My Baby's Daddy

Chapter 402

Anastasia frowned. She found it odd that the man claimed he had nothing to live for on one hand while refusing her money on the other, and odrler still was how someone so heaten down insisted she stay away from Elliot. He simply wasn’t making any sense.

In the end, the man’s greed got the better of him as he said, “Fine, wire me the money!”

“I’ll hand you the card with the money in it if you come over personally to retrieve it,” Anastasia countered stubbornly.

“Trying to lure me out, I see. Hah! I’m no idiot, Anastasia. I know you’re trying to set me up to get caught! Save your energy and don’t bother trying to catch me; you won’t succeed. Stay away from Elliot if you know what’s good for you, you hear?”

With that, the man hung up.

Anastasia stared at her phone as she pondered on their conversation. She couldn’t help wondering why the man so stubbornly demanded that she stay away from Elliot. Does he bear a grudge against Elliot?

More to the point, the man had figured out that she was, indeed, trying to lure him out into the light by using money as bait.

In the past, she would do all that she could to avoid ever meeting the man who had assaulted her five years ago, but now, he was forcing her to confront him. She was starting to realize that the only way she could move on from her nightmarish past was not by running away, but by facing it head-on fearlessly. Perhaps it was only after she had personally condemned the sc*mbag to a life of imprisonment that she could finally look back on the incident from five years ago and learn to walk away from it.

this man escape the rule of law no matter what. She wouldn’t let him get away with

her phone in one trembling hand after she realized that

male escort to force Anastasia into

threatened instead.

the car and was ferried to a boutique in the heart

President Presgrave has asked that you pick out a dress for the benefit gala tonight,

course that she had to pick out something elegant and understated to match his refined grace. After

the owner personally led her to peruse the seasonal items that

beige one that accentuated her flawless,

evening dress hugged her slender figure and flattered her curves, and her hair was gathered elegantly at her nape with tendrils framing her face. Coupled

Miss Tillman,” Rey praised

the backseat of the car as Rey held the door open for her,

like a young lady born out of aristocracy whose every little gesture and expression

the main entrance before he proceeded toward her. He looked ethereal when

she didn’t even realize that she was gazing upon him with love and endearment. Then again, anyone would look