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.
on the door before Rey walked into the room. He held an iPad out to them and said, “President Presgrave, Miss Tillman, have a look at this.
took the iPad from him and read out the headline of the article shown, “Eldest daughter
anger. The audacity of those two women to
media outlets have shared
independent journalists
Tillman’s reputation.”
as
that. Naomi and
playing
way to suppress
Also, there are a lot of eyes on this right now. If we do not publicly respond now, it
most important task at hand is to wake
ached at how calm and collected she was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll hold back myself
the mother-and-daughter duo would have already been thrown into prison. There was no way
tolerated their impertinent behavior.
can make healthcare decisions for Dad instead of me. It is impossible for that to happen. If I let
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