Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 66

Chapter 66

The downpour didn’t look like it would stop anytime soon. Looking over at the man on the couch, Anastasia offered, “I’ll get you an umbrella right away.”

However, Elliot eyed her in mild amusement as he said matter-of-fačtly, “I’m staying here for the night.”

Stunned, she blinked at him for a moment and asked, “Why?”

“Because Jared needs me.” As if to make a point, Elliot stroked Jared’s head with his large palm like he was some kind of guardian deity, and the little one looked up at him with an imploring expression and begged, “Mr. Presgrave, Mommy and I are terrified of lightning and thunder, so can you please stay with us and keep us safe for the night?”

Anastasia immediately interjected, “Absolutely not, Jared. I’m more than capable of keeping you safe during the storm.”

“But you’re terrified of thunder too, Mommy!” Jared argued, mercilessly calling her bluff.

“I am not. I’m just—” She was about to make her case when the universe, determined to prove her wrong, called upon yet another bout of lightning that slithered past the sky and tore through the night. As always, this was followed by another violent clap of thunder.

She shuddered, flinching as she clasped her hands to her ears quickly.

glittering in his eyes. Flushing, she mumbled through gritted teeth, “Bottom line is that you can’t stay here. It isn’t

go as soon as the thunder stops,” he

Jared was clinging onto Elliot, Anastasia nodded and said in resignation, “Fine, then. You can’t go back to your car anyway, what

she saw the undergarment that he had retrieved earlier, she was seized with the urge

window raged on. There was even a weather alert that urged everyone to

I can’t let the man stay here for the whole night? If everyone finds out that we spent the night together at my

she wasn’t exactly staying at the most accommodating of abodes. With the apartment’s limited space, she didn’t have an extra room to put Elliot in, and the only beds here

so that he could wash up for bed. A while later, Anastasia emerged from the room with a better part of her clothes splattered by bathwater. . Having settled Jared in the living room, she decided to hop into the bath

phone and keyed in

bent to read Nigel’s message, which was clearly penned out of concern as it read, ‘Anastasia, are you and Jared alright? Do you need me to go over and keep you

text, so he set the phone down and busied himself with his Legos once more. Elliot reached for the pink phone, and

not deter Nigel from his enthusiastic efforts. ‘You know I’m just worried about you and Jared, Anastasia. I’ll come

suitable for you to drop by right now,

your place plenty of times while we were abroad,

thought, Which base did they

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