Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 161-170

Chapter 161

After sending Jared to school, Elliot did not go back to the company. Instead, he bought breakfast and returned to Anastasia’s home.

He still had the key to the house that Anastasia gave him.

With the breakfast in his hands, Elliot shot a look into the master room through the open doorway. Upon seeing the owner of the house bundled up in a blanket, he smiled before he walked out.

If Anastasia knew Elliot would be admiring her sleeping posture, she would’ve slept in a more better looking position. At that moment, she looked like a tame kitten that was sleeping soundly, and she would adjust into a different sleeping position every now and then.

Even the man himself did not notice that his gaze upon her was extremely gentle, and there was nostalgia in his eyes when he looked at her.

Meanwhile, the sleeping woman was lying on the bed with all her limbs stretched out. The sun shone on her face, showing off her perfect skin and red lips, and it made her look very seductive.

This made Elliot want to bite into her as he was eager to know how she tasted.

Currently, Anastasia was wearing low-cut pajamas and her collarbone were exposed, making the man gulp unconsciously as his Adam’s apple bobbed.

Although Elliot was always calm and collected, he fell apart in front of the woman. She always had a way of making his heart go haywire.

In the end, he decided to just not look at her, since he was very confident that she would belong to him sooner or later.

With that thought, Elliot stood up and left.

Anastasia’s biological clock would always wake her up as she did not have a habit of sleeping in. However, it was the blaring horn coming from the cars outside that truly made her feel awake in the end.

Opening her eyes, she then spaced out for a bit before getting out of bed. Slowly, she washed her face and brushed her teeth. Walking out of her room to get a glass of water, she was scared out of her wits by the man sitting on her sofa.

“You…” Anastasia stared at him wide-eyed, a hint of anger in her gaze as she questioned, “Why did you come back?!”

“I brought breakfast for you.” Elliot replied with raised eyebrows.

Looking back at the door to her room, she found it to be wide open. So, was he in a position where he could simply look in on her whenever he wanted?

Did he actually look at how I slept?

Yet, Anastasia already knew the answer to this obvious question. It was evident that Elliot had done so. Did I drool in my sleep? Was I sleeping in a shameless position? Was I sleeptalking?!

For reasons unbeknownst to her, Anastasia started to blush. Looking down, she was relieved upon seeing she still had on normal looking pajamas. Coughing lightly, she then said, “You can leave now.”

“I’ll wait for you to finish breakfast, then we can go to the company together.”

“It’s fine. I’ll just take a cab. You don’t need to wait for me.”

“But I’m willing to wait,” Elliot said in his low seductive voice without a hint of waver

to it.

Frowning, Anastasia thought, Does he really think that this is his home? Why is he staying at this cramped three room apartment when he has a literal mansion he can live in?

Because she was famished, she walked to the table before starting to eat the breakfast he brought her. Looking at the man sitting opposite to her, Anastasia pretended to be concerned as she asked, “Have you eaten?”

“I have,” Elliot said as he glanced at her.

“What about your stomach? Is it any better?” When Anastasia asked him about this, she prayed that it had better not get worse. Otherwise, she would feel guilt to no end.

“It’s fine now. Please take more care of my stomach from now on, Miss Tillman.” The man said this with a snort and it was obvious that he was upset about yesterday’s events.

Guiltily, Anastasia replied, “I understand. I’ll watch out from now on.”

Satisfied, Elliot smiled before stating, “Miss Tillman, you have a very adorable

sleeping posture.”

“Y-You are not to come into my bedroom from now on without my permission. That is my private space, understand?” Using her rights as the owner, she warned him.

Raising his eyebrows, Elliot answered her lazily, “Alright. I won’t enter it from now

on.”

Not believing him that easily, Anastasia snorted in response. “You better keep your word.”

After breakfast, Anastasia chose to ride in his car but upon getting into his car, she found out that it was already 9.20 AM. Goodness, my full attendance for this month is gone again!

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Catching her sighing, Elliot, who was sitting beside her, asked curiously, “What’s wrong?”

“Because of you, my full attendance bonus is gone now.” Anastasia blamed Elliot in its entirety; she wouldn’t have been sleepless if it weren’t for him sleeping at her house last night.

If she hadn’t been sleepless, she wouldn’t have missed the slot to arrive at work on time.

“Are you that short on money?” he asked in an amused voice.

“Of course I am! Do you think everybody’s pockets are bursting at the seams with money like you? Us common folk spend every penny carefully, you know!” Anastasia rebuked.

Upon hearing that, Elliot wanted to make up for it, so he announced, “Then I’ll tell them to include your full attendance bonus for this month.”

Anastasia’s mood immediately turned for the better as she grinned ear to ear. “Are you serious?”

Elliot nodded and he hummed in response.

She was really over the moon now. Looking outside the car window, Anastasia could only think about the deal of the custom set of lock and key that would cost five million. With the deadline being the day after tomorrow, she had to quickly come up with a design.

Reaching the underground car park of the company, Anastasia ran the moment she got out of the car, because she did not want to get into the same elevator with a certain individual. After locking his car, Elliot snorted upon seeing the woman, who was still standing at the hallway of the elevator, disappear.

Already reaching her office, Anastasia then called Grace on the company line.

“Grace, could you come in for a moment?”

Thinking that she wanted coffee, Grace came in with a cup in her hands. “Miss Tillman, here’s your coffee. I added some creamer for you today, since you said that it was too bitter last time.”

Touched, Anastasia nodded as a reply. However, she still had to ask the necessary question.

“Grace, who was it that told you the president wanted to see me?” Anastasia asked seriously.

Blinking, Grace then thought about it for a while before answering, “It was Alex from the Planning Department that told me about it. She walked over to my desk with some documents in hand and told me that. Then, I relayed it to you immediately.”

“Did she tell you about who told her to do that?”

Shaking her head, Grace replied, “I didn’t ask. Do you want me now?”

Upon hearing that, Anastasia could only give up. “There’s no need for that. I was just asking because the president wasn’t in his office when I went over yesterday.”

It seemed like Hayley had planted her people deep enough to be able to use any assistant to inform Anastasia about this. The latter believed that the person called Alex was also being used by someone. As for who it was, it was possible to find the mastermind behind this if Anastasia really wanted to. However, not wishing to spook the individual and alerting them, she could only comfort herself by keeping a lookout for these kinds of things in the future.

Diving deep into designing, she first drafted up two drawings, one being the lock and the other being the key. A lot of couples liked this kind of concept, as the man’s heart often represented the lock, with it needing a gentle touch of the woman in the form of a key for the two parties to completely accept each other.

Because Anastasia had a very good inspiration, she got off to a smooth start and completed two detailed drawings. Instead of the normal sharp looking lock, the design of the lock was extremely exquisite with its smooth edges. Meanwhile, the key had an oval handle, and the bottom was thin. It had beautiful carvings on it, making it stand out.

Remembering the customer specifying about their initials, she then designed a logo at the side. It was an E and H, with a heart linking the two alphabets together.

Now that the rough draft was ready, Anastasia then started to draw them out on her computer, adding color and changing the details at the same time.

Suddenly, Grace knocked on her door. Pushing it open, she was seen accompanied by a worker, who had a beautiful bouquet in his hands as he asked, “Are you Miss

are for

seeing the flowers, Anastasia knew that it was from Nigel. It looked

them on the sofa,” Anastasia murmured

once again. “Miss Tillman,

huge bouquet of roses that were obviously imported. The flowers themselves looked heavenly, and it was as if they

abruptly and she stared incredulously at the two bouquets of flowers that were sent within the short span of ten minutes. Why did Nigel send two bouquets

up and walked to stand in front of the rose bouquet. Suddenly, she realized that there was a card attached to the flowers, so she reached out to retrieve it. It turned out that there was a succinct sentence on the

with the last name Pesgrave,

was only one man that she knew who

that, she walked to stand in front of the table and took the landline. Next, she dialed the number to the president’s office. However, no one answered the

up, so she took out her cell phone

voice that rang

posed the question directly. “Did you send

“Do you like it?”

do that again.” She kept her eyes on the two bouquets of flowers on the couch as she wondered how to deal with

love the flowers that Nigel sent you, but you’re actually disgusted by the ones I sent?” The man on

hearing that, Anastasia was at a loss for words. “Why are you comparing yourself to him? He’s my friend but

please. The choice is yours whether to accept it or not.” After Elliot finished his sentence, he

time she was hung up on and she lamented

bouquets on the couch, she couldn’t help going forward to admire them. “Wow! It’s so pretty! These roses are imported and even a single stalk of it is quite pricey, not to mention that there

it to accessorize the

Can I really take two stalks with me?”

a couple more days in a vase. If anyone else likes some, share it with them too. Just take the whole thing

Anastasia, you’re awesome! Thanks! I’ll take it and share with everyone else then.” Grace took the huge bouquet of roses

bouquet was disassembled and distributed to everyone. Subsequently, the entire office got to know that Anastasia’s admirer

speculated that it must be a man from

chat with her. As they spoke, Felicia suddenly leaned forward

willing to help if

was thinking of getting Belle Patisserie to

to her despite listening intently to Felicia’s words.

.

Anastasia directly voiced out, “Well,

to attend the

this in the meeting? I want to seek his approval. Once he approves, it would make things easier to proceed with the human relations department.” Felicia looked at

some time, she

if any of us were to do it.” Felicia was confident that this would be approved if Anastasia

up in the meeting. But I don’t have the confidence that it’ll be a

mention it during the meeting.” Felicia reached out to pat her on the shoulder before taking another look at

beat when she heard that and she hurriedly explained, “No,

of that imported red roses that you received! It obviously looks like top-quality

she suddenly felt a looming headache. With a chuckle, she replied, “I don’t

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without saying another word. However, she had a strong hunch that

meeting was scheduled for 2.30 PM and Felicia sent an email to Elliot’s mailbox to inform him. It was up to him whether he turned up or not, but Felicia sure hoped that he would attend it. After all, the proposal for the snack area had been put on hold for quite some time now, so a

she quickly tidied up the drafts she was working on and took her cell phone with her as she headed toward the direction of the meeting

in the meeting room seemed to be addressing her in a very pleasant

it costs at least two hundred to buy a stalk

fifteen days too. The flowering period

revealed a slight smile before pulling out a chair to take a seat. Suddenly, everyone focused

at him before quickly shifting her eyes in the other direction. She intentionally kept a distance from him in the office as she wanted to avoid being involved in any rumors with

to start the meeting!” Felicia instructed

reported on the situation recently with the manuscript submissions. She also talked about the situation

ALL THE

thoughts ran wild as she sat there. For example, she recalled the incident with his gastritis last

too.

tried to get Anastasia’s attention

to her senses and lifted her

to deliver a scathing remark. “Miss Tillman, you seem to be quite preoccupied each time

face turned slightly flushed when she heard that. She was quite embarrassed as she recalled what she had been thinking of

was too preoccupied thinking about work-related

to her, and each of them wondered how he would react to knowing that

he was looking at Anastasia with

of a tea break area. What do you think about that?” Felicia

heard of a very popular place and I think

you share the name of the

plenty of times with my

know, the prices of pastries from this place are

just make arrangements for this shop to join our company.” Suddenly, a low yet

that instance, Felicia turned to glance

across the former’s eyes. Indeed, this plan worked and

to it!

she heard that. How can he just agree to it so

Anastasia is treated so favorably in the

and looked at the time. “I’ve got something else

and the first thing that they

didn’t

room, he suddenly heard two female staff chatting to each other excitedly by the end of the

flowers were given to us by a designer. The roses are very beautiful! It’s a shame that you weren’t

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shared such expensive flowers with

all of the staff in the office was adorned with a stalk of red rose. From his observation, it was in fact the imported

Subsequently, he yanked open the door and hollered toward the woman inside, “Anastasia, come and see me in my office.” After he had

voice caused everyone in the meeting room to tense up as they directed slightly sympathetic looks at the woman specifically mentioned by Elliot. Deep down, they thought to themselves, What sort of

got out of her seat. Then, she walked out and shut the door to the meeting room behind her. “President Presgrave,

teeth and strode on ahead toward

anyway? Is it because of the suggestion for that patisserie earlier on? But I didn’t insist on it, though! It’s entirely

elevator, Anastasia could clearly feel the tense vibe in the air and she glanced at the tall, strapping

gastritis? Are you feeling better now?” She took the chance to express her

as the elevator doors slid open, he

moment she entered Elliot’s office, she saw him turn around all of a sudden and his tall, well-built figure approached her. Frightened, she took a step backward but she found her back hit against the door.

you share it with the others just like that?!” Elliot’s deep, dark eyes

a few times.

them, so I shared them with the others in the oflice. That’s much better than having the flowers wither in

my efforts like that?!” Elliot’s warm breath hit the skin

He leaned forward and bit Anastasia with his thin lips just

moment, Anastasia had her guard down so she yelped out in pain

on his face. “This is just a minor punishment.

retorting confidently, “Well, I could always give you back a

for the effort I put into it?” Elliot spoke up in

appreciate your gifts, so you should just stop giving me anything from now on. Otherwise, you’re surely going to be upset again if I get

took two steps backward and he continued to stare intently at her with his deep, dark eyes. His brows were

were hurt.

At that moment, she apologized to him. “I’m

be a glimmer of warmth that shone through. However, he maintained a demanding tone of voice as he commanded, “Anastasia, I don’t want my efforts to be cast aside

responded, “Then you’d better not send me any gifts. I’ll still choose to cast anything that

that, the man left in the office stood there with a defeated look on his handsome face. He remained silent for a short while before walking off to stand in front of

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and for a moment, her thoughts were all over the place. Truth was, she found Elliot’s behavior quite baffling. He’s behaving quite abnormally today. Don’t tell me that he likes me?! Well, I didn’t expect him to personally pick the flowers he gave me! I mean, even though Nigel sent me flowers too, surely he would have just called the florist to place an order? Nigel wouldn’t take the time to go and pick out the flowers personally just like Elliot. I guess it’s understandable

held her head in her hands and she

news. The human resource department had contacted Belle Patisserie and the contract had been drafted. Once everything was signed, then Belle Patisserie would finally be able to move in. As such,

to Anastasia and the entire

Anastasia’s image in the company went through a complete reversal and those colleagues who had secretly looked down on her in the past were now full of gratitude for her in public. After all, this was an

unhappy about it was Alice. She had hoped fervently for the entire office to dislike Anastasia but unexpectedly,

and she quickly found a hiding spot outside the company as she dialed Hayley’s number to inform Hayley

act in front of Anastasia but unexpectedly, the latter had fought back so soon after that. Hayley had assumed that Anastasia was just putting up an act, and that Anastasia had

lose her mind. She felt as if she was currently living in a darkened state, devoid of light. Her heart

great. As such, she had lost not only her true self but also

handed over the initial draft for Felicia’s perusal. Meanwhile, Felicia was quite pleased with it and asked Anastasia to refine some details before showing it to the female

about 4 PM, Anastasia was busy working on her computer as she put the finishing touches on her refined draft. Suddenly, she received a call on her landline, so she reached out to

the underground parking lot in two minutes.” A man’s

too busy with work to the extent that she had nearly forgotten

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