Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 311-320

Chapter 311

“It’s the annual board meeting. It is of the utmost importance, so do take a day off and attend,” Francis said solemnly.

Since she didn’t have much planned for the day as well, Anastasia called Felicia to request a day off before driving over to Francis’ company.

At around 10:00AM, she entered the conference room that was located in his company to join the rest of the attendees. Alex was seated next to her for the board meeting and although he was of a young age, all the directors were full of praise for him as he was indeed capable and had made significant contributions to the company.

He fought for a place on the board with his capabilities, but his attention today was captured by Anastasia. She wore a white shirt with a black skirt, which was both simple and elegant. With her long hair draped behind her, she looked stunning.

Anastasia was merely playing the role of an audience at the meeting as she listened to her father’s presentation of their latest project. Elliot’s name came to mind as she listened since this project was obtained with his assistance.

Meanwhile, Elliot was with Rey in the office on the eighth floor of Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier. He dialed Anastasia’s office number as soon as he sat down, but it went unanswered.

What is she doing?

Then, he took out his phone and dialed her number, which went unanswered as well. He was starting to become annoyed. This woman is not picking up my call now?

“Check to see whether Anastasia is in her office,” he instructed Rey while sitting in front of a stack of documents.

Rey immediately went straight to the Department of Design and after enquiring Anastasia’s assistant, Grace, he learned that Anastasia had taken a day off.

He relayed this information to Elliot. With that, Elliot immediately gave Felicia a call to ask about this.

“Anastasia said she’ll be going to her father’s company,” she answered honestly.

Hearing that, Elliot’s face darkened because he remembered Alex, who was in Tillman Constructions too.

Alex was both Francis’ right hand and his most trusted subordinate. Francis had already begun training Alex to oversee all company affairs for Alex to be Anastasia’s assistant when she took the company over in the future.

In addition to that, Elliot had also discovered Alex’s feelings toward Anastasia since the previous Tillman Constructions’ annual event.

Both Alex and Anastasia had previously gone on a dinner date and he even sent her loving messages as well, but she still happily went to see him.

The more he thought about it, the more dissatisfied Elliot became. He was putting in all his efforts to court her, but she didn’t reciprocate and even turned herself to another man!

“President Presgrave, are you going to Tillman Constructions to look for Miss Tillman?” Rey asked curiously.

It was something Elliot would normally do, but he was hesitant to lower his ego today. A relationship should be a two-way street; if he was the only one making an effort, nothing would come of it.

“I’m not going to,” he replied with his face looking solemn.

Meanwhile, at Tillman Constructions, Anastasia was having lunch with her father together with the other shareholders. Due to the meeting, her phone had been on silent mode earlier and it was only now that she was able to check it. A few missed calls appeared on her screen, and seeing that, she couldn’t help but to be surprised.

Elliot called? Why did he call?

She considered returning his call, but after a brief hesitation, she decided not to because there appeared to be nothing urgent.

After the meal, she wanted to return to work, but Francis insisted on taking her to the new project with him, so she had no choice but to oblige and accompany him to the site. Alex was with her the entire day and he appeared to be more excited and happy than usual.

When they were at the site, her helmet didn’t seem to be properly buckled, so he helped her with it. She shyly allowed him to do so since it was a windy day and the wind was constantly blowing through her hair. Her skin appeared fair and smooth in the bright sunlight and along with her red lips, they made Alex lose his heart to her.

“Thank you,” Anastasia gratefully said.

“You’re welcome.” Alex’s burning gaze was locked on her and he could not take his eyes off her any more for the rest of the day.

Anastasia, on the other hand, was too preoccupied with helping her father to notice Alex’s persistent gaze.

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She was still with Francis at 4:00PM and couldn’t make it back to her company in time to take her car before picking up Jared. In light of this, he directed Alex to drive her to Jared’s school and all of them could have dinner together tonight. As she was pressed for time and her car was still parked at her workplace, she had no other option but to accept Alex’s help.

Meanwhile, in Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier, the man who had been sulking all day decided to head to Jared’s school as well to see whether he would run into Anastasia by chance, and also to visit Jared’s new school.

As the atelier was nearer, they had arrived at the school ahead of time. Rey found a perfect parking spot and Elliot perused his work documents in the car while waiting for Anastasia to come to pick up Jared.

At around 4.30PM, Rey was observing the crowd that arrived to pick up their children. Finally, he saw Anastasia with a man beside her.

“President Presgrave, Miss Tillman is here.” He alerted the man on the seat behind.

Hearing that, Elliot dropped his document and looked out the window at the woman in the crowd, but the moment he saw her, he became furious. Why did she bring Alex along?

At the school’s entrance, the children ran around like little beasts who had just been let out of their cages. One small boy was running toward Anastasia and almost collided with her, but in her attempt to avoid him, she fell in the direction of Alex. He instinctively reached out with his hand and held her waist as she unceremoniously stepped on his leather shoes.

She hurriedly raised her head and asked in concern with her hand on Alex’s arm, “I’m sorry. Did I hurt you?”

“No.” He shook his head with a smile.

Yet, Anastasia felt apologetic. “I’m really sorry about that.”

“It’s fine, don’t worry.” In fact, Alex enjoyed watching her concerned gaze.

In the car, the man who initially wanted to step down from the car looked even angrier. The flirting duo had enraged him so much that looking at them hurt his eyes.

Rey was thinking the same thing. Is Miss Tillman bent on enraging President Presgrave?

“Do you want to go down and look for Miss Tillman, President Presgrave?” he reminded Elliot.

Elliot already had his stomach full of resentment and rage. The more he saw them, the more he felt that all his efforts toward Anastasia during this period of time went down the drain. She was getting along so well with Alex behind his back. Elliot had never seen her smiling so coquettishly at him before, like how she did to Alex.

From his vantage point, he didn’t notice Anastasia stepping on Alex’s shoes; for him, they were flirting instead.

After picking up Jared, Anastasia took the child’s hand in hers and Alex was beside them. For afar, they looked just like a close-knit family.

And such a scene pricked Elliot’s heart and irritated his eyes.

“Miss Tillman is leaving, President Presgrave. Are you sure you do not want to go down?” Rey asked anxiously. As long as Elliot went down, there would be no place for that man.

Whether it was in terms of attractiveness, figure, or wealth, the man next to Anastasia was completely incomparable to Elliot.

Elliot watched the three of them leave the school with cold eyes and clenched teeth. His fist, which was clenched tightly, never loosened for a second, as if he was about to fight someone the next second.

Of course he considered getting out of the car and chasing Alex away, leaving him as the only guardian for Anastasia and Jared.

His dignity, however, forbade him from doing so. Do I need to compete with Alex? Is it necessary for me to stoop so low to fight with a man who is totally not comparable to me?

Since she did not value his feelings at all, it would be nothing more than a joke even if he managed to win her over.

Am I not worthy of her love? Not worthy to be cherished by her? Or I have put in so much effort that she had taken me for granted?

“Drive home,” he ordered Rey.

“It’s not too late, President Presgrave, to catch up with them.” From the rearview mirror, Rey noticed Anastasia had just gotten into the car and was confident that he would be able to block her as soon as he stepped on the accelerato

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“Let’s go.” Elliot’s tone became solemn as it was clear that he took it to heart.

With that, Rey had no choice but to follow his instructions and left using another exit.

On the other hand, Alex brought Anastasia and Jared to meet Francis whereby the three of them had dinner near the company. Then, she returned with Jared at around 8.30PM.

After they arrived home, she was busy showering her son and checking his homework. Before she even realized it, it was already 9.30PM, whereupon she tucked her son to bed.

It was only after Jared fell asleep that she went back to room and yawned all the way there. Just before she headed off to bed, she scrolled through her phone and recalled Elliot’s missed call. Looking at the screen, she wondered whether she should ask Elliot why he had called her.

However, it was already past 10.00PM. If she were to text him, she would be disturbing his rest.

Well, let’s see how things go tomorrow, she thought.

It was a new day the next morning.

Anastasia rushed to her workplace after dropping Jared off at his school.

She was already in her office at about 10.00AM and reading all of her unread emails when Grace suddenly entered without even knowing on the door.

“Anastasia!” Grace supported herself on the table with her hands, as if she had heard something shocking.

“What happened?” Anastasia asked as she blinked at Grace.

“Miss Dora, who is new here, received a bouquet of blue roses! Do you know who sent it to her?”

‘Who?” Anastasia raised her teacup and asked, seemingly uninterested.

To that, Grace responded with envy. “I heard that it’s from President Presgrave.”

When Anastasia heard that, she almost choked on her tea. She quickly swallowed it and pretended to be calm. “Well, President Presgrave is always on the lookout for newcomers!”

Grace stared at her. “Anastasia, aren’t you jealous?”

It was a question that Anastasia found amusing. “Why should I be?”

This answer of hers stunned Grace. Being someone unrelated, she was slightly dissatisfied with the situation, so how could Anastasia not feel anything?

Anastasia was aware of Aliona’s identity. Since she is the daughter of Elliot’s late father’s close friend and her first day in the company, it is perfectly normal for Elliot to send her flowers.

With such a thought in her mind, Anastasia opened her unfinished sketch and wanted to devote her mind into it.

front of her, she felt as if her mind was blank with no inspiration. She had no

herself when she didn’t know where to begin. Following that, she went to the dessert bar to get some afters, knowing that the newly introduced dessert was

as she sat down, she heard a voice mocking her from behind her. “It

She was holding her cup of coffee and staring at Anastasia with those eyes

entertain her and merely continued eating the

increased Alice’s arrogance. “Anastasia, I heard that President Presgrave has a new target now. Don’t be too sad about it. Men are like that; they’ll ditch the previous one once they

remained ignoring

no fun

workplace where both of them took the table by the window. Not long after they sat down, Felicia was shocked to see a couple walking

attention. “Look at that car

was pointing at and replied, “Kind

heard a clear woman’s voice. “Director Evans and Anastasia,

It was Aliona.

Elliot standing next to Aliona in the restaurant, her heart twitched for a

is in the private room.” Aliona waved to both Felicia and Anastasia before intentionally turning around to knock into Elliot’s

he added while extending his

the private room in front of Anastasia. With this, Anastasia suddenly realized the reason why Felicia had diverted her attention earlier. Was she worried

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a big deal. It’s perfectly normal for a superior to have a meal with his subordinate. Who knows that they may even be relatives?” Felicia attempted to

response. Acting as if she wasn’t affected, she answered, “They are not relatives. Aliona’s father was a close

Felicia had no idea what to

was alright too. In fact, she believed she was genuinely unaffected and

competition is quite pressing. Do you have any

sketched the first draft and will give it to

the jewelry show. I hope that you will be able to make a name for yourself through

could attain some achievement in this industry and carve a name for

at the private

would lay his hands on her. Perhaps he was planning how to take

imagination and started picturing Elliot pressing Aliona against the wall, trying to kiss her. The image she pictured

and had only a few bites of the food

too.” Felicia wanted to bring her

happily supporting her chin with her hand on the table in the private room. “I’m so

father that I’ll take good care of

Oh, were you

with a nod. “It was to welcome you as a new employee

you. I love it!” Despite her broad smile, Aliona was disappointed in her heart.

is spreading rumors about us. Do you think

work.” Elliot appeared to be deep in thought

She smiled, her lips pursed. Such

the road after leaving the restaurant, her thoughts wandered and Felicia had to hold her across the pathway. Once she reached her office, she heaved a deep breath and sat on her seat.

and entered. In hushed tones, she said, “President Presgrave had lunch

obvious to everyone! He sent her flowers and took her out for lunch, not fearing that the entire company would know. Is

such matters anymore. I’m not

that, Grace puffed her cheeks and replied, “Okay,

her brows, attempting to chase her messy thoughts away so that she could focus on

received Felicia’s call. “We’ll have a meeting

on her hand. Though they were meant to welcome her, she wondered if they meant

all, he did not reject her invitation for lunch earlier. Perhaps I overestimated how important Anastasia is to

Thus, sooner or later, he would be

In the president’s office.

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cheerful smile toward Alex the day before. With that, he did not intend to explain to her about his flower gift to Aliona this morning as well as his

made no mention of her meeting with Alex the

needed to make her

wasn’t a coincidence either. He was the one who instructed Rey to find where she was. After knowing she was having lunch with Felicia at the restaurant across the road, Aliona happened to invite Elliot for

this moment, his office phone rang,

is having a meeting. Do you want to join?” Felicia

replied. After he hung up the phone, his gaze twitched, as if he was thinking of something.

Felicia immediately called Anastasia after finishing her

a while, Felicia,” Anastasia’s voice resonated from the

you, Anastasia, that President Presgrave will be attending

too? Is he doing so for Aliona and trying to mesmerize her in every

Anastasia took a deep breath and walked toward

her seat in the conference room. She had everyone’s attention since

gaze was drawn to her—some were sympathetic, some were mocking, and others were simply rejoicing in her misfortune. She, like Aliona, had taken on a

last seat and sat down. Knowing that everyone was staring at her, she lowered her head and played with her

“Why are you sitting at the back,

door was opened again and an imposing

simply but elegantly in a white shirt and pants. Walking with his long legs, he exuded such a commanding

took a seat next to Aliona after surveying the room. The corners

retracting her gaze. All she saw was his attractive side face while

letting out a light cough. She began by reviewing

gaze scanned the room before settling on the woman seated in the last seat behind him. Her head was bowed,

pretended to be emotionless as she bit her pen

he felt her intention, his lips pursed as he seemed to

of applause. Her designed products are always the most popular.”

Several clapping sounds followed.

lot to learn from Anastasia,” Aliona said with a

at least appeared to be so, because

hand, was filled with jealousy. She had always been unwilling to accept

you have anything to add, President Presgrave?” Felicia smilingly

now. Aliona, come to my office.” He

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out by him publicly, Aliona pretended to be shy and nodded. She then replied with a sweet

President Presgrave treats you well,”

Aliona replied smilingly. Then,

as well. For unknown reasons, she did not hold her notebook tightly and

offended.” Alice took advantage of the situation to

and calmly picked

Alice had no intention of letting Anastasia off the hook so easily. “Isn’t being

the conference room in the midst of Alice’s mockery. Offended? Me?

a few times where she had been taken advantage of several times by him as well. Those

to revise her sketch. However,

imagined Aliona in Elliot’s office with this man eagerly pressing Aliona down

wanting to chase these messy thoughts away. What has happened to me? I must have been with this man for too long that I started having these

at this instant and she answered it immediately,

your place for dinner tonight. Prepare my

seemed to pull her rage from the air and responded indifferently, “Tonight I’m not going to cook. President Presgrave, please eat your

you not cooking?” he

she

Drive carefully when you’re picking Jared up

responded,

just ended a call couldn’t stop smiling because he knew that

close with Alex. Since she had enraged

returned home. She bought sausages on the

Should we buy more?”

coming, and he won’t be coming anymore in the

immediately widened as he inquired,

busy.” She simply stuffed him with an excuse. She couldn’t possibly tell her son that Elliot was busy dating,

regretted allowing him to become so close with Elliot in the first place, as he had grown attached to Elliot and even bore expectations for Elliot as well. She

the sausages, Jared knew that she was busy and he played by

images kept on appearing

breath, his domineering strength, his possessive gaze,

again and had tried a variety

domineering kiss from Elliot became vivid in her mind, and the more she thought about them, the angrier she became. Who was he to kiss her so many times? Why didn’t she refuse

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mention, all of these things were the ones that he would do to Aliona as well. Perhaps he had also brought her to the

Would they both be emotionally and physically

closed her eyes, attempting to quiet her mind. Having such a vivid imagination was not a good thing since she already had all sorts

was like a wild wolf, never satisfied with what he

how long it had been before she finally fell asleep due to exhaustion. However, even in her dreams, she saw Elliot and Aliona behaving intimately at every possible location she could think of:

she had no idea that her brows were furrowed

she immediately opened her eyes. Her dreams remained vivid and the last thing she

was furious. Why did Elliot become

cup of coffee, she immediately sent Jared to

even fight for it. In the end, she was late and lost the prize subsequently. Feeling hopeless,

And it’s a big bouquet this

must be from President

him, who would

the volume of their voices. “Miss Dora is so blissful now! Who knows that she might be

she would definitely

wasn’t from Elliot. Instead, it was from Riley. Everyone outside had assumed it was from Elliot and she didn’t want to clarify because rumors could sometimes become true when

down her bag and called Grace.

was determined to finish her work. She couldn’t let Elliot and Aliona’s relationship

her office phone rang.

sounded from the other end of

Anastasia did not want to see him. “We can talk over

work.” He hung up the

while biting her lower lip, remembering

the president’s office. He was dressed in a charcoal black suit with

was the most handsome man in a

for me, President

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