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

that it was from Nigel. It looked like

you. Please place them on the

door once again. “Miss Tillman, there are flowers for

came in with a huge bouquet of roses that

flowers that were

was a card attached to the flowers, so she reached out

the last name Pesgrave, with the

and she couldn’t believe it as she looked at the signature. There was only one man that she knew who had that last name Pesgrave. Could it be from

and took the landline. Next, she dialed the number

refused to give up, so she took out her

rang out was

bush and she posed the question directly. “Did you send me a

“Do you like it?”

Don’t do that again.” She kept her eyes on the two bouquets of flowers on the couch as she

Nigel sent you, but you’re actually disgusted by the ones

a loss for words. “Why are you comparing yourself to him? He’s my friend but you’re my boss. Why did you

so I’ll do as I please. The choice is yours whether to accept it or not.” After Elliot finished his sentence, he immediately hung up on

This was the second time she was hung up on and she lamented to herself, This guy’s mood

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

it to accessorize the vase on your desk if

take two stalks with

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

with everyone else then.” Grace took the huge bouquet of roses and walked out to

bouquet was disassembled and distributed to everyone. Subsequently, the entire office

that it must be a man from

Anastasia’s office and popped inside to have a chat with her. As they spoke, Felicia suddenly leaned forward and shot a

willing to help if

to join the company, but I’m

this matter related to her despite listening intently to Felicia’s words. How

.

after that, Anastasia directly voiced out, “Well, how can I be of

President Presgrave to attend the meeting this

could you mention this in the meeting? I want to seek his approval. Once he approves, it would make

a loss for words and after quite some time, she asked slightly doubtfully, “Do you think my

success would be much higher than if any of us were to do it.” Felicia was confident that

bring it up in the meeting. But I don’t have the confidence

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

she heard that

imported red roses that you received! It obviously looks like top-quality red roses that came from Holland.

With a chuckle, she replied, “I don’t know who sent

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and left without saying another word. However, she had a strong hunch that the roses came from their

sure hoped that he would attend it. After all, the proposal for

Grace’s reminder about the upcoming meeting, she quickly tidied up the drafts she was working on

meeting room seemed to

I heard that it costs at

least fifteen days too.

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

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

enough with the chatter, guys. It’s time to start the meeting!”

announcements regarding some work and then she also reported on the situation recently

ALL THE

wild as she sat there. For example, she recalled the incident with his gastritis last night and also the kiss they

too.

to get Anastasia’s attention

Anastasia came to her senses and lifted her head to glance at

who was seated across from Anastasia, was quite annoyed, so the former took the opportunity to deliver a scathing remark. “Miss Tillman, you seem to be quite

She was quite embarrassed as she

was too preoccupied thinking about work-related

meeting room had turned to glance at Elliot, who was seated next to her, and each of them wondered how he would react to knowing

expression. Right now, he was looking at Anastasia

introduction of a tea break area. What do you think

should switch to a different dessert shop. I’ve heard of a very popular place and I think it

you share the name of the place?” Felicia immediately

located in town and the name of the place is Belle’s Patisserie. I’ve been there plenty of times with my son and the pastries taste very good. The ingredients that they

pastries from this place are on the higher

shop to join our company.” Suddenly, a low yet dominating male voice rang

instance, Felicia turned to glance at Anastasia, and there

Indeed, this plan worked and Elliot is

to it!

was quite shocked when she heard that. How can he

end, Alice shot Anastasia a jealous look as she thought to herself, Anastasia is treated so favorably in the

with the meeting.” Elliot glanced at his watch and looked at the time. “I’ve got something else

and the first thing that they obviously did was to thank Anastasia for suggesting the new patisserie, thus

passing, so she actually didn’t expect that Elliot would agree to her suggestion

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

were given to us by a designer. The roses are very beautiful! It’s

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such expensive flowers with

strode back toward the direction of the working area and instantly, he saw that every single vase of all of the staff in the office was adorned with a stalk of red rose. From his

meeting room. Subsequently, he yanked open the

to tense up as they directed slightly sympathetic looks at the woman specifically mentioned by Elliot. Deep down, they thought

shocked, Anastasia collected her belongings and got out of her seat. Then, she walked out and shut the

office.” He spoke through clenched teeth and strode on ahead toward the direction of the

anyway? Is it because of the suggestion for that patisserie earlier on? But I didn’t insist on

feel the tense vibe in the air and she glanced at the tall, strapping man next to her who had his arms crossed.

now?” She took the

the elevator doors slid open, he strode out immediately with his long legs. As for Anastasia,

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. Meanwhile, he placed both of his hands by each side of her shoulders as he held her captive against the

actually dislike the flowers I gave you so much?! Why did you share it with the others just like that?!” Elliot’s deep, dark eyes were clearly smoldering

Anastasia blinked her eyes a

to maintain them, so I shared them with the others in the oflice. That’s much better than having the flowers wither in my hands, right?” Anastasia tried hard to come up with an excuse, but

every single stalk of the roses today, so how dare you waste my efforts like that?!” Elliot’s warm breath hit the skin on her face, and he

that, he did exactly that. He leaned forward and bit Anastasia with his thin lips just below her

had her guard down so she yelped out in pain and surprise.

with a sullen look on his face. “This is just a

shove him before retorting confidently, “Well, I could always give you back a bouquet of

of flowers, but are you able to compensate for the effort I put into

your gifts, so

steps backward and he continued to stare intently at her with his deep,

were hurt.

were too scathing, At that moment, she

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

responded, “Then you’d better not send me any

for a short while before walking off to stand in front of the full-length windows. His elongated and strapping figure exuded loneliness as he was basked under the dusk light from

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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

Anastasia held her head in her hands and she was

Patisserie would finally be able to move in. As such, they would be able to enjoy tasty pastries and cakes, as well as freshly

and the entire

through a complete reversal and those colleagues who had secretly looked down on her in the

about it was Alice. She had hoped fervently for the entire office to dislike Anastasia but unexpectedly, Anastasia had managed to win the people’s hearts

outside the

unexpectedly, the latter had fought back so soon after that. Hayley had assumed that Anastasia was just putting

and she felt as if she was about to lose her mind. She felt as if she was currently living in a darkened state, devoid of light. Her heart was completely closed off and

while she wasn’t exactly that great. As such, she had lost not only her true self but also her happiness. She hated Anastasia with a passion and now,

it and asked Anastasia to refine some details before showing it to the female client tomorrow. If everything was acceptable, then they could proceed to generate the end-product drawing. Subsequently, production could be initiated by handing over the end-product

her computer as she put the finishing touches on her refined draft. Suddenly, she received a call on her landline,

lot in two minutes.” A man’s low, clear

her cell phone to check the time and she gasped. She had been too busy with work to the extent that she had

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