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.”

enrolled her son in this kindergarten. Hence, she felt a little better, but

long, silky, smooth hair, and her light

then, the gates opened, and Anastasia

question from that lady,

and son duo got into a cab and headed to the mall near home for

time they came out, and the sky had already gone dark. With that, Anastasia hailed a

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

Oliver approaching them with a laptop bag on his

just as surprised to

You too?” he

I live in Block 8. What

“I’m at Block 10.”

this?” Jared asked

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

Mr. Nice Guy!” Jared

off

that, he tapped the fob to enter, then held the door for the

Right then, he was sizing the boy Anastasia was holding hands with. “Your son sure is a handsome

“Thanks!”

any computer problems. I

Let me

at Block 8, Oliver

It was a much more cost-effective solution than having to hail a cab wherever

which car to get, which

was away on a business trip, he hadn’t attended the recent meetings. Five days passed with the blink of an eye, and Felicia made

match at all. Alice had a wide connection, and her family

Alice glanced smugly at Anastasia. She had now become Anastasia’s

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this month, everyone will be expected to submit double of your usual workload. Also, make sure you show me the extent of your capabilities, and don’t

the meeting, Felicia knocked on Anastasia’s office door and came in with a cup of coffee, meaning to

things hard for you in every aspect in the company. You should watch out in

her lips and smiled, grateful

You decided to get one, then?” Out of

some models. It’s not very convenient to hail rides to and from work every day, and the expenses add up quite a lot as well.

catch your fancy?

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

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

and 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

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

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

Anastasia’s life had been very peaceful because it lacked one

Elliot!

take the initiative to appear in front of her, Anastasia would have a zero

this man dwelled only in high-ranking areas. Even his own subordinates didn’t get to meet him once in the

an eye. Halfway through her drafting, Anastasia paused her actions before a domineering figure appeared in her mind. He should be back from his business trip

head. Why am I

returned her attention to her draft. Just then, her landline rang. Anastasia looked up with her pretty eyes and

sent to you just now?” Grace’s

back.” With that, Anastasia hung up, then slapped her head in

me? Did I just hope that it was Elliot? I

little. She reached out and picked

drafts for this month? I’ve already delayed your deadline by two

tonight, and I’ll try my best

on you. If you still haven’t submitted it by 10am tomorrow, I’ll deduct your performance bonus.

to bully Anastasia with her new position as the associate director. She would use every small

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

asked her about Elliot before, and she had told him that Elliot would be away on a business trip for

Will he be having dinner at our house?” Jared had

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man, Jared. He might never be coming again. Don’t miss him too much.” Anastasia looked at her son with a serious expression, trying

him.” The little guy pouted because

a happier tone, “I may be getting my car tomorrow, so when I’ve gotten the hang of it, let’s go

Sure! All the best

guy didn’t bother her. Anastasia continued working on her draft

with the blue screen, she was at a loss. What’s going on? What about

arms and groaned. It was 9 pm, but she had to submit her drafts by 10 am tomorrow. If she couldn’t complete her work tonight, Alice would deduct her performance bonus

bought a car, and I’m tight on money. I

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

at the time and knew she had

around eight seconds before

have time now? My computer just got the blue screen, but I have a bunch of drafts to

I’ll be right there. Give

course. Sorry for

all,” Oliver

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

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

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

a 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,

computer first.” Oliver took the glass of water and set it aside, then began to

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

opened his eyes. He had rushed

“Shall I accompany you?”

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

of the mother and son. As the breeze grazed across his face, he walked toward his destination. I wonder if that ungrateful woman

on the 15th floor of Block 8. He had owned a key before, but Anastasia had retrieved it, so he could only

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

door in 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

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it

a few seconds. Then, she immediately frowned. “Why are you

him.” The man

his way. “My son

the door, his beautiful eyes narrowing. “You’re mad just because I had

huge hit. “Angry? Who? You can have meals with whoever you like, so what right do I have to be mad at you? I’m nobody

then, a man’s voice came from the master bedroom. “Anastasia, do you have a screwdriver in your

darken his expression. There’s

man in your house?”

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

with an unfriendly gaze. Then, he pushed her out of his

“Hey, Elliot—”

Oliver was disassembling the motherboard when

and large man was standing at the

palm against a sharp corner

hastily pushed aside

Oliver’s palm. She felt terribly sorry at the sight of the

felt like his

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

hurriedly, “It’s fine. It’s nothing. Just get me a screwdriver,

at a certain someone standing in the way, said, “Elliot, can you not get

on a tight frown, glaring daggers

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

her medicine kit. She hastily opened it and took Oliver’s hand as she disinfected his wound, then wrapped the

guy from the next room popped out.

on Elliot’s handsome face immediately switched to a warm smile. “Yes, I passed by

Presgrave is here.” The little guy poked his head in and

guy is concerned about this man? Who’s he? I have only been

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

You’re already so tired from work, so how could I trouble you to work overtime to fix

at home, so I’ll be able to work faster if I bring your device home. Do rest early, you guys.” With that, Oliver picked up Anastasia’s computer tower and went out. At the door, he looked at Elliot out of courtesy but was met with

gaze is so cold

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a strong aura and have such an intense gaze? He

enthusiasm, “Oliver, I’ll treat you to lunch tomorrow. Be sure to

See you tomorrow.” Oliver left with the computer

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

you fix your

a decent fellow who’s excellent at his job.” Anastasia quickly introduced, then felt a little

and Mr. Shaw was the one who picked it up and gave it back. Also, Mr. Shaw is super good at computers. Mommy’s

to sleep.” Anastasia felt like her son was a busybody,

all, he would never allow the existence of

get her new car tomorrow. She said she’ll bring me on a

“You bought a car?

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

what are you dallying around for?”

knowingly, “Okay. Mommy, Mr. Presgrave, keep chatting! Don’t fight, all right? I’m

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

struggled a little. “Oliver isn’t a

have any indecent thoughts about you? There’s only you and Jared at home, so if you 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

person. “You’re also

one who had taken the most advantage of

In reality, he had finished his work beforehand so that he could return as soon as possible.

stunned. She had just talked about how dangerous he was, but now he was refusing to leave her house. “Elliot, stop fooling around and go home right now.” Anastasia reached out and tugged at

she peered into his eyes, she was shocked. This man’s beautiful eyes were bloodshot,

of concern, “H-How long has it been

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