The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy
Chapter 282

Chapter 282

Eliana slowly raised her head and saw Maurice’s worried face appear in the dim light of her phone.

“Maurice? Is that you?”

She squatted on the floor in a daze, fearing that what she saw at this moment was only an illusionbefore she drew her last breath.

“I don’t know what happened. Are you here to save me?”

Eliana felt her sanity slipping away. She was startled when Maurice suddenly appeared after shemurmured his name.

“It’s me, Eliana. Everything’s alright now. I’m here to rescue you. Can you stand up?”

Maurice stared at the pale woman in front of him, fearing that she would disappear the moment heclosed his eyes.

Just a few minutes ago, Maurice and the rescue team started on the first floor and worked their way upin search of Eliana. When they arrived on the ninth level, Maurice heard whispers from inside theelevator.

It turned out that the elevator malfunctioned and abruptly stopped between the eighth and the ninthfloors!

After confirming that Eliana was stuck inside, the rescuers quickly sprang into action. They forced theemergency trap door open with great strength. Maurice peeked inside and saw Eliana curled up on thefloor murmuring something.

She was still in a haze, obviously disoriented due to the stress and long period of isolation. Other thanher disheveled appearance, it seemed that she was safe and sound.

Maurice finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Eliana, give me your hand. I’ll pull you out of there.”

Maurice stretched out his arm towards Eliana.

The frightened girl desperately wanted to survive. She stood up on her toes and tried to grab Maurice’shand.

Just as their fingers were about to touch each other, an accident happened! One of the steel cablestied to the elevator suddenly snapped. In an instant, the elevator dropped a few feet below!

“Ah!” Eliana screamed at the top of her lungs.

“Eliana! Don’t make any sudden movements and listen to my instructions. Are you injured?”

Maurice peered inside anxiously and immediately threw down the safety harness. “Here! Put this onquickly!”

“I’m alright, I think.”

Trembling in fear, Eliana slowly moved over and picked up the safety harness that had fallen in theelevator.

But her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn’t fasten the straps of the safety harness aroundher body.

Suddenly, the elevator lurched downward again, causing Eliana to stumble sideways. It seemed thatthe remaining cables were about to snap at any moment.

Her legs were so weak that she squatted down and kept trembling.

After a series of close calls, she began to lose hope, and her body started to fail her.

“Eliana, pull yourself together! You have to be strong!”

If it went on like this, there was no way for them to rescue her. The situation was looking grim, and theywere running out of time.

Thick veins bulged on Maurice’s forehead, and he didn’t even notice the sweat flowing into his eyes.The woman he loved was in mortal danger, and he had to figure out a way to save her at all costs.

“Maurice, I can’t do it! I’m too scared! Uh, hold on. I have an idea. Say something to me. Gossip! Yeah,tell me some gossip to distract me.” Eliana closed her eyes and tried to steady her breathing.

Gossip?

How could Maurice know anything about other people’s personal affairs?

But then he suddenly remembered something.

“Did you know that Wyatt and Nicole were once a couple? They were together many years ago andthen broke up. Now they meet again and are trying to rekindle their romance.” Without any hesitation,Maurice revealed his good friend’s secret.

“Is that so? My goodness!”

Eliana was surprised that Wyatt and Nicole had such a dramatic love story. It was the last thing sheexpected.

She was curious to know what happened, and her attention was immediately diverted. She stoppedtrembling and stared straight at Maurice, noticing his eyes soften towards her.

“But I’ve learned something valuable from Wyatt. When I meet the right person, I need to tell her how Itruly feel about her and treasure her forever.”

The passionate look in Maurice’s eyes affected Eliana unconsciously and lifted her spirits.

Eliana gradually calmed down and finally strapped on to the safety harness without difficulty.

Above her, all the rescue workers alongside Maurice pulled on the rope together to pull her up.

As she got hoisted higher towards freedom, Eliana fixed her eyes on Maurice’s handsome face.

Finally, she was close enough to touch the man.

Once Eliana was lifted to safety, Maurice immediately pulled her to his side and held her hand.

But the exhausted woman ran out of energy and collapsed into Maurice’s arms.

All her weariness disappeared once she realized what had happened. She immediately panicked andaccidentally undid some of Maurice’s shirt buttons. Because of the struggle, her hands ended uptouching his broad chest.

The rescue workers stood nearby with their flashlights illuminating the area, but Eliana could only hearand feel Maurice’s steady heartbeat. It felt like they were the only ones there.

In the dark, Eliana’s other senses became more heightened to compensate for her lack of sight.

Her small hands were on Maurice’s hot skin. She could still feel his heart pounding under his chest.

However, there seemed to be something wrong with Maurice’s chest that immediately caught herattention.

As she traced the uneven mark with her fingertips, Eliana’s eyes widened in shock.

‘Wait a minute. Is this a scar? It seems to be exactly the same as the one on Preston’s chest!’