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Chapter 152
Chapter 152
Chapter 152
Eliana immediately picked up her phone and called Preston.
On the other side, Maurice stared at Eliana’s caller ID on the screen of his phone. All the dissatisfaction that had accumulated within him finally reached the peak.
So when he answered the phone, it was in a rather unfriendly way.
“Eliana, what’s wrong with you? Earlier, you called me so many times and even texted a bunch of strange questions to me. What’s your reason for calling again? Do you think that there’s no limit to my patience?”
“It was definitely a misunderstanding! I was so dumb that I just blindly blamed you,” Eliana said in an apologetic tone.
“A misunderstanding? Have you ever trusted me? You always believe whatever others say, but you don’t believe a word I say. Can you tell me why?”
To say that Maurice was exasperated by Eliana’s attitude towards him would be an understatement. It seemed that regardless of whether his identity was Maurice or Preston, he never had Eliana’s trust.
Being treated by Eliana this way was a big blow to him.
Eliana, on the other hand, was a little flustered after hearing the cutting anger and disappointment in Preston’s words.
“Because… Because compared to being deceived by other people, being deceived by you would really hurt me!”
In her anxiousness to appease Preston, Eliana blurted out a flurry of words in one breath. But as soon as she finished saying them, she was gripped with regret.
What on earth was she talking about? She wished she could just press a button to withdraw all the words she had just said!
For a moment, there was a tense silence on both sides.
“Eliana, what do you mean?” Maurice finally asked, subconsciously tightening his grip on the phone.
To him, Eliana’s words sounded like a confession of love. The possibility made his heart almost beat out of his chest.
Eliana, too, came back to her senses.
It was only now that she also realized why she had been so angry at the prospect of Preston’s deception in the first place—she already unconsciously regarded him as a very important person in her heart.
She was angry at him because she cared about him, and she felt hurt because she cared about him.
Somehow, while she was thinking about Preston, Maurice’s face also appeared in Eliana’s mind.
Did that mean that she also cared about Maurice the same way?
The answer was yes, even if Eliana didn’t want to admit it. Deep in her heart, she still didn’t believe that Maurice was the one who had brought the downfall of the Pierce Group.
She seemed to have inexplicable feelings for both these men.
How had she fallen into such a mess?
While waiting for the right opportunity to take revenge, Eliana also had to uncover the mysteries that both Preston and Maurice seemed to be shrouded in. And now, she couldn’t even figure out her own feelings. How could she say such a thing out loud to anyone?novelbin
In the end, Eliana chose not to answer Preston’s question. It was not that she wanted to torture Preston with suspense, but that it was impossible for her to untangle the thread of her own feelings.
Maurice hung up the phone disappointedly without hearing an answer from her.
Seeing Eliana put down the phone, Nana raised an eyebrow and asked, “How did it go? Did he agree?”
Eliana bit her lip and shook her head.
Nana didn’t ask any further questions. She just patted Eliana on the shoulder and comforted her, “Eliana, don’t worry. Since you can’t trust the gigolo, I’ll help you find a way.”
After saying that, Nana took out her phone and sent a message to Corbin.
“Corbin, we’ve found Hodge. He’ll be at Impression Cafe on Phoenix Road at eleven o’clock tomorrow morning. If you help me get some capable men, I’ll catch him in the trap.”
As soon as Corbin received the message, he called Maurice.
“Boss, Nana just texted me and said that they’ve found Hodge, and that they need help to catch him. How did they find Hodge?”
Corbin couldn’t believe it at all. He and Maurice had been looking for Hodge for a long time, but they always ended up at a dead end. However, Nana and Eliana seemed to have found him easily.
How could it make sense? In fact, it was a little humiliating.
“Mr. Moran, it must be a trap. Should I warn them not to be fooled by Gerald?”
As Corbin spoke, he quickly opened the message app to type a reply to Nana.
But he was stopped by Maurice’s low voice, which came from the other end of the line.
“Corbin, don’t do that. Just agree to what Nana asked for.”
Corbin’s fingers hovered uncertainly over the keypad, and he frowned. “Mr. Moran, do you have a plan?”
“Get some people to intercept Hodge tomorrow and ask him about what happened back then. After that, we will directly tell Eliana the truth.”
At this moment, Corbin understood.
His boss was going to take advantage of the situation.
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