Her Worry
All of a sudden, Maurice’s phone started to ring, which startled Eliana.She snapped out of her trance
and broke free from his embrace.
A trace of imitation flashed in his eyes as Maurice glanced at the caller ID.It was Corbin.
Eliana cleared her throat awkwardly and looked away.
"Wait, why aren’t you answering your phone?"
Eliana looked at Maurice in confusion when he rejected the call.
Just then, a figure ran towards them, shouting, "Mr.Mo—"
But before he could finish his sentence, Maurice shot him a murderous glare.
Corbin’s mouth clamped shut instantly.
Then he saw that Eliana was looking at him with confusion.
With horror, Corbin suddenly realized that he had almost blown Maurice’s cover.
Eliana’s eyes darted between Corbin and Maurice, confusion written all over her face.
"Mr.Jenkins? What’re you doing here?"
"My friend is in the hospital.I came here to see him,"
Corbin lied through his teeth.
The truth was, because he was Maurice’s assistant, he could check on his boss’s location from his
phone.
When Corbin saw that Maurice was in the hospital and wasn’t answering his phone, he had rushed
there as fast as he could.
Bumping into Eliana was the farthest thing from his expectations.
Besides, he didn’t realize at first that Maurice was still pretending to be Preston.
"Friend? What friend?" Eliana tilted her head to the side, mulling it over.
"Then who were you trying to call just now?"
"No one!"
Corbin saw the warning look in Maurice’s eyes and added, "I think you misunderstand.You must’ve
heard me wrong."
"But it sounded like you were calling Mr.Moran just now…"
Eliana’s words made Corbin’s heart leap to his throat.
Racking his brains for a way to get out of this sticky situation, he suddenly pointed an accusatory finger
at Eliana.
"Do you want to get in trouble with Mr.Moran? You said you were leaving the office for work, but now
you’re just slacking off!"
As expected, Eliana’s attention was immediately diverted.
With a guilty expression, she tried to explain, "I’m not slacking off! We… we got into an accident when
we went looking for pink diamonds in the black market.Bradly was badly injured and is getting checked
right now."
Pink diamonds? Corbin shook his head in disappointment.
"We’re already negotiating for the Argyle pink diamonds project, but you actually went to the black
market to buy them yourself.Are you stupid or something?"
"I didn’t think it was a trap!" Eliana lowered her gaze, guilt overwhelming her.
Corbin scolded sternly, "You’re a grown woman! How could you still be so naive? I already told you that
you can talk to Mr.Moran about the pink diamonds.But you and Bradly decided to believe in mere
gossip.Of course something bad happened!"
Eliana took the beating, unable to retort.
Corbin was right.She had been too rash this time.If she had known earlier that people would get hurt,
she would’ve gone straight to Maurice instead.It was better to give in to Maurice’s whims than to get
others hurt-or worse, killed.
After Corbin left, Eliana realized that Preston had slipped away.
For a second, she was consumed with worry and agitation.
Preston hadn’t had his wound treated yet! How could he just run away? Why didn’t he care about his
own health? What if his wound got infected?! Eliana quickly whipped out her phone and tried calling
Preston, but to no avail.
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