It seemed this time, Maurice had truly enraged Gerald.

Sean quickly promised, “Don’t worry, sir. I promise I’ll carry out the task well.”

Meanwhile, Eliana had no idea that she would get kidnapped a second time.

Still anxious, she dragged Preston to a quiet corner where no one would bother them. Upon reaching there, she let go of his hand.

“Please don’t come to the restaurant ever again. Your presence will just disturb my work,” Eliana pleaded to him, her tone grim.

“Work? What work? You used to have a decent job, but here you are, scrubbing dishes. It’s better for you to go back to Moran Group and be a designer,” Maurice sneered in a contemptuous tone. His words struck a nerve in Eliana, who lashed back immediately.

“Who do you think you are?! What right do you have to tell me that?! Do you honestly think I don’t want to be a designer? Everything that’s happening to me right now is all because of that bastard Maurice! If he didn’t fire me for no reason, I wouldn’t need this crummy job! Yet here you are, speaking up for him?!” Eliana roared. She was so upset, her eyes reddening.

“I… I didn’t mean that. I was just…” Maurice began, suddenly at a loss. He had slipped up.

It quickly occurred to him that since he was acting as Preston at the moment, he couldn’t speak in Maurice’s callous tone. Preston was different from Maurice, after all. It wouldn’t do him any good if Eliana sensed something was amiss.

Eliana ended up venting all her accumulated anger on Preston. The bitter resentment piling in her heart from the last few days faded after she screamed out her bottled up feelings. Still, she hadn’t done it on purpose. Recalling her blunder, she wished she could find a hole to bury herself. Preston wasn’t to be blamed, and yet, she made him the target of her anger.

terrible of her to treat Preston that way! After she rejected him too, no

I… I’m leaving

to go. She needed to escape and

mind, she spun on her heels and dashed off. Yet as she

“Wait.”

quiet look. His hand gripped hers tight, as if

on them in secret since a few moments ago. Unfortunately, he couldn’t pinpoint who it

Eliana be, especially when danger was lurking nearby. They were probably some people hiding behind

late. Let me accompany you to go home,” Maurice

corner. I can take the bus myself.”

was to avoid him. Naturally, she wouldn’t

“I’m leaving.”

didn’t hesitate to turn around

follow her. Unfortunately, his actions made Eliana all

picked up her pace, wanting to shake him off. She had to find a way to get rid of

of options, she purposefully

“You can’t go there!”

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