Chapter 69


    Chapter 69 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 shed in his eyes as Maurice nced 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 re.


    Corbin’s mouth mped 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?"


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    "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 usatory 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 cking off!"


    As expected, Eliana’s attention was immediately diverted.


    With a guilty expression, she tried to exin, "I’m not cking off! We… we got into an ident when


    we went looking for pink diamonds in the ck market.Bradly was badly injured and is getting checked


    right now."


    Pink diamonds? Corbin shook his head in disappointment.


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    "We’re already negotiating for the Argyle pink diamonds project, but you actually went to the ck


    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.


    A little whileter, the results of the examination came out.


    It turned out that Bradly didn’t have any internal injuries.He just needed to keep the wound on his hand


    dry.


    With a heavy heart, Eliana took Bradly home.


    Then she went straight to the Imperial Golden Club in an effort to find Preston.


    However, after looking around, she didn’t find him.


    The sun was setting and it was getting dark.


    Dejected, Eliana headed home.


    Nana was in the living room when Eliana amived, watching TV and eating snacks.


    Seeing that her friend’s mind was elsewhere, she quickly pulled her into a hug.


    "What’s the matter, Eliana? Were you bullied at work? Tell me who bullied you.I’ll beat them to a pulp!"


    Despite her threats, Nana’s embrace was warm.She let Eliana’s head rest on her shoulder.


    Eliana shook her head and couldn’t help but chuckle.


    After thinking it over for a while, she decided to tell Nana what happened.


    Eliana stuck out her lower lip and sighed.


    "He isn’t answering my calls.I don’t know if he’s fainted by the side of the road or something.Who


    knows if there’s anyone taking care of him?"


    Frowning deeply, she couldn’t help but worry constantly about Preston’s condition.