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.

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

soon as the thunder

said in resignation, “Fine, then. You can’t go back to your

the undergarment that he had retrieved earlier, she was

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

Surely I can’t let the man stay here for the whole night? If everyone finds out that we spent the night together at my place, the rumor mill will have a field

space, she didn’t have an extra

mother so that he could wash up for bed. A while later, Anastasia emerged from the

message. Jared immediately grabbed her phone and keyed in the pin before reading the text. “It’s a message from Mr. Nigel!” he declared in

out of concern as it read, ‘Anastasia, are you and Jared

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

enthusiastic efforts. ‘You know I’m just worried about

suitable for you to drop by right now, came Elliot’s

stayed over at your place plenty of times

face was as stormy as the sky outside as he thought, Which base did

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