Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 158

“Didn’t you send someone in the afternoon to summon me to your office?” Anastasia asked the man on the sofa.

Frowning, Elliot replied, “I didn’t.”

Immediately, she remembered that it was Grace who came to relay the message. But where did she get the orders from? Obviously, this was planned to make the situation look like a coincidence.

Sneering deep down, Anastasia already knew that this was another one of Hayley’s ploys.

Still sitting on the sofa, Elliot asked with his seductive low voice, “Do you still need me to explain all to you again?”

Giving his phone back to him, Anastasia noticed that his pale skin was unnaturally flushed. Paired with a sweat-covered forehead, the usually stern looking Elliot looked a bit weak under the light.

“A-Are you alright?” Anastasia asked guiltily. Don’t tell me it’s because of the spicy food tonight!

stomach hurts.” Covering his stomach with his big hand, he then added strugglingly, “It’s fine, though.

hospital? If you have stomach problems, why did you eat all that spicy food just now? You could’ve just told me! Why are you

panicking and she could no longer think straight, as she blamed herself and him for not voicing this fact

this scene in front of him for a while. “If I didn’t eat all that, how would you have

knew that it was indeed her fault

what should we do now? Should we go to the hospital?” She looked

After saying that, Elliot handed over the empty cup to her. “And I’ll have to trouble you for

cup with warm water and passing it to him, Anastasia then rushed out with her bag and

shouldn’t have pranked him like this! How was I supposed to know that he

workaholic like him having stomach problems was not out of the ordinary. However, it didn’t show because he took care of his body daily. It was due to the spiciness of the food tonight and the amount

fast as possible! If it really doesn’t work, I can ask Rey to

home after buying the medicine. However, when she opened the door, she was met with the sight of Elliot clutching his stomach. He looked as if he was in

out three pills before giving it to Elliot. “Just take it first! If it really doesn’t work out,

of some water. Lying on the sofa, he then said, “There’s no