Chapter 498

Maurice and Eliana didn’t even realize that the two children noticed their every move.

As soon as Eliana got home, she lay on the sofa in the living room, not wanting to get up.

Maurice sat next to her. And seeing the exhaustion on her beautiful face, he smiled and said, “Eliana,

when do you think we can have a normal date? The one that is not so thrilling.”

“Thrilling?”

Eliana’s muddled brain now spontaneously recalled what had happened today.

First, the Stone and Moran families colluded with Harriet to force Maurice to marry her. Then she

directed an act at the press conference to frame Eliana. And last, Eliana almost got kidnapped again

after Gerald had taken her away.

“Yes, today seems… thrilling… ”

Eliana rolled over and looked at Maurice beside her.

The light softened the sharp contours of his face, making his expression very gentle. Looking at him

gave Eliana unprecedented peace of mind.

She couldn’t help thinking about her and Maurice. They had experienced too much along the way. And

every time she was in danger, he would always be the first to come to her rescue.

Because of this giving and saving time after time, her heart that had been closed due to too much pain

melted. And it opened little by little.

Eliana thought maybe it was time to tell him the truth.

At this moment, Eliana finally let go of the grudge in her heart and said impulsively, “Maurice, let’s go

on a real date.”

Maurice was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he asked, “What did you say?”

“I said let’s go on a date,” Eliana said with a happy smile.

Maurice couldn’t explain what he felt at the moment. It was as if he had finally gotten what he had been

longing for. His heart was filled with uncontrollable joy.

“Okay, let’s go on a date,” he said gently.

He bent down, and Eliana seemed bewitched. She slowly raised her head too. The distance between

them got closer and closer.

But when the atmosphere had become intimate, Corbin suddenly broke in.

“Mr. Moran, something happened. You must go back to deal with it immediately.”

Eliana was so startled that she quickly lay back on the sofa, feeling embarrassed.

Being disturbed in such an intimate moment, Maurice couldn’t help pulling a long face when he looked

at Corbin.

But when he saw the anxiety on Corbin’s face, he didn’t scold Corbin anymore.

He just turned to Eliana and said, “Sleep tight. I just have some business to deal with.”

Then he and Corbin hurried out the door.

Eliana was stunned, wondering what had happened.

Looking at their receding backs, she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

When Maurice went back, he was greeted by Earle’s anger. “You bastard! Why did you announce to

the public that the Moran family had no intention of uniting with the Stone family by marriage?”

Earle was so furious that he threw the teacup to the floor, creating a loud noise.

Maurice sneered sarcastically, “Hasn’t Kelvin clarified the truth to you yet?”

Actually, Kelvin had already come to see Earle. But his so-called clarification was to put all the blame

on Lilian and just portray Harriet as a victim.

“I’ve already figured it out. It’s all that employee’s fault. What does it have to do with your marriage with

Harriet?”

At once, Maurice realized that Earle actually didn’t care about the truth. The only thing that mattered to

him was the benefits that the Moran family could get once Maurice and Harriet got married.

“Grandpa, since that’s what you think, then I have nothing else to say.”

“What is wrong with you? Gerald already told me that you personally went to pick up that lowly bitch

Eliana and left. You even made a big fuss at your uncle’s home and kidnapped his secretary Sean.

Why are you doing all these ridiculous things? What the hell do you want?”

What Maurice did really broke Earle’s heart.

Maurice frowned. He didn’t even need to think about it to know that Gerald must have slandered him in

front of Earle again.

“Grandpa, I didn’t…”

Maurice tried to explain. But Earle was already in a fit of anger and didn’t want to listen at all.

“Maurice, listen to me carefully. Since you insist on doing the same mistake that your father did, you

are no longer worthy of managing Moran Group. From now on, I will hand over the company to Gerald.”