The elevator descended steadily.

Outside, Eliana stood still, looking at her reflection on the shiny silver elevator door. She grimaced as she saw how she looked—as pale as a ghost.

She let out a long sigh and looked away to hide her feeling of emptiness.

“Are you okay?” Lucia said tentatively as she looked intently at Eliana. “Look, it doesn’t matter. There will always be another way.”

Lucia felt sorry for Eliana as she had witnessed the argument between her and Maurice.

Wasn’t Mr. Moran a good friend of Wyatt who was Lucia’s cousin? So how could he be testy and irritable?

He left even before Eliana could finish her words. How dare he bully others in this way?

So, in Lucia’s mind, Maurice’s image hit rock bottom.

Inside the elevator, Maurice didn’t look good either. He was staring at Corbin. His expression was unreadable.

“Why did the elevator suddenly go down?”

Corbin furrowed his eyebrows. He was also clueless about it. So he looked at the floor buttons on the elevator operating panel. He then noticed that he had pressed the wrong button!

“I’m sorry, Mr. Moran,” Corbin mumbled. His face was red in embarrassment. “It was my fault. I intend to push the open button on this floor, but somehow, I jabbed the wrong one. Before I knew it, the elevator started going down…”

bit his lip, trying to suppress a burst of

that his boss was beginning to lose his temper. He thought fast and said, “How about… Maybe we should go back

out an arm so he could push the right button

forget it!” Maurice’s voice boomed in the elevator, making Corbin drop his

his mind. He knew that the most important thing to do at the moment was to go to kindergarten right away. He couldn’t let Earle find out the truth about the identity of the

and Corbin

when they arrived and the children were

classroom of the fraternal twins.

it was bright. Aileen was sitting on a small stool next to them. She had that confused look on her face

question. At the same time, he seemed

on?” Corbin looked at the

good-natured old man with the twins was the over-bearing and cranky

did his grandfather become gentle and accommodating, especially

the presence of Maurice and Corbin and he raised his head to look at them.

are you both here? You’re intruding in my time with my grandchildren,” Earle snarled at the

He just walked straight ahead

up. “Am I not your

and

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