Chapter 463


    Earle, who was always serious, burst intoughter when he heard Ss’ words.


    For a moment, the tense atmosphere eased.


    Ss was about to breathe a sigh of relief. However, Earle’s next words immediately made the


    atmosphere freeze again.


    “Ss, don’t call him uncle from now on,” Earle sneered. Then he mocked, “I wonder why I keep such


    an unfilial grandson. I’ll just think that I don’t have a grandson like him. I’ll let you and Adrian manage


    Moran Group together in the future.”


    Upon hearing this words, Maurice’s face darkened at once.


    Ss saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly changed the subject. “Great-grandpa, let’s not


    talk about it for now. You haven’t taken your medicine today yet, right? I’ll apany you to take your


    medicine first.”


    It was only then that Earle stood up. But before he left, he turned to Maurice and said, “I’m going to


    take my medicine. Stay here and apany Aileen and Adrian.”


    After Earle left, Maurice and Adrian looked at each other up and down with embarrassment on their


    faces.


    They couldn’t just stand here like this and do nothing. Then Maurice caught sight of the chessboard on


    the desk. He asked, “Do you want to continue ying chess?”


    Adrian couldn’t find a better way to get along with Maurice. So he just sat down awkwardly and started


    ying chess with Maurice without saying anything.


    Neither of them spoke, so the atmosphere was unusually quiet.


    Aileen looked at the handsome Maurice and then at Adrian, feeling that they were really boring. She


    shrugged and said, “You guys enjoy yourselves.” Then she ran to Ivy and drew with her.


    Now, only Maurice and Adrian were left in front of the chessboard.


    Finally, Adrian broke the silence. He couldn’t help asking, “What’s your rtionship with my mommy?”


    As he spoke, his little hand moved the pawn on the chessboard one step forward andunched an


    attack.


    Maurice moved his knight forward and responded with a question calmly, “Where is your father?”


    Adrian’s hand holding the chess piece suddenly paused. But he quickly responded, “I’ve never seen


    him before.”


    Upon hearing this, Maurice became restless. Countless thoughts shed through his mind at once.


    Howe Adrian hadn’t seen his father?


    Could it be that Jonathan didn’t care about them at all?


    But it couldn’t be. Didn’t Eliana live with Jonathan when she was abroad? But why would Adrian say he


    had never seen his father?


    Maurice didn’t pay attention to the chessboard anymore. And while he was distracted, Adrian had


    already secured victory and put down the chess piece.


    “Checkmate! You lost.”


    Adrian took away Maurice’s queen with acent look on his cool little face.


    It was only then that Maurice came back to his senses, and he couldn’t helpughing.


    “Adrian, you won?”


    Aileen immediately turned around and ran back to them with the paint box in her hand when she heard


    the noise. They didn’t expect her to move so much that the paint spilled over and sshed on the cuff


    of Maurice’s trousers. And the paint box fell to the floor.


    She froze for a moment. Then she apologized timidly, “I’m sorry…” She was so afraid that she didn’t


    dare to look at Maurice’s face.


    “Don’t do anything to Aileen,” Adrian said to Maurice as he immediately stood before Aileen.


    Maurice didn’t mind it at all. In fact, when he saw that Aileen didn’t dare to raise her head after making


    a mistake, he was amused because he found her cute.


    He couldn’t help teasing her, “Oh, you just say sorry? What else can you do?”


    He didn’t sound angry, and he was smiling. When Aileen heard his question, she plucked up the


    courage to raise her head. “Actually, I can fix it.”


    “Really? Okay, fix it.”


    With Maurice’s consent, Aileen picked up the paintbrush from the desk and began to paint on the part


    of his trousers where the paint sshed.


    After a while, a lifelike sunflower appeared on his trousers.


    “It’s done.”


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    Aileen stood up happily with some paint on her little face.


    Maurice looked at her. He found her so lovely that he couldn’t help reaching out and wiping the paint off


    her face.


    Earle had juste back from taking his medicine, and he happened to see this loving scene.


    It seemed that Maurice was getting along well with Aileen and Adrian.


    He stepped forward and said, “Since you and these children are now so attached to each other, why


    don’t you take them to the Moran family to keep Sspany? You don’t need to support them. The


    Moran family has a trust fund for Ss, right? The trust fund is more than enough to support the three


    children until they grow up.”


    The more Earle spoke, the more excited he became. It was as if he would really bring Aileen and


    Adrian home in no time.


    “Grandpa, stop for a moment,” Maurice interrupted Earle’s fantasy forcefully. “Have you ever thought if


    the parents of these children would agree with it?”