Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 221-230

Chapter 221

With that, Anastasia stepped back inside the room and shut the front door, leaving Elliot outside on his own.

Jared, on the other hand, was brought to the couch and lectured. The little boy pouted and finally mumbled after a long while, “But I like Mr. Presgrave.”

“Well, don’t. And never call him without my permission ever again. He’s a big boss, and he’s super busy, understand, Jared?”

Anastasia knew only by telling Jared Elliot was swamped with work that he would eventually stop approaching Elliot.

Jared nodded, expressing that he got it. But deep down, he genuinely liked Elliot, for he saw a father in that man. Oh, how he wished his mother would marry Elliot so that he could be his father.

Anastasia felt bad for her little boy despite reprimanding him, as it was her fault, to begin with. She shouldn’t have let Jared grow attached to Elliot.

She decided that she would never make such mistakes ever again. It was time she and Elliot drew a line. They shouldn’t be in this ambiguous relationship any longer.

Anastasia mulled over many things when she lay in bed that night, mainly about Elliot. She wondered when this man filled every corner of her mind, so much so that she couldn’t even chase him away.

But even so, she couldn’t let this go on. If she really couldn’t chase him away, she’d find another man to replace him. It was just a man. No matter how desperate she got, she would never share a man with Hayley.

To Anastasia, Elliot’s entire body was long enveloped in Hayley’s stench. It was the repulsive kind that would suffocate her as soon as she got three feet close.

That night, Hayley played drunk and brought Daniel to her room. Under her seduction, they rolled around in bed despite Daniel’s feigned rejection. Yes, Hayley did the deed that night as she proclaimed, just that it wasn’t with Elliot. While Daniel was asleep, Hayley took a few sneaky pictures. She could use them to fool Anastasia into thinking Elliot was sleeping with her.

After a night’s deliberation, Anastasia woke up with an eased mind the following morning. She wouldn’t have to worry anymore after she cleared her mind and planned out her future.

She had no time to waste on such things. She had to work hard and earn money, for her son was her everything.

Apart from Jared, no one was worth her time and energy.

Making money is the top priority.

It wasn’t until after Anastasia dropped Jared off at school that she realized she had left her sketches at home. With that, she headed back home to retrieve it. On her journey, she got a call from Felicia telling her to come in for a meeting.

After hanging up, Anastasia accidentally left her cell at the back of the cab, and soon after she got out, the cab driver picked up another passenger not far away. As soon as the young man opened the car door, he found a phone sitting in the back seat. Judging from the phone case, he assumed it belonged to a lady.

As soon as he unlocked the phone, a little boy’s face popped up, and his heart melted a little. With that, he called the last person the owner of this phone contacted.

Meanwhile, while Felicia was listening to her subordinate speak in the meeting, her phone buzzed. She took a gander at it and looked toward Anastasia with surprise. “Are you calling my number?”

Anastasia shook her head in response. “No!”

“But your ID is showing up on my phone.”

“Oh, no! I must have left my phone in the cab. Answer it.” Anastasia immediately got what was going on.

With that, Felicia answered the call. “Hello?”

“Hi, are you a friend of this phone’s owner? She left it in a cab.”

“I’m her boss. She happens to be right next to me. I’ll let her talk to you.” And Felicia handed her phone to Anastasia.

With that, Anastasia hurriedly took it and walked out of the conference room. “Hi, I’m the owner of the phone you found.”

“Hi, Miss. I’m running an errand. Why don’t you give me your address, and I’ll bring your phone to you later?” A clear and melodious young man’s voice sounded on the other end of the line.

“Thank you, but I should go and get it from you instead.”

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“I bet you work nearby! I’m at Crystal Enterprise. What about you?”

“I’m at Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier.”

“Wow! We work next to each other!” the man exclaimed.

Anastasia looked out the window and happened to see the Crystal Enterprise building right outside. With that, she smiled. “Yeah! I can see your office building from where I’m at!”

“In that case, I’ll wait for you in front of your office building at around eleven-thirty. Just come down by then.”

“Thank you so much!”

“No worries.”

With that, she hung up and returned to the conference room. After the meeting, Felicia leaned over with a smile. “You should treat the guy to lunch, no?”

Anastasia nodded at that. “That’s the plan.”

“He sounds like a handsome young man! I wonder if he actually is,” Felicia teased.

Anastasia, too, thought the young man sounded amiable. She bet he must be the aspirant, hard-working type. She had gone down and waited at eleven-twenty for the guy to come, glad that she encountered a stranger who would return her phone.

Just then, a cab pulled over at the entrance, and Anastasia looked up to find a guy in a plaid shirt coming out. He was a six-foot tall, handsome young man with a clean temperament and an affable look. He was stumped for a few seconds, for he saw Anastasia right as he looked up. With that, he blinked and asked with a smile, “Are you Miss Tillman?”

“Yes, that’s me.” Anastasia nodded and smiled.

At that, he pulled her phone out of his bag and handed it to her. “Here you go. You should check and see if there’s any damage. I’ve put it in my bag all this while.”

Anastasia was touched. Of course, she wasn’t going to check because she was already thankful to get her phone back.

“Thank you so much. If you’re not in a hurry, why don’t I treat you to lunch?”

“Please, call me Oliver. I’m a programmer, and I have to rush back for a meeting. So I’ll have to turn down your offer. But I hope we can be friends.” Oliver Shaw scratched his head, clearly a little flustered talking to a gorgeous lady.

“Sure. Let’s exchange numbers. Do let me treat you to a meal sometime,” Anastasia said enthusiastically.

After exchanging their contacts, Anastasia saw him off to the cab before returning to the lobby. She had to admit Oliver left a great impression on her.

What was more, she had a thing for clean, refreshing-looking guys since she was little.

As soon as she returned to her office, her intercom rang, and she answered it. “Hello, Anastasia speaking. Who is this on the line?”

“Come to my office.” A magnetic voice unique to Elliot sounded on the other end.

However, Anastasia didn’t want to see him. “I’m busy with work, President Presgrave. You can tell me on the phone.”

“I need to talk to you about something in person.”

“You can just tell me what it is, President.” Anastasia spoke with aloofness.

“I’ll go to your place for dinner tonight.” Elliot cut to the chase.

“I’ve decided to take Jared out for dinner tonight.”

“I’ll go with you guys then.”

“I’d like it to be just me and my son.”

“Let me treat you guys.”

“No, thanks.” With that, she wanted to end the call, but Elliot said, “I want to let you know that I’ll be on a business trip for a week.”

His words took Anastasia aback for a few seconds. He’s going to be away for a week? Great, I don’t have to see his face for one whole week!

“Shouldn’t you be telling Hayley this instead of me, President Presgrave? Surely she will miss you,” Anastasia reminded indifferently.

“And you won’t?” he asked.

“No,” Anastasia answered without a second thought. After all, she had decided to stay away from him once and for all.

“Heartless.” With that, he hung up, and his reaction got her stumped for a few seconds.

At three in the afternoon, Anastasia decided to leave work early to pick her son up.

When she arrived at the kindergarten, the gates were still closed, so she waited aside. Unfortunately, the friendly mother from last time bumped into her and approached her.

“Hi, Miss Tillman. You’re early today! Is your husband not with you?”

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Anastasia didn’t like answering such questions deep down, but she still had to out of politeness. “Yeah, he’s busy.”

“During the family sports day, your husband said he’s working in finance. Most people in this line of work are, like, super busy but super rich. What’s your job, Miss Tillman?” Clearly, she was idle chatting.

“I’m a stay-at-home mom.” Anastasia made up an answer, for she wasn’t a fan of background-check kind of questions.

“Where do you guys stay, then?”

“The block over there.” Anastasia pointed randomly.

“Your husband’s car costs a lot, doesn’t it?”

“His company loaned it to him.”

wasn’t well off since Anastasia enrolled her son in this kindergarten. Hence, she felt a little better, but when she sized Anastasia’s body and features up, she felt absolutely envious

visible, and her skin was crystal clear and fair—a typical beauty. She had long, silky, smooth hair, and her light gold blouse

gates opened, and Anastasia dashed to pick up

question from that

picking Jared up, the mother and son duo got into a cab and headed to

out, and the sky had already gone dark. With that, Anastasia hailed a cab

so Anastasia decided they should get out of the cab and

while holding Jared’s hand to find Oliver approaching them with a laptop bag on his

Anastasia was just as

too?” he

Block 8.

“I’m at Block 10.”

this?”

the nice guy who returned my phone!” Anastasia smiled. She had brought

you, Mr. Nice Guy!”

you just gotten off work?” Anastasia

all alone anyway, so it doesn’t matter where I am.” With that, he tapped the fob to enter, then held the door for the

was exceptionally thoughtful and courteous. Right then, he was sizing the boy Anastasia

“Thanks!”

for any computer problems. I deal with computers for

appreciate that! Let me treat you to

at Block 8, Oliver

was a much more cost-effective solution than having to hail a cab wherever she went. With the savings she could use, she could buy a two hundred

was a major decision for her. Hence, she decided to have a proper look at which car to get, which became something she was super serious about for the

with the blink of an eye,

at all surprised, for Alexia wasn’t Alice’s match at all. Alice had a wide connection, and her family and friends were well off, too, for they helped the retails under Alice’s management earn tens of millions

glanced smugly at Anastasia. She had now become Anastasia’s boss,

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expected to submit double of your usual workload. Also, make sure you show me the extent of

meeting, Felicia knocked on Anastasia’s office door and came in with

now promoted to associate director, and she’s trying to make things hard for you in every aspect in the company. You should

pursed her lips and smiled, grateful for a wonderful friend

of

to and from work every day, and the expenses add up quite a lot as well.

catch your fancy?

got my license, so I’ve decided on this hatchback.” Anastasia pointed at a smaller BMW hatchback. It was right within

she went with Anastasia to look at the car in person. Anastasia gave it a test drive, and it was

she finally decided on this model. Right on the spot, she paid the price in full with her card, and let the shop handle the paperwork and whatnot before going back to the company with

Anastasia was also looking forward to the first car she would own in her

but this programmer never really had time. He was tackling a tricky project at the moment, so he was extremely busy. Anastasia could only wait until Oliver

been very peaceful because it

Elliot!

front of her, Anastasia would have a zero chance of

didn’t get to meet him once in the span

in the blink of an eye. Halfway through her drafting, Anastasia paused her actions before a domineering figure appeared in her mind. He should be

head. Why am

Just then, her landline rang. Anastasia looked up with her pretty eyes and

signing the document sent to you just now?” Grace’s voice

come and take it back.” With

was Elliot? I can’t believe how much this dude

heartbeat quickened a little. She reached out and picked up the call. “Hello, who is

month? I’ve already delayed your deadline by two

try my

still haven’t submitted it by 10am tomorrow,

to bully Anastasia with her new position as the

pad, but when she looked at the time, it was already 3.30pm. She was forced to give

about Elliot before, and she had told him that Elliot would be away on a

Presgrave come back today? Will he be having dinner at our house?”

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busy man, Jared. He might never be coming again. Don’t miss him too much.” Anastasia looked at

I miss him.” The little guy pouted

right?” Anastasia said, then continued in a happier tone, “I may be getting my car tomorrow, so when I’ve gotten

Sure! All the best in your driving,

didn’t bother her. Anastasia continued working on her draft in her room

on a roll, but now, faced with the blue screen, she was at a loss. What’s going on? What

submit her drafts by 10 am tomorrow.

I just bought a car, and I’m

immediately thought of someone: Oliver from Block 10. He was good with computers, but she couldn’t lug her computer out to be repaired,

looked at the time and knew she had to

for around eight seconds before

screen, but I have a bunch of drafts to submit by tomorrow. Can you come over now and have a look at it for me?”

I’ll be right there.

of course.

at all,” Oliver said

her son that Oliver would be here to repair the computer in a bit. The little guy nodded. She also hastily changed out of her

with jeans. As a programmer, he had unusually thick black hair, which gave him a cheerful and cool aura when coupled

here, Oliver! Come in, come in! No need to change into

thumb drive with him as he entered Anastasia’s bedroom. The little guy also came over to watch as he passed Oliver a glass of water. “Mr. Shaw,

your mommy’s computer first.” Oliver took the glass of water

back seat, who had his eyes closed. “President

his eyes. He had rushed back just

“Shall I accompany you?”

car door and got out. He was already a familiar face to the

colored with fatigue, he appeared to be in a good mood at the thought of the mother and son. As the breeze

to unit number 1502 on the 15th floor of Block 8. He had owned a key before, but

the bedroom, intently watching Oliver repair her computer. She frowned a little when she heard the knock on the door. Who could possibly

think twice, believing that it must be

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it be

dumbfounded for a few seconds. Then, she immediately

him.” The man expressed that he went to

way. “My son is asleep. Try

his beautiful eyes narrowing. “You’re mad just because I had a

her eyes and glared at him, as if she had taken a huge hit. “Angry? Who? You can have meals with whoever you like, so what right do I have to be

the master bedroom. “Anastasia, do you have a screwdriver in your

the entrance to darken his expression. There’s another man in this

house?” Elliot

computer. After some quick thinking, she raised her eyebrow on purpose. “President Presgrave, it’s not the best time

unfriendly gaze. Then, he pushed her

“Hey, Elliot—”

the door of the master bedroom and saw a man crouching and working on the computer tower. Oliver was disassembling the motherboard when he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, as if

help but turn around to look. A tall and large man was standing at

startled and accidentally ran his palm against a sharp corner of the computer tower.

hastily pushed aside the man blocking the entrance. “Oliver, did you hurt your hand?

over and gripped Oliver’s palm. She felt terribly sorry at the sight of the wound. “Wait here. I’ll

the scene unfold, he felt like his heart had

master bedroom fixing her computer late at night. Moreover, this man just got a little scratch on his hand, but she was

“It’s fine. It’s nothing. Just get me

a certain someone standing in the way,

someone put on a tight frown, glaring daggers

met his gaze and instantly realized what people meant by the overpowering contempt of a king. He was so shaken

Anastasia came in with her medicine kit. She hastily opened it and took Oliver’s hand as she disinfected his

from the next room popped out. He exclaimed in surprise, “Mr. Presgrave! How

immediately switched to a warm smile. “Yes, I passed by your home, so I came up

is here.” The little guy poked his head in and immediately exclaimed,

the little guy is concerned about this man? Who’s he? I have only been away for a week, and they

move your computer to my house, and I’ll deliver it tomorrow

already so tired from work, so how could I

to work faster if I bring your device home. Do rest early, you guys.” With that, Oliver picked up

gaze is so

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have such an intense gaze? He knew right away that this man was someone

saw Oliver off at the elevator and said with enthusiasm, “Oliver,

Oliver left with the computer tower in

questioning gaze of the man standing at the door. She said calmly, “You should go back

fix your computer?” Elliot’s expression was

and he’s a neighbor. He’s a decent fellow who’s excellent at his job.” Anastasia quickly introduced, then felt a little annoyed. Why did she bother explaining? He could misunderstand as much

next to us. A week ago, my mommy left her phone in a cab, and Mr. Shaw was the one who picked it up

Go to sleep.” Anastasia felt like her son was a busybody, as he had no obligation to

still a little upset. After all, he would never

new car tomorrow.

woman. “You

had gotten it six years ago when she was in her second year of college, but she just never had a chance to drive

already 10 pm, so what are you

Presgrave,

went back to his room. As soon as he closed the door, a certain forceful man gripped Anastasia’s arm. A low voice warned, “Anastasia, don’t let people you don’t know in your house in the future.

wrist, which the man was holding. She struggled a little. “Oliver isn’t a bad

meet someone with bad intentions, both of you will be in danger.” Elliot’s heart was bunched up in anxiety. Does she not have the slightest bit of wariness toward danger at

to judge people, and to her, Oliver was considered a good person. “You’re also a very dangerous man to me. Please leave!” Anastasia took a step backward and tried to chase him out

all the men she knew, the one who had taken the most

me crash on your couch.” Elliot didn’t want to leave because he was beat. In reality, he had finished his work beforehand so that he could

leave her house. “Elliot, stop fooling around and go home right now.” Anastasia reached out and tugged

look at her, and when she peered into his eyes, she was shocked. This man’s beautiful eyes were bloodshot, as if he had stayed

asked out of concern,

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