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.”

asked, the more she believed Anastasia 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 and black pencil skirt accentuated her shapely figure. There was

the gates opened, and Anastasia

more question from that lady, and I’d…

got into a cab

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

people were coming back from work when they arrived at the entrance of their community, and so Anastasia decided they should get out of the cab and walk

hand to find Oliver approaching them

just as surprised to find

live here. You too?”

Block 8.

“I’m at Block 10.”

this?” Jared asked

nice guy who returned my phone!” Anastasia smiled. She had brought it up to Jared over

you, Mr. Nice Guy!” Jared smiled

gotten off work?” Anastasia asked

I am.” With that, he tapped the

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

“Thanks!”

any computer problems. I

really appreciate that! Let me treat

Block 8, Oliver waved them

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

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

with the blink of an eye, and Felicia made an announcement that morning. The position of the Deputy Director has been

family and friends were well off, too, for they helped the retails under Alice’s management earn tens of

Alice glanced smugly at Anastasia. She had

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company will give our all to pull through this season. By the end of this month, everyone will be expected to

came in with a cup of coffee, meaning to

is now promoted to associate director, and she’s trying to make things hard for you in every aspect in the company. You should watch out in case you fall into her

for your concern, Felicia.” Anastasia pursed her lips and smiled,

to get one, then?” Out of curiosity, Felicie

models. It’s not very convenient to hail rides to and from work every day,

anything catch your

car ever since I got my license, so I’ve decided on this hatchback.” Anastasia pointed at a smaller BMW hatchback.

the afternoon, she went with Anastasia to look at the car in person. Anastasia gave it a test drive, and it was quite a decent experience. The performance was satisfactory, and the car looked nice and elegant with its white

on the spot, she paid the price in full with her card, and let the shop handle the

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

He was tackling a tricky project at the moment, so he was extremely busy. Anastasia could only wait until Oliver had more time before treating him to lunch.

had been very peaceful because it lacked one

Elliot!

initiative to appear in front of her,

subordinates didn’t get to meet him once in the span of a whole year, much

paused her actions before a domineering figure appeared in her mind. He should be

immediately shook her head. Why

bit her red lip and returned her attention to her draft. Just then, her landline rang. Anastasia looked up with her pretty eyes and hastily answered the call.

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

Yes, I’m done. You can come and take it back.” With that, Anastasia hung up,

was Elliot? I can’t

heartbeat quickened a little. She reached out and picked

month? I’ve already delayed your deadline by two days. Don’t you dare slack off” Alice’s voice went through the device, urging

overtime tonight, and I’ll try my best to submit it tomorrow,” Anastasia

still haven’t submitted it by 10am tomorrow, I’ll deduct your performance bonus. Humph!” Without saying goodbye, Alice

troubled. Alice was now starting to bully Anastasia with her new position as the associate director. She would use every small mistake

looked at the time, it was already 3.30pm. She was forced to give up and continue her work at home later

asked her about Elliot before, and she had told him that Elliot would be away on a business trip for one week. Unexpectedly, the little

he be having dinner at our house?” Jared had a look of

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again. Don’t miss him too much.”

guy pouted because

“I may be getting my car tomorrow, so when

the best in

work on tonight, so the little guy didn’t bother her.

a roll, but now, faced with the blue screen, she was at a loss.

submit her drafts by 10 am tomorrow. If she couldn’t complete her work tonight, Alice would deduct her

a car, and I’m tight on money. I need

with computers, but she couldn’t lug her computer out to be repaired, so she

and knew she

for around eight seconds before a bright male voice sounded on the other

a bunch of drafts to submit by tomorrow. Can you come over now and have

right there. Give me

course, of course.

all,”

bit. The little guy nodded. She also hastily changed out of her pajamas and into a casual T-shirt

Olive knocked on the door, and Anastasia welcomed him in. Oliver was wearing a clean blue plaid shirt paired with jeans. As a programmer, he had unusually thick black

Come in, come in! No need to change into indoor slippers.”

entered Anastasia’s bedroom.

fix your mommy’s computer first.” Oliver took the glass of water and set it aside, then began

noble black car pulled up at the entrance to the community. Rey glanced at the man in the back seat, who had his eyes closed. “President Presgrave, are you sure you don’t want to go home and rest for a while? You haven’t slept in the last 24

eyes. He had rushed

“Shall I accompany you?”

He was already a familiar face to the security guards, so the middle-aged

son. As the breeze

of Block 8. He had owned a key before, but Anastasia had retrieved it,

computer. She frowned a little when she heard the knock on the door. Who could possibly visit me at this

the afternoon, after all. Anastasia didn’t think twice, believing that it must be the worker. She walked over to the door and reached out to open it, only to be stunned right on the spot as she recognized the man standing under

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it be

dumbfounded for a few seconds. Then, she immediately frowned.

The man expressed that he went to her house

“My son is asleep. Try again next

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

huge hit. “Angry? Who? You can have meals with whoever you like, so what right do I have

a man’s voice came from the master bedroom. “Anastasia, do you have a screwdriver in your house? Can I borrow

darken his expression. There’s another man

house?”

eyebrow on purpose.

with an unfriendly gaze.

“Hey, Elliot—”

tower. Oliver was disassembling the motherboard when he suddenly

end, he couldn’t help but turn around to look. A tall and large man was standing at the door, staring

ran his palm against a sharp corner of the computer tower. A

saw Oliver checking his palm. She hastily pushed aside the

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

unfold, he felt like his heart had

her master bedroom fixing her computer late at night. Moreover,

nothing.

getting annoyed at a certain someone standing in the

someone put on a tight frown,

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

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

that moment, the little guy from the next room popped out. He

a warm smile. “Yes,

poked his head in and immediately exclaimed, “Is Mr.

again. Even the little guy is concerned about this man? Who’s he?

your computer to my house, and I’ll deliver it tomorrow morning. I promise I’ll

how could I trouble you to work overtime to fix

that, Oliver picked up Anastasia’s computer tower and went out. At the door, he

is so cold and

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same age, but how could this man command such a strong aura and have such an intense gaze? He knew right away that this man was someone he mustn’t offend, and he also thought that

Oliver off at the elevator and said with enthusiasm, “Oliver, I’ll treat you to lunch

tomorrow.” Oliver left with

around to meet the questioning gaze of the man standing at the door. She said calmly, “You should go back as well. It’s

is he, and why is he helping you fix your computer?” Elliot’s expression was grave, as if his

Oliver Shaw, 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 as he

it up and gave it back. Also, Mr. Shaw

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

Eliot was still a little upset. After all, he would never allow the existence of other men around

new car tomorrow. She said she’ll bring me on a drive!” Jared

“You bought a car? Do you

she was in

to bed. It’s already 10 pm, so what are you dallying

said knowingly, “Okay. Mommy, Mr. Presgrave, keep

soon as he closed the door, a certain forceful man gripped Anastasia’s arm. A low

holding. She struggled

meet someone with bad intentions, both of you will be in danger.” Elliot’s heart was bunched

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

she knew, the one who had taken the most advantage of her and disrespected her the most was

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

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

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

on him and asked out of concern, “H-How long has it been since you last

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