Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 87
Even Anastasia took a few more glances at Elliot. It was rare to see him in such a sight, and she really wanted to take a picture of him as a keepsake.
“We would like to request for parents to stand next to their children because we are starting our first round of family activities now.”
When Elliot went over to stand next to Jared, the boy gave him a hug happily while Anastasia heard the pair of women next to her gossiping. “He’s the hottest dad I’ve ever seen.”
“I know, right? I thought he was some celebrity initially!”
Then, they gave Anastasia an envious look before one of them mustered up the courage to go toward Anastasia and asked, “Is that your husband and son?”
Upon hearing that, Anastasia felt her face flush a deep red before she nodded in acknowledgment. The first round of family activity was a dribbling game held on stage, and there would be three groups competing at the same time. Every child would be paired up with their fathers, and the fathers would need to pass the balls to their children, while the children would be needed to bring the balls to the endpoint.

All the parents below the stage were entertained when the competition started. When it was Elliot’s turn, he quickly threw off the two other father-and-son pairings with his fast movements, while Jared quickly carried the ball and dashed toward the endpoint, making them the winner of the round. Then, every winning group continued into the eliminations before Elliot and Jared finally ended up in the first place.
Upon seeing Jared’s pleased smile, Anastasia, who was below the stage, felt herself tearing up as this was her first time seeing Jared looking so proud and pleased while the man next to Jared bent down to wipe Jared’s sweat off gently. At this moment, she finally came to a realization that she really owed Jared for not providing him with a complete family.
Following that was a ball hoop game where every father had to quickly turn around six times while carrying their children before throwing the ball into a hoop, and the group that could make the fastest and most accurate throw would be the winner.
While everyone else got dizzy after making too many turns, Elliot had already – completed ten sets of turns and threw the balls into the hoops at lightning speed with
insane accuracy, impressing the crowd.
“My goodness! That dad is so good at this game! How cool!” one of the mothers couldn’t help but exclaim loudly.
Having said that, it was what all the mothers present thought as well. This father is the GOAT!
Everyone below the stage was full of praises for Elliot, while Anastasia’s eyes widened in shock, as this was her first time seeing Jared so happy.
They won again.
After Jared won twice consecutively, the headmistress went on stage and announced, “Let’s invite Jared’s mother to come up on stage with us.”
Immediately, Anastasia’s mind went blank. What is the headmistress trying to do?
However, she knew that she couldn’t cower away from getting up on stage, so she took a deep breath before she went up with a smile. Right then, the headmistress asked excitedly, “Jared’s mother! Firstly, I would like to ask where you ended up finding yourself such an outstanding and handsome man as your husband?”