The next day, by the time Eliana woke up, Preston had already left.

This time, Preston left with the ring, leaving nothing behind.

Reflecting on what had happened yesterday, Eliana couldn't help but slap her head. She smiled helplessly.

She was completely drawn to Preston's charm.

Luckily, she had removed every trace of the children from the house yesterday. If Preston had found any evidence, she would have had to open up to him.

Just to be on the safe side, Eliana decided to call Nana and ask her to stay away from home with the two children for two more days.

As soon as the call was answered, Nana's anxious voice came through on the phone.

"Eliana, watch the news. Something has happened."

What's going on??Eliana thought to herself.

She quickly opened social media, only to see Eli's apology statement. Eli, who had hit Maurice, issued a public apology, hoping that Maurice could forgive him for his impulsiveness.

The apology statement was quite detailed and honest.

Strangely, Maurice made no response to it.

But just now, the official account of the Moran Group suddenly released a message that due to Eli's misbehavior in recent days, the Moran Group would withdraw his advertisement and claim a high sum as a penalty for breach of contract.

The news instantly sparked a buzz across the internet.

Eli was fooled!

It was then everything became clearer to Eliana. Perhaps Maurice never wanted to let Eli off the hook from the beginning, and the reason he didn't clarify it despite public pressure was because he wanted Eli to finish filming the whole commercial.

As soon as the commercial was done, he immediately produced evidence to prove his innocence and get back at Eli. When Eli apologized under pressure, the Moran Group had a reason to bring a claim against him for misconduct that damaged the group's interests.

It was Eli's fault. He had to pay for it.

Maurice had perfectly planned his game. Now there was no escape for Eli.

Eliana was a little worried. She felt Maurice was a terrifying person.

Eliana sighed and continued flipping through the internet. A large number of Eli's loyal fans commented in the comments section of the official account of the Moran Group. They rained curses on Maurice, using all kinds of terrible pictures. Some of them clamored to go to the Moran Group to protest.

Eliana couldn't put up with it and retorted when she saw a bad comment about Maurice. Consequently, she was immediately attacked by the aggressive fan, who even threatened to track down her details.

Eliana was so upset that she was about to respond harshly to the fan, but her phone rang.

It was Inger! Why was she calling?

"Hello, what's up, Ms. Sumner?" Eliana answered the call.

"Miss Pierce, can you do me a favor? I'm aware that you have a connection with Mr. Moran. Please plead with Mr. Moran to let Eli go, okay?"

A connection??Eliana smiled wryly. "Ms. Sumner, you're wrong. I don't have any special connection with Mr. Moran. He is just my former boss."

"Miss Pierce, I know that Eli has wronged you before, but he is really not a bad person. You don't want to see him ruined, do you? Besides, if this continues, Mr. Moran won't be able to get off the hook either."

As expected of a top agent, Inger made the stakes clear in just a few words, playing the pity card. Eliana was indeed swayed. She suddenly remembered that only just a few days ago, Maurice was attacked and criticized because of this matter. If things continued like this, Maurice would probably be hurt again.

"Okay, Ms. Sumner. I promise to do my best, but I can't guarantee that Maurice will let go of Eli."

"Thank you so much, Miss Pierce."

After hanging up the phone, Eliana resigned herself to getting up from the bed and getting dressed.

An hour and a half later, she was at the entrance of the Moran Group again.