Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 171-180

Chapter 171

“Uh… Can I return it?”

“Fruits are non-returnable goods! Don’t worry, miss. We provide top-grade Musang King so it’s definitely of good quality.” så

“I know that and I do trust that your goods are of good quality, but I don’t need that many.”

“Miss, I really can’t process a return for this. Fruits are non-returnable once sold!” On the other end, the owner tried hard to express his keenness to complete the sale.

Meanwhile, Anastasia was at a loss for what to do. “Alright, then. I’ll make a phone call and get back to you.”

As soon as Anastasia put down her cell phone, she instantly grabbed the landline and dialed the number to the office of a specific man.

“Hello?” The man answered the phone in a low voice.

“Did you order me a truckload of Musang King durians?” Anastasia questioned him immediately.

“Yup. You mentioned that you wanted the freedom to have durians whenever you crave them, so I’ll help you achieve this wish today. You can have as many of them as you want.” Elliot spoke up and implied that the durians today were his treat.

However, Anastasia was quite speechless and she thought, Doesn’t he realize that one can’t have too many durians? It’s fine to have some occasionally, but if too much is consumed in one day then there are a lot of side effects that would occur subsequently. The milder symptoms would be a sore throat and as for the worst-case scenario, one would even experience constipation!

“I think you should return it. I can’t finish that many. I just had one last night so I can’t have too many at a time.”

“Why not?” On the other end, the man clearly knew nothing about durians. Although he was a knowledgeable man, there were also some things that he was totally clueless

of.

“That’s because durians can cause sore throats. I can’t have too much.” Anastasia could only try her best to explain, but the other side effect sounded slightly indecent so she

didn’t mention that.

“I never return any item that I’ve paid for. You can decide how you want to deal with it.”

“But… You…”

“I have a meeting to attend now.” After Elliot said that, he hung up on her.

Meanwhile, Anastasia had to return the call of the fruit store owner, yet the purchaser of the items refused to pay heed to her words, so she was in a dilemma at the moment. In the end, she thought to herself, I guess I’ll just treat everyone to durians, then.

Subsequently, she reached out and dialed Felicia’s number to explain the situation. On the other end of the line, Felicia was elated. “This is a simple matter. I’ll arrange for everyone in the office to have one each.”

“Okay. Please make the arrangements, then, but don’t say that this is my treat. Let them know that it’s President Presgrave’s treat.”

Upon hearing that, Felicia burst into laughter. “Are you sure that you want to let them know it’s his treat?”

“Yes, just say that. I don’t want to take this credit,” Anastasia insisted.

“Sure! We’ll leave it at that, then.”

Ten minutes later, the fruit store owner happily distributed durians by the entrance of the office, and every staff member of the company who walked past was given one. This went on and no one was left out until every piece of fruit was gone.

After all that, Grace came back upstairs in good spirits and she held two durians in her hands. Anastasia expressed her gratitude as Grace excitedly mentioned, “Anastasia, do you know who treated us to this? It’s President Presgrave! It’s the Musang King variety too. Everyone’s so happy.”

At that moment, Anastasia tried to stifle her laughter. “That’s great! I’m quite happy too.”

After Grace had walked out of the room, Anastasia clutched at her stomach and placed her head on the tabletop. She was consumed with uncontrollable laughter and she nearly fell to the ground. I wonder what Elliot’s expression will be like if he finds out about this?!

Meanwhile, in the meeting room at the Presgrave Group, the room was solemnly silent as Elliot sat at the head of the table. He gave out an air of dominance seen in a leader and under the illumination of the projector lamp, he clearly gave out the feeling of a strong president.

The people in attendance today were all the upper management team of the Presgrave Group, and each one of them was involved in running various large-scale projects all over the world. They had to report back to Elliot on the progress of their projects daily and there was no room for any errors or omissions.

The Presgrave Group was involved in various financial schemes worldwide, so the company was, in fact, much more than just a leading business in the country. After Elliot’s appointment as the president, he had kept close control of the development of the company. He ended up leading the Presgrave Group toward a much brighter future than ever.

Despite the Presgrave Group going through several financial crises, the giant corporation remained strong and continued to sail through the waves of the corporate world.

The meeting ended at 11.30 AM and Elliot went back to his office after that. At that moment, Rey stood by his side with pursed lips, and he looked as if he had something to report on.

Elliot glanced at him and questioned, “What’s wrong?”

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Rey had gone for facial expression management classes before but right now, he couldn’t contain himself and laughed out loud. “President Presgrave, the truckload of Musang King durians that you ordered for Miss Tillman was distributed to the entire company. The problem is, Miss Tillman gave the credit to you.”

Elliot’s handsome expression stiffened slightly when he heard that. “Is that so?”

“Yeah. Anyway, everyone’s full of gratitude for you.” As soon as Rey finished saying that, he instantly covered his lips and burst into laughter before quickly stifling his laughter while he covered his mouth once again.

“It’s fine to laugh.” Elliot shot Rey a look. I just didn’t expect her to be so generous and actually distribute everything.

Suddenly, Elliot recalled something and he instantly took his cell phone and dialed his grandmother’s number.

“Hello, Elliot. Do you have something to talk to me about?” Harriet’s voice rang out.

“Grandma, I would like to have lunch with you today. We haven’t seen each other for days.”

“I’d prefer to have dinner together. I have a lunch date today.”

“What sort of lunch date is it? Can I join you?”

“It wouldn’t be convenient.” Harriet spoke up frankly.

“It’s just a meal.”

“Well, I’ll be frank with you. I have a lunch date with Nigel and Anastasia today. I wanted to talk to them about their engagement the other day. I’ve decided that it’s time to pick a date for them.”

“Include me for the lunch date, then! I want to join the meal too,” Elliot responded with a smile.

“Okay. I don’t mind you joining us, but don’t you dare mess things up!”

“Don’t worry. I won’t do that.” Elliot curved his lips into a smile. I’m not going to mess things up because this won’t go to plan anyway.

in a blink of an eye, it was 11.20 AM and Anastasia glanced at her cell phone from time to time as she waited for Harriet to call her regarding the lunch date.

Just then, Anastasia’s cell phone rang and she quickly grabbed it to take a look. Indeed, it was Harriet on the line, so she took a deep breath before answering the phone. “Hello, Old Madam Presgrave.” ;

“Anastasia, you can come downstairs now. My car is about to reach the entrance of your company.” It turned out that Harriet had come in person to fetch Anastasia.

At that moment, Anastasia felt quite flattered and she revealed a smile. “Okay, I’ll be downstairs shortly.”

Anastasia walked out of the entrance to see a black car parked by the entrance, and the dominantly displayed golden logo of the Rolls-Royce was unmistakable.

The driver personally got out to open the door for Anastasia as she expressed her gratitude. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, Miss Tillman,” the driver replied.

And so, Anastasia got into the back passenger seat and saw that Harriet was dressed elegantly in a dark purple dress lined with golden threads. The button of the dress was made out of ruby and it was clear to the eye that it was a hand-made, commissioned piece.

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“Hello, Old Madam Presgrave!” Anastasia greeted Harriet.

“It’s been days since we last met. What happened to your finger?” Harriet instantly noticed Anastasia’s bandaged finger.

“It’s fine. I accidentally hurt myself.”

“Was it a bad cut?”

“It’s not too serious. It’s just a minor cut.” Anastasia curled up her lips and smiled. Upon hearing that, Harriet nodded her head. “Try to be more careful next time.” With that, the elderly woman glanced out of the car window at the building in front. “Do you work here?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s great. Elliot has taken over your company, so it’s part of our family business now. It would be much easier for us to help you out in the future.”

Meanwhile, Anastasia felt quite uneasy. Elliot had not only taken over Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier for the sake of helping a lowly staff like her, but he had actually bought over the world-renowned QR International Group that backed the Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier brand.

“Old Madam Presgrave, I’m fine so there’s no need to go all the way out to help me,” Anastasia expressed her sincere gratitude.

“You don’t have to be shy, child. We are obliged to do that. I’m also trying to redeem myself by helping you. It makes me feel slightly better by doing so.” Harriet’s eyes were red-rimmed as she spoke. “I am forever indebted to your mother and there’s nothing I can do to fully repay her in this lifetime.”

Surprised, Anastasia asked, “Old Madam Presgrave, why would you say so?”

“You might not realize this, but both Elliot’s parents’ passed away at the same time back then and I had to single-handedly hold the fort for the entire Presgrave Group. At the same time, I had to bring up a young Elliot. At that point in life, I held all of my hopes upon Elliot, so if something bad had occurred to him, I would have lost the remaining pillar of strength in my life. Your mother’s ultimate sacrifice gave us the Presgrave Group that we have today.”

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Anastasia’s heart sank upon hearing that. She couldn’t even imagine the state of Harriet’s situation back then. The latter was a fifty-year-old woman trying to cope with the sudden loss of her son and daughter-in-law, and she had to step up to manage a multi-million company single-handedly. Furthermore, she had to raise a young grandson and back then, Elliot was her only hope.

Right now, Elliot had grown up to become an independent man and he ran the company well, so she could finally relax and enjoy a life of retirement.

mother’s a great woman and though I’ve never spoken to her before, she has a mighty and heroic presence in my

just the exceptionally heroic-looking woman in the photos. At that time, her father had just started up his business, so Anastasia was raised by her maternal grandmother. Two years later, her father had remarried and that was when Naomi joined their family. Naomi had brought along a daughter with her. After Anastasia’s grandmother had passed away due to illness, her father finally

didn’t want to bring up Anastasia’s painful past, so she smiled and asked, “Anastasia,

fact, Anastasia was quite confident that it was Nigel joining them for lunch, but she could only

I asked the two of you out for lunch with me to have a proper discussion. It was totally beyond my expectation that you were

smile. “I didn’t expect that he was

process of how she saved Nigel in detail, so Anastasia acceded to the former’s request and thoroughly spoke about the ordeal. Anastasia also shared with Harriet some

such, the elderly woman was very intent

Harriet could naturally continue to provide support and

the moment, a gray-colored sports car was also heading in the direction of the restaurant. Nigel had received Harriet’s phone call the previous night and she

go to the barber’s, and he had gotten a stylish haircut for today’s lunch date. His originally quite good-looking face was much more handsome and full

had arrived at the restaurant and remained in his car. Taking a look at himself in the mirror, he cheered for himself. “Nigel Manson, you must win Anastasia’s heart today and get her to agree

open the car door and got out of the car to enter the restaurant. Subsequently, the waiter

was preoccupied with her thoughts as she tried to figure out how to explain

up

said that, he directed his affectionate almond-shaped eyes toward

Anastasia greeted him with a

late for lunch

Anastasia couldn’t contain herself and she laughed upon hearing his words. Harriet watched their interaction and she was secretly quite pleased. They are indeed

it.” Nigel had noticed it

I accidentally cut myself while I was cutting some

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of you. You should avoid cooking from now on. I’ll treat you to

not used

order. At the same time, he introduced to them the restaurant’s specialties. Anastasia sat there and listened to him introduce their fresh and imported, luxurious ingredients, which were all air-flown to the

of each, then!” Harriet announced with a

just the three of you today?” the manager asked

moment, Harriet suddenly recalled that there was another person joining them, so she quickly responded, “There will be

M

Who is it? Harriet, however, was busy chatting with the manager, so they didn’t interrupt the

a strapping, tall figure walked into the room. He had his suit jacket in his hand, and he was dressed in a white dress shirt paired with black trousers. In short, his attire was minimalistic yet

the man, and she

person who walked into the room was in fact Elliot-the man who had shamelessly mentioned he wanted

the same time, Nigel narrowed his almond-shaped eyes too. Why did Grandma invite him along?

come you’re here too? Don’t you have any lunch conferences to

chair and purposely took a seat next to Anastasia before he responded with a smile, “Well, I wasn’t invited to any lunch conferences, so I had no choice but to

keen to give you a treat.” Nigel didn’t believe a single word that Elliot said. Furthermore, Nigel was quite sure that his cousin must have purposely turned up to

me last night that he didn’t have any lunch plans for

at the man in question, and she noticed that his handsome face had stiffened slightly. Elliot clearly didn’t expect that Harriet would expose his

into his hand and took a sip from it. At the same time, he peered across from the edge of his teacup, and his dark gaze went

other direction as soon as she sensed his

I’m sure that there’s no need to introduce this person to you, right? He’s my grandson, Elliot Presgrave.

her face as she spoke up guiltily. “Yes, we’ve met.” Not only have we met, but we’ve also even kissed more than once! It was mainly because of Elliot’s shameless personality, and that

that moment, Nigel reached out to hold Harriet’s hand. “Grandma, why don’t you hurry up and tell us the purpose

on her face before turning to glance at Nigel, who was seated next to Harriet. “Anastasia and Nigel, I’m very happy to know that the two of you are in a relationship, so I’ve asked the two of you out today to discuss the date for the wedding. That way, we can get the ceremony organized as

Anastasia thought to herself, Elliot was right in his guess! Harriet has actually taken the proposal for

us so that Anastasia and

his arms together and looked at the woman next to him with a slightly gloating look on his face as he waited

to speak to Harriet. “Old Madam Presgrave, Nigel was just fooling around when he proposed to me that day. Don’t

a marriage proposal?!” Harriet stared at her with an aghast look before turning to

the marriage proposal. I would like to take your hand in marriage and have you

lips. All of a

and took a sip from his cup. His dark eyes were deep and mysterious, and one

was also waiting for the woman next to him

consider him as a prospect.” Harriet tried to matchmake the two, as she really hoped that Anastasia could

herself in a rut

feelings. Ever since you saved my life, I made up my mind that my entire soul and self would belong solely to you.” Nigel

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moment before biting on her lower lip.

His thick eyelashes formed

handsome side profile. He behaved as if this had nothing to do with him, and he clearly wasn’t going to offer her any help

to herself, What did I

it quite hard to accept Nigel’s marriage

his eyes was evident because he wanted an answer. It was

Elliot, Nigel’s feelings toward her included a strong sense of gratitude. Even if

accept Nigel’s proposal.” Anastasia lifted her head and she had a

man seated next to her, who was busy sipping tea, revealed a slight and

that so?” Harriet exclaimed

the world for her. He was determined not to back down despite her multiple rejections all this

for the rest of my life.” Anastasia’s

elegantly sipping his tea, choked on his drink. He quickly covered his mouth with his large palm as

and he’s my whole world. Old Madam Presgrave, I hope that you can

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Harriet’s support. After all, the latter was a woman, so she would naturally be able to understand the situation of a mother’s

was inevitable for the first child to experience

flesh and blood, and I’ll definitely treat him the same way as I would treat my own son. Also, I’m willing to respect your wishes and we don’t need to have another child. I’ll focus on raising

can that be fine? Nigel’s father is not going to agree to that, and my daughter definitely won’t allow that too! The Manson Family line needs

Nigel. “Nigel, stop being ridiculous. You have to respect your parents’ wishes

this matter,” Nigel replied calmly, as he intentionally wanted to show

I’m not going to enter into a marriage

so rashly just yet. You should give yourself some room

do as I said, so there’s no

does Elliot mean by that? I

tense so she quickly gestured at Anastasia. “Come on, girl. Let’s stop chatting

reached out and served some salad onto her plate over the

that, Anastasia politely thanked him.

been destined for us to meet, so I

blessed to have made acquaintance

while overseas, so I’ve

head and exclaimed, “Grandma, what did you just say? Anastasia’s

of this incident. Elliot was kidnapped when he was six

stays by Anastasia’s side? Is he also intent on repaying Anastasia for everything that she had done, just like me?Elliot’s

“I need

quickly placed down her cutlery and got up to escort Harriet from her seat.

Nigel turned to Elliot with a sharp look in

hearing that, Elliot answered the question

repay her kind act, or are you

the reasons are valid to me.” Elliot voiced out in a low voice. In all honesty, he was indeed quite reluctant to go after the same girl

you shouldn’t fight me

while clenching

mean anything in this. The deserving person of her affections should be whoever that’s more capable. Or perhaps, to be more accurate, she’s the one who

sister-in law, and vice versa if I win. What do you say?” Nigel bluntly announced that they should compete equally with each other. As such,

knew that he was not as capable as his cousin, but he refused to give up without a fight and he wanted to try

Let’s compete equally, then!” Elliot agreed to this solution as this was

Anastasia came back from the washroom, and the two men immediately acted as if nothing had happened. They continued to enjoy their meal and sip from their teacups, and the confrontational vibe from

this cup of tea in place of champagne.” Harriet held a teacup in her hand and walked

toast Harriet. “Here’s a toast

to our house to have some fun. I would very much like to meet

over to pay you a visit

meal when she suddenly sensed someone serving something to her plate. She assumed that it was Nigel but it seemed to be coming from another direction, so she looked up and found out that it was Elliot looking at her. It turned out that he

a warning look. She didn’t want to appear too intimate with him around

Nigel saw everything and he couldn’t contain the desolateness that arose within him. He felt as if he was one step behind in everything. He couldn’t help wishing that he had taken over the Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier so that Anastasia could work for him and

that point, Nigel was quite downcast so he found the meal quite bland and tasteless.

time before mentioning to Harriet, “Grandma, I’ll head back

leaving so soon?” Harriet was quite

back too, since we’re heading in the same direction.” As soon as Elliot finished saying that, he turned

and bade Harriet farewell.

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Elliot and casually commented, “Thanks for the kind

seat and offered, “Anastasia, I can

turned around. “Nigel, do stay on and finish the meal with your grandmother. I’ll catch a ride with President Presgrave as we’re heading in the same direction

could only watch helplessly as the two of them left together, and he couldn’t contain the desolateness that

next to her was in a horrible mood. Elliot had a dark expression on his face and it was as if he had suffered a huge loss in his business. Instantly, she became quite reluctant to catch a ride with him so as soon as the doors to the elevator slid open

shot her

a bad mood so I’d

Suddenly, a large palm reached out and possessively grabbed hold of her wrist before dragging

guy is too domineering! Can’t I go

the driver’s seat too. Subsequently, the black car drove off

for the reason, she couldn’t quite figure it out.

earlier that you intend to remain single for the rest of your life. Are you serious

and she turned her head to stare at his

was quite happy and content with the life she had with her son right now, so she found it pointless to add trouble

life and likewise, remaining single didn’t mean that one’s

stance of not getting married?” Elliot continued to direct questions at her. Coincidentally, their car came to a stop

realized that the person Elliot was referring to was

in the other direction to look out of the window. At the same time, she shook her head firmly. “I don’t plan to get married. I plan to

sharp, stabbing pain in his heart upon hearing her words. She knows that I’m referring to myself and

own world and avoid another’s feelings.” Elliot spoke through gritted teeth as he directed his deep eyes at her. He

him. His current expression was exceptionally forbidding and his

at that point and after finishing her sentence, she remained quite annoyed so she continued on her tirade, “I told you this before. I don’t need you to repay me for anything, so could you please suppress your feelings for me? Nothing will come out of this relationship. Stop the car.

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