Elliot brought Anastasia to the break room. Her eyes were welling up with tears and every time she thought about what her father was going through, her heart throbbed with pain.
He wrapped his arms around her and gently wiped away her tears.
“I’m sorry,” she said, turning to look at him. “I really don’t wish to get engaged at the moment. Can we postpone it?”
“Sure,” he said, nodding. “Don’t rush. It can be done after your father wakes up.”
When she heard that, hope filled her heart. That’s true! When her father was finally awake, she could select a new date with her father for her engagement to Elliot.
In Elliot’s eyes, postponing the
engagement party made no difference. After all, their relationship had progressed so much that it felt like they were already married. The engagement party was merely a ceremony to him.
No matter what happened, he would never abandon Anastasia. He would always protect her and stay by her side as they weathered troubled times together.
the room. He held an iPad out to them
out the headline of the article shown, “Eldest daughter
The audacity of those two women to release such
outlets
been released,” Rey said. “Furthermore, many independent journalists are
Tillman’s reputation.”
eyes turned as cold
that. Naomi and
were playing
her first. “Find a way to suppress
well for Miss Tillman. Also, there are a lot of eyes on this right now. If we do not publicly respond now,
need to do that. Let us ignore them for now. The most important task at hand is to wake my father
ached at how calm and collected she was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll hold back myself for
thrown into prison. There was no
tolerated their impertinent behavior.
this so that they can make healthcare decisions for Dad instead of me. It is impossible for that to happen. If I let them
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