The Adorable Twins and Their CEO Daddy
Chapter 475

Chapter 475

“Mr. Moran, what do you think?” Harriet asked as she looked searchingly at Maurice.

“Well, since your uncle wants to come, let him be.”

Maurice looked calm and collected, but he was prepared for all eventualities.

It seemed like there was a storm brewing.

Seeing that Maurice had agreed, Harriet secretly let out a sigh and then smiled.

Gerald had given her a general idea. She had already invited her uncle and Earle to the pressconference where her engagement to Maurice would be announced.

With regard to Maurice… Gerald had assured her that he wouldn’t dare object so long as Earle wasattending the event.

By then the whole world would know that she was going to be Maurice’s wife—and no one could stopit.

As Maurice was deeply engrossed in his thoughts, so was Harriet. Eliana, on the other hand, wasthinking about the land.

She remembered quite well what her father had once told her. He said, “When you have the land, thefuture of the whole city is in your hands.”

With this in her mind, she knew how important the cooperation must be to Maurice and the MoranGroup.

Yet, Eliana shuddered at the thought of what would happen should something go wrong in thecooperation between the Stone family and the Moran family, and she was the cause.

She knew the consequences would be unthinkable.

Wrapped up in her thoughts, Eliana looked dazed. Seeing her like this, Harriet’s assistant laughinglymade a snide remark. “So now you realize the seriousness of the matter. How ignorant!”

“Don’t you go too far!”

Lucia couldn’t stand it anymore so she retorted.

“Arg! Just forget it!”

Eliana grabbed Lucia’s arm. She didn’t want to make a scene at this moment.

“What’s wrong with you?”

At that moment, Harriet opened the door and walked out of the office, followed by Maurice.

Eliana raised her head and found herself looking straight into Maurice’s eyes. She opened her mouth,wanting to say something.

But Harriet was quick on her feet. She got herself between Eliana and Maurice so that she was able tobreak eye contact between the two.

“Miss Pierce, are you here for the bracelet?”

Harriet was looking straight at Eliana.

“Yes, Miss Stone, Mr. Moran, there’s something that I’d like to ask about the design of the bracelet…”

“You know, we can talk about it now,” Harriet cut in. “Mr. Moran however has to prepare for the pressconference in the afternoon and he must not be disturbed. So it will just be the two of us.”

She then grabbed Eliana’s arm and took her to the meeting room.

Lucia followed but she was stopped at the door of the meeting room. “Look, you’re just an intern,” saidHarriet’s assistant. “Miss Stone has explicitly said that she and Miss Pierce will talk in private. So, geton with your work.”

“But…”

Lucia began to fidget. She didn’t know what to do.

Her anxiousness made Maurice take a second look at her. He thought she looked familiar, and itdawned on him.

He turned to Corbin and asked, “Isn’t she Wyatt’s cousin? She’s… what’s her name? Lucia… isn’t it?”

“Yes, she is Wyatt’s cousin,” Corbin replied, looking at the uneasy Lucia.

He wondered why Eliana was with Lucia.

Seeing Corbin’s reaction, Maurice frowned.

“Boss, do you think something will happen to Eliana?” Corbin asked.

He was feeling a bit worried. He thought of what Harriet had done to Eliana before.

Corbin knew that Harriet, being sneaky, cunning, and crafty, would do anything to get her way. Shecould be nasty to Eliana, knowing that they were rivals in love.

So he started to walk towards the meeting room to see for himself what Harriet was up to.

But he couldn’t go any farther as Maurice grabbed his arm to stop him.

“No,” Maurice said forcefully. “We have a press conference this afternoon. An important pressconference. We should focus on it first.”

Corbin considered what Maurice had said and thought that it made sense.

But if Harriet’s plan worked, things would go really bad.

“Boss, what should we do now?”

Maurice frowned. “The top priority now is to stop the elders of the two families from coming here,” hesaid in a serious tone. “Do whatever it takes to keep them away from the press conference thisafternoon.”

“But, boss… That would be disobeying your grandfather. Is that what you’re doing?”

Corbin looked at Maurice quizzically.

Maurice’s expression darkened. “Can you think of another way to do it?”

Corbin was stumped.

The afternoon’s press conference was so important to the Moran Group that it had to push through nomatter what. There was no option other than trying to stop the elders of the two families.

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