Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 371-380

Chapter 371

As soon as Grace left, Anastasia looked at Elliot as the man stood in front of her. Even though she tried hard to control her expression, she couldn’t contain the bitterness that spread in her heart.

Suddenly, Elliot let out a cough, which caused Rey to remind him, “President Presgrave, you forgot to take your medicine this morning.”

Anastasia’s gaze immediately locked on Elliot. For some reason, after two days of not seeing him, she felt that he had lost weight and his face had paled. Did he catch a cold?

He shook his head. When he looked at her, she quickly turned away, not wanting him to think that she was worried.

“I’m here to make a statement too,” uttered Elliot in a low voice.

“Okay. Go ahead!” After saying that, Anastasia turned around and wanted to leave.

Rey quickly took the opportunity to offer, “Miss Tillman, let me send you off.”

As she walked toward her car, he followed suit and said, “Please be gentle with President Presgrave. He’s sick.”

“Anyone can fall sick. Isn’t that normal?” Anastasia turned to him.

“No, President Presgrave is suffering from a severe cold and a heart problem this time. Ever since he returned from saving you that day, he hasn’t slept for two days. He started coughing last night and he doesn’t look well either. After a check-up, they discovered a problem with his cardiac regulation,” explained Rey.

As she tightened her grip on the door handle, she uttered, “Tell him to take his medication on time!”

“Sure. Drive safely, Miss Tillman.” Rey had mentioned everything that he had to say.

Once Anastasia left the police station, she drove to her father’s company. Throughout the drive, all she could think of was Elliot’s pale face. He’s an adult! How can he forget to take his medication? Even my son can remember such an easy task.

When Anastasia arrived at Tillman Constructions, she entered her father’s office. There were a few key personnel in a meeting with him as he instructed her to take a seat and sit in for the meeting.

She tried her best to understand their conversation. However, she wasn’t familiar with the construction industry at all, so she had a hard time comprehending the minutes of their meeting.

At lunchtime, Alex came. The moment he saw Anastasia, he couldn’t help but feel butterflies in his stomach like he usually did.

Knowing that Anastasia and Elliot would never end up together, Francis eagerly attempted to matchmake Alex with his daughter again.

Alex was a sensitive person, so he was ecstatic when he heard from Francis that he had a chance to woo her again!

Though he didn’t know why Anastasia had broken up with Elliot, it was still an ending that he anticipated!

“Anastasia, I’ll let Alex accompany you in the afternoon while I meet some friends,” said Francis to Anastasia.

She nodded in response. After experiencing the event that followed after picking up her son last time, Alex intentionally brought her for a tour of one of the departments. As expected, when Anastasia realized it was time to pick her son up from school, they didn’t have time to finish the tour.

“I should leave to pick Jared up now. Can you send me to his school, Alex?”

“Of course!” exclaimed Alex.

Then, he drove her to pick her son up where he silently observed her on the way there. He noticed how she looked gloomy throughout the car ride. It was obvious that she was having a rough time in her relationship.

When they arrived at the school, Anastasia rushed out of the car to meet Jared and left her phone in the car.

Two minutes after she left, her phone rang. Alex grabbed her phone and saw Elliot’s name on the screen. He picked it up intentionally and said, “Hello, President Presgrave? I’m sorry to inform you that Anastasia’s phone isn’t with her.”

“Who are you?” Elliot’s voice sounded chilly.

“I’m Alex Hunter. We’ve met before, President Presgrave.”

“Where is she?” an unhappy Elliot questioned.

“She’s gone to pick Jared up, and I’m waiting for her at the school gates. Is there something you want to tell her? I’ll pass on the message for you.”

“It’s fine.”After saying that, Elliot hung up the call.

Hearing that, Alex smirked. His purpose was to create a false impression that he was close with Anastasia so that Elliot would be jealous and disappointed in her.

Little did he know that this phone call was more than just a disappointment to Elliot.

Elliot, who was sitting in Rey’s car, suddenly felt suffocated and started coughing violently. Seeing that, Rey quickly parked his car by the roadside and opened the backseat door while asking, “President Presgrave, are you alright?”

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Elliot grabbed his collar, closed his eyes, and gasped, “It hurts!”

“Should I take you to the hospital?” Rey was so anxious upon seeing Elliot. It was his first time seeing Elliot so weak, after all.

“Send me to Anastasia’s house.” Doctors and their prescriptions couldn’t cure Elliot. In fact, Anastasia was the only one who could heal him.

“Don’t hold on anymore. You should go to the hospital this time,” Rey urged anxiously.

“I am well aware of my own body.” Elliot shut his eyes and ordered, “Send me there.”

Is Alex planning to have a meal or visit Anastasia’s house by sending her and Jared back home? Or is he trying to take the opportunity to take advantage of Anastasia?

He was a man, so he knew what other men thought. Moreover, he had been someone like that in the past.

Therefore, he had to drive Alex away, even if that meant being despised and resented by Anastasia.

Since he was unable to persuade him, Rey could only start the car and silently hope that Anastasia wouldn’t do something to provoke Elliot anymore.

After Anastasia entered the car with Jared, Alex asked, “Miss Tillman, should I send you home or pick up your car at the office?”

“Just send us home!” Since the next day was a weekend, Anastasia figured that she didn’t need the car, and she didn’t want to go back and forth with Jared.

Hearing that, Alex was delighted. He quickly thought about excuses to be invited into her house.

“By the way, you left your phone in the car just now. President Presgrave gave you a call.” Alex pretended to be reminded of the call.

“What did he say?” Anastasia inquired with a frown.

“He didn’t say anything in detail. Perhaps it was me who answered the call, so he didn’t sound happy. He just hung up the call,” Alex deliberately described Elliot as a cold person.

Anastasia knew Elliot well, and it did seem like something he would do.

When they arrived at Anastasia’s housing area, Alex suddenly asked urgently, “Miss Tillman, may I use your washroom? It’s a little urgent.”

Of course, Anastasia felt bad to reject him, so she nodded. “Sure. Come on, then!”

“Jared, is your bag heavy? Should I help you carry it?” Alex quickly tried to befriend Jared, wanting to win him over.

In response, Jared shook his little head and answered, “Nope. I can carry it myself.”

Though Jared was young, he could tell that Alex was trying to win over his mom’s heart. It wasn’t that he disliked Alex, but there was only one person who was qualified to be his future dad, and that person was Elliot.

“You’re a good boy, Jared,” praised Alex.

Just then, Anastasia halted in her steps. When she and Alex entered the premises, they saw two figures sitting on the bench—Elliot and Rey.

“Mr. Presgrave!” Jared immediately struggled to get out of Anastasia’s grip as he ran toward Elliot.

At the same time, Alex’s expression turned rigid. He didn’t expect to see Elliot here.

“Jared, I can’t carry you right now because I’m sick,” said Elliot.

“Are you sick? Did you take your medicine?” Jared asked with concern.

“Yeah! I’ve taken them.”

Rey, who was standing beside Elliot, leaned down and asked Jared, “Shall I bring you to the playground, Jared? Let’s give your mom and Mr. Presgrave some time to talk.”

Upon hearing that, Jared wondered, Since Mr. Presgrave is here, Mr. Hunter will probably leave!

“Okay, sure!” Jared nodded. He wanted to create opportunities for his mom and Mr. Presgrave.

Seeing that Rey had brought her son away, Anastasia turned to Alex. “Mr. Hunter, let’s go to my place!”

Elliot instantly furrowed his sharp brows upon hearing that. It turned out that this woman was bringing another man home!

“It’s fine, Miss Tillman.” Alex suddenly became a coward as he didn’t want to offend Elliot.

Anastasia knew that he had an urgent bladder. Moreover, he was just intimidated by Elliot, so she grabbed his hand and pulled him along while reassuring him, “You don’t have to be scared to come over to my place.”

Alex’s heart skipped a beat, but there was no doubt that Anastasia’s action had made his heart flutter. He nodded and apologized, “I’m sorry for the trouble.”

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Instantly, Elliot pulled a long face as jealousy took over him. Was Anastasia playing a game of push and pull with Alex right now?

“Stop right there, Anastasia.”

Elliot’s voice, which was laced with anger, sounded behind Anastasia.

When she turned around, Elliot had an awful look on his face. “May I help you, President Presgrave?”

“Mr. Hunter, I need to have a private talk with her. Can you leave us alone?” Elliot didn’t even bother looking at Alex. He merely stared at Anastasia, but underneath every word contained a warning.

Seeing that, Alex quickly smiled and replied, “Sure. I’ll take my leave, then.”

After saying that, he furrowed his brows intentionally to show that he was holding his bladder.

When Anastasia saw him suffering, she insisted, “Don’t bother with him, Mr. Hunter. Come on!”

Just like that, Alex followed Anastasia to her house.

When Elliot’s attempt to stop them was ignored, he could only stand by and watch as his beloved woman brought another man into her house.

A sudden wave of emotions pierced his heart like sharp needles.

He couldn’t stop his violent coughing, and due to the pain in his chest, his straight figure was now bent.

After walking several feet away, Anastasia could vaguely hear someone coughing behind her, so she turned to check.

All she saw was Elliot crouching on the ground.

The next moment, she was already rushing to him.

“Elliot! Elliot! What’s wrong?” Anastasia bent over to support his arm. “Where does it hurt?”

The heart-wrenching pain in Elliot’s chest was relieved a little by her presence. When he raised his head, she could see that his face had turned pale, and his eyes had lost focus. He even lost his usual wise and sharp appearance. Elliot seemed so weak that he was about to collapse at any time.

me alone here? Why did you come back?” Elliot grunted coldly as

to support him and suggested, “I’ll ask Rey to send

said, she

his head away like a sulky child.

do it in front of me.”

words instantly caused Elliot to gasp for air. “Are

mouth. Just then, Alex arrived at the scene. “Are you

of your business.” Elliot’s cold

little upset with his attitude. Why was he being so rude to someone who

turn left from here, there’s a mart.” Anastasia could only apologize to Alex since she couldn’t leave a

see you on Monday.” Alex smiled before turning to

snatched her phone away. “I said

want to go?” Anastasia didn’t know what to do about

house.” After saying that, Elliot

her senses, she realized that she was once again entangled with him though she didn’t want

Under his sunken eyes were patches of dark circles, and even his stubble could be seen; it was as if he hadn’t been taking

opening the door, she went to pour a

Anastasia wanting

on Monday? Are you

replied, “I’ve decided to work at my

on his water and started coughing violently. “What’s wrong?” Anastasia asked

to see Alex every day?” When the question came out of his mouth, Elliot

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to Mr.

this man has ulterior motives toward you?” Elliot was

thought this man was meddling too much, and it was no wonder that he

Elliot fell silent.

pursue me, but when other men try to court me, they’re automatically criminals?” Anastasia reproached again. She had never seen

Other men just want your money and body. I don’t believe that Alex

such thoughts, her father needed him right now. Also, this had

take care of your health!” Anastasia said. Then, she sat on another couch and stared at him.

frowned. “I’ll be having

don’t owe each other anything, and we shall not bother

to die just now. Why would you care about me?” Elliot asked, raising

won’t care about you next time.”

my passing if I die one day?” Elliot suddenly stared

shuddered, for this man sounded like he

would I be happy if you died? My mom sacrificed her life to save you, so you should treasure your

words weren’t entirely sincere, Elliot could still

I’ll try my best to live as long as I can,” Elliot replied in all

the time. It was almost 6.30PM,

should start preparing dinner

not leaving,” Elliot

starve, then. I’m not making

problem. I’ll just stay here.”

up and made her way to the kitchen. When she prepared the ingredients, she compromised in the end and included his portion

he definitely wouldn’t stay

the little guy home. When the child saw

having dinner at my

“Yes!”

“Awesome!”

I’ll get the medicine for you. Remember to take your pills later.”

the medicine, he walked over to the kitchen on purpose and said to Anastasia, “Miss Tillman, please make sure

but Rey had

on the couch. Did

at the figure bustling about in the kitchen. He was the least

that she wasn’t

want to see him again, but why couldn’t she steel

dinner was ready and the dishes were spread on the table, Anastasia looked toward the man on the couch. “Should you take your medicine

“After,” the man replied.

medicine on time so that you can recover quickly,” Jared said

smiled as

plate like a good child. Elliot gazed gently at the kid as if Jared

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her head in panic. The nicer he was to her son, the more powerless she

glass of water for him and took the opportunity to thank Elliot.

had involved the

they can be convicted, I won’t go easy on

want to investigate your kidnapping case years ago, and if you need my dad’s

“Okay!” Elliot nodded.

take your medicine!” Anastasia

the plastic bag. There were a few bottles inside, and when he counted the pills, he had to take around eight of them in one

Why did he have so

frowned as she asked, worried that he had

not escape his notice. He shook the pills

by, and after Anastasia bathed her son, she emerged to see the man

head on the back

Mr. Presgrave in his sleep.” The little

quite late already, and he simply had to be woken up so that

can go back to your room and sleep first,” Anastasia

was in a deep sleep, for he would usually sense if she went near him. Now, he slept

that his medicine

but make a

in my house. Please

I have some matters to

have his bodyguards’ contact numbers? Can you

to fall asleep so soundly, why don’t you let him

Anastasia was speechless.

having problems with his sleep, and it

too high in

to share the

that he should move to the bedroom since it was

the room!” Anastasia walked over and

her. Anastasia stared at his handsome face and resorted to harsher means instead. Thus, she patted his

thick eyelashes and looked at her with

late already, and Mr. Osborne doesn’t have time to fetch you,” Anastasia said in

expected of his

to him so that he could soak his feet in warm water for a bit. If he didn’t soak his

he lay on her soft bed. Every breath he took

rosy cheeks squished against her chest, and she couldn’t help but lower her

was exhausted as well, and she

her surgeries were completed, and the

essentially switched out her entire head; her slightly squarish face was now oval, and she had also undergone epicanthoplasty so that her double eyelids looked

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probably inseparable from Elliot right

counted down the days

and tonight, Rey asked for a meeting with its current owner. When the owner heard that he would be paid two million in exchange for the CCTV recordings from

is that so?”

server room were burned to ashes,” said the owner. He was also perplexed as he continued, “It

reported it to the

except for those data, so if you’re looking

many coincidences; why was the server room

hadn’t been too long since this new owner took over the place, so he definitely

her a hundred thousand, asking her to make a list of all the veteran employees who had worked at the club for more

ten people who matched the requirements, but she had only worked here for three years, so when Rey asked her about the server room, the manager immediately said, “We rarely go there, and

have worked here the longest. All of them

of the employees who quit after the fire. The manager saw that he was handsome and generous with money, so she gave him all the information he

onto a target—it was a security guard who had

him to set the place on fire before he quit his job. Hence, Rey believed that he’d be able to

from five years ago. Rey was the only person Elliot sent to investigate this in secret, and even his

had been spending money for the past two days. In fact, she had nearly

information on Anastasia would be so valuable and that she could get a million just by

how important those few

tell the same story! If Elliot interrogated Hayley

that it was already way past midnight, she

am!’ Unexpectedly, Hayley’s

‘Let’s video call.’

that at the moment, so let’s just

blurted out the news about Elliot asking her for information. However, she decided to keep the

You told him it was at the Abyss Club?” Hayley was obviously furious on the other end of the

could I do? I can’t offend him,

we’ll be done for. If he knows that we plotted against Anastasia together, do you think he’ll let us off the hook?”

he doesn’t investigate the matter, Anastasia might tell him that we were the ones who did it!” Erica

that host. If news of this gets out, it would put her son at a disadvantage, so she would never tell Elliot the truth. Why else do you think we managed to stay

means that Anastasia will

refused to say anything about it. Now that you’ve mentioned the Abyss Club, he will definitely start investigating that place.

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in the future.

Elliot asks you anything next time, don’t tell him more than is necessary. Also, try your best

Now, Anastasia is flirting with Elliot every day, seducing him with every tactic she knows. I’m helpless here, so please come

visits you again, don’t be an idiot and start talking about that night. You mustn’t say a word,” Hayley

fear the consequences. She hastily said, “Okay, I won’t say a word next

she was able to predict Elliot’s next move, and she had already

couldn’t possibly recover lost data. After

a long time. No one

security guard I bribed should’ve resigned

the club and immediately went to a certain security guard’s home. The rundown house

if the security guard truly lived here, so he decided to keep watch outside until the

out in the morning to get groceries and

scooter suddenly passed by him. The scooter pulled up in front of him, and when Rey opened his eyes, he saw a familiar face. It

had obviously drunk some alcohol, for his

Rey that there were no CCTVs in this area. He immediately opened the car door and walked out, calling

“W-Who are you?!”

Abyss Club! The company has sent out some gifts, so come

he heard there were gifts to be

into the car. Then, he grabbed a long, sharp tool before holding

burn the server room at Abyss

drunk, so he thought that the sharp object against his waist was a knife. He immediately

Did you burn the server room

the truth right away. “Please spare me! I didn’t do it because I wanted to. Someone

an answer from him so quickly. He

that. I’ve used up all the money, so I can’t give you anything even if you take me to the police station.” Scott thought that Rey had been sent by

the door, and said, “Get

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