want to eat, Miss Pierce? I have a chef at home

who can cook whatever you want.”

It was Lucia who spoke up. “Really? If that’s the case, we won’t stand on ceremony then.” Then she

started ordering at once. “We’ll have beef for the main course. It doesn’t need to be too expensive. Just

the Japanese A5 Wagyu is fine. It’s also a season for caviar, so we’ll have caviar and truffles. And…”

She ordered several very expensive dishes in succession.

Every time she mentioned those dishes, Gerald’s mouth twitched. His heart ached, but he couldn’t

show it in front of them.

“Okay, that’s all. Mr. Moran, is it all right?”

Lucia turned to Gerald and blinked, looking very innocent.

“Of course! You can enjoy yourselves,” Gerald responded, reluctantly agreeing.

He couldn’t lose face in front of these beauties, so he could only grit his teeth.

Eliana was stunned for a moment. Then she looked at Lucia, who was very familiar with expensive

dishes. And her doubts even deepened.

The average working class could not afford these dishes at all. Then she thought of that Aston Martin.

She was more confused. Who the hell was Lucia?

If it weren’t for the situation she was in now, she really wanted to ask about it.

After the chef finished cooking, Gerald took Eliana and Lucia to the dining room.

After an expensive dinner, Gerald arranged separate rooms for the two of them.

Lucia found that Gerald had arranged her room far away from Eliana’s. She was alarmed, so she

opposed, “No. Our boss sent me to take care of Eliana. I have to stay next to her.”

Gerald frowned. He couldn’t continue showing a good attitude to Lucia, who was ruining his plans over

and over again.

But before he could say anything, Eliana remarked, “I think Lucia is right. We have to stay close to

each other. I’m here to wait for Maurice to find out the whole thing and prove my innocence. Besides, if

Lucia and I take care of each other, it will save you some trouble. Mr. Moran, you won’t refuse such a

small request, right?”

Her suspicious gaze left him with no choice but to compromise.

“Okay, Miss Pierce. Your wish is my command,” Gerald said. Then he turned to the servant and

ordered, “Arrange two adjoining rooms for these two ladies.”

Eliana and Lucia then turned around and left. Watching their receding backs, he pulled a long face, and

his eyes darkened.

He told the servant, “Remember, add sleeping pills to the milk that you will send to Lucia and Eliana

tonight. Do you understand?”

The servant immediately nodded respectfully.

As he looked at Eliana’s slender back, Gerald’s eyes were full of obscenity.

He had to get her tonight.