Never Too Far Novel

“Don’t worry. Jared will be fine.”

“How about you? I worry about you as well, you know, not just Jared,” she said in a hoarse voice.

“I will be fine too. Trust me.” He laughed, trying to ease her worries.

“Promise me, Elliot, that you will come back safely.”

“Is there any reward for returning safely?” he suddenly asked in a serious tone.

“Let’s get married when you’re back. I will marry you and be your wife!” Anastasia answered decisively.

That surprised Elliot. “Are you saying it for real? You’ll marry me as long as I return safely?”

“Yes. I’m not deceiving you.” Anastasia was equally serious. She was willing to do anything as long as he returned safely to her.

Can he, though? Can he escape from Riley’s men without any harm?

All of the kidnappers were well-trained, and their abilities were not to be underestimated.

“Deal. I’ll crawl back to earth to marry you even if I’m in Hell.” Elliot’s tone was solemn, and it was as if he were swearing an oath.

However, that scared her. “I don’t want you to crawl back, Elliot. I want you to walk back, safe and sound.”

Crawling back meant he lost an arm or a leg. She couldn’t bear the thought of it because it made her heart race with fear and insecurity.

“I know. I promise to walk back to you.” Elliot laughed, as if he had infinite motivation to keep his promise.

For the next two hours, Anastasia had no idea what she was doing. Her mind was on the verge of collapsing and she didn’t take her gaze away from the surveillance camera for even a second, occasionally catching a glimpse of Elliot on the deck of his boat. However, no matter how hard she stared at the screen, she couldn’t see Jared.

“President Presgrave is only ten nautical miles from them now. They will be exchanging the hostages soon.”

Rey and Anastasia tensed up and focused on the screen as soon as they heard that. Finally, the two ships appeared to be only a hundred miles apart. Elliot’s yacht arrived quickly at Aliona’s, and from the screen, Aliona greeted him personally with a wide and polite smile.

Meanwhile, on the two yachts on the international seas, Aliona saw Elliot coming down from his yacht. She was wearing a figure hugging dress that made her appear graceful. She knew that she couldn’t conceal her identity any longer.

“Elliott, we don’t need to go this far.” Aliona exhaled a sigh. She could finally feel like she had him under control.

“Give me the child.” Elliot glared at her. “You can deal with me in any way you want.”

A tinge of hatred flashed through her eyes when she heard that. How did Anastasia captivate him to the point where he is willing to sacrifice himself to save her son? Her son is not even related to him!

Aliona clapped and within seconds, her bodyguard brought a child out from the cabin. When Jared saw Elliot, the boy was so surprised that he exclaimed right away, “Mr. Presgrave!”

Elliot’s gaze was fixed on Jared’s face and when the man noticed the blood on Jared’s face, he glared venomously at Aliona. Aliona sensed ruthlessness in his gaze, which terrified her. She quickly explained, “He was disobedient, so I taught him a lesson. Nothing else.”

“I’m fine, Mr. Presgrave.” Jared did not want Elliot to worry about him.

“How do I get this child back?” Elliot asked calmly.

“I’ll hand him over to your men while you come to me. The rest of your life is up to me,” Aliona said calmly. She bet everything she had this time to complete her mission, so she had to be ruthless.

Elliot then approached her men. There were tens of them on the deck now, compared to Elliot’s two bodyguards. In addition, Jared was present. Elliot, she reasoned, would not dare to do anything.

After all, Jared’s life might be endangered if the situation got chaotic.

Walking over to Aliona, Elliot voluntarily extended his hands for her men to tie.

“Pass them the child. Otherwise, I’ll hunt you down using all I have.” His words were like a curse or spell hovering over her heart.

Aliona waved her hand and Jared was released immediately. However, he ran straight to Elliot.

“Why are you tied, Mr. Presgrave? I don’t want you to be tied by them just to save me. She’s an evil woman!” With an angry expression, Jared pointed at Aliona.

Though Elliot’s hands were clasped, he was still as unyielding as usual when he squatted down. He looked at Jared solemnly and said, “Jared, return to your mommy. I will be fine.”

“I don’t want to leave you behind, Mr. Presgrave. Let’s leave together. I don’t want to leave without you!” Jared hugged Elliot and started crying anxiously.

Elliot then used this opportunity to signal to his men and one of his bodyguards, Ricky, rushed over and grabbed Jared. Jared, on the other hand, struggled to get away, attempting to pry open Ricky’s grip and refusing to leave. Hence, Ricky had no choice but to forcibly remove him from the yacht.

Jared’s cry could still be heard in the air. “Mr. Presgrave! Mr. Presgrave…”

When Elliot heard Jared’s cries, he felt his heart ache and tears welled up in his eyes as well. Jared was akin to his own son. To him, both of them were related by blood.

That made Aliona sneer. “What an emotional father-son duo! You should know by now how you would be treated here, Elliot.”

She then ordered, “Retract the suit against my father and return him his freedom!”

A phone was handed to Elliot. At the same time, a sniper was aiming at the three people who had just left the yacht.

Elliot’s gaze dimmed when he saw that. He took the phone and called Captain Anderson. When the phone was answered, Elliot said calmly, “Captain Anderson, I want to retract my allegations against my uncle, Riley. Please release him three days later.”

“Are you sure that you want to forgo the investigation of the incident that year, Young Master Elliot?”

“Yes. My uncle is not the suspect,” Elliot replied in a serious tone.

“Fine. I’ll arrange for his release.”

“Thank you.” After hearing that, Aliona kept the phone, feeling satisfied. She then signaled to her bodyguards. “Let them off. We’ll leave right now.”

Anastasia, who was watching everything through the surveillance camera, was crying at this point. She witnessed Elliot’s sacrifice to save her son. The man now had his hands tied, and he was like a helpless beast who had succumbed to Aliona.

“Miss Tillman, your son is safe now. I will send someone to get him. Now, let us handle the rescuing of President Presgrave.”

“Elliot… Please save him!” Anastasia pleaded with Rey and the group of men with him.

“Don’t worry. We won’t let anything happen to President Presgrave.” Rey nodded. He appeared to be extra calm.

Anastasia then rested in a corner as she waited for Jared to return. However, her heart was still troubled over Elliot’s safety. She wanted both of them to be safe.

Meanwhile, Jared was already with the rescue team.

At this moment, the surveillance team reported that their tracking on Aliona’s yacht was lost. She had cunningly sailed into the waters of a country with a signal interception system, effectively blocking all of their tracking signals. Hence, under the protection of that country, she and Elliot vanished from their radar.

Rey did not expect Aliona to be this cunning too. He took his phone to a corner and dialed a series of numbers. “Hello?” On the other end of the line was a man’s cold voice.

“Sorry to disturb you, Young Master Weiss. I need your help concerning President Presgrave’s life.”

“What? Elliot endangered his own life?” The man on the other side of the phone was shocked.

“Yes. He needs your assistance now.”

“Where is he?”

“He was now kidnapped into the waters of Dansbury. We have no idea if he is still alive. Please enlist the assistance of Young Master Lloyd as well in order to save President Presgrave.”

“Just how did he get himself into such a situation?” Arthur sighed. “Give me his last tracked location.”

Rey felt relieved after that and immediately sent Elliot’s last known location to Arthur. The former knew that if Arthur and Richard intervened, Elliot’s chances of survival would improve dramatically.

Truth was, Rey was unsure of their identities because he had only seen them on the phone. Both of them were Elliot’s close friends who had been through life and death with him. Despite living quietly in some parts of the world, they had exceptional wealth and abilities.

Before Elliot left, he had instructed Rey to not contact these two guys unless absolutely necessary. But now, Rey was terrified of how things had turned out, and he had no choice but to enlist the duo’s assistance.

On Aliona’s yacht, she was sitting on the sofa in the living room, staring at the man who was tied on the bed. She was unwilling to kill him, as she couldn’t bear the thought of him dying too.

“Elliot, if you listen to me and have a child with me, I can beg Father to let you off the hook. We can then spend the rest of our lives together.” After she finished her words, she approached him and raised his chin with her finger. Her gaze seemed to be questioning him.

Elliot, on the other hand, had a razor-sharp gaze that made anyone who looked at him nervous.

Aliona continued, feeling irritated, “Don’t look at me like that. If you want to live, you can only do what I just said.”

“You’re not qualified to have my child,” he replied coldly and turned his face to the side to break away from her fingers.

That made Aliona grit her teeth in rage. She looked at his angular brows and nose, and he appeared exceptionally wild and unruly to her.

But his personality was particularly appealing to her. He was so seductive that she couldn’t bear the thought of killing him.

“Do you really want to die, Elliot? Whether you want it or not, I’ll be pregnant with your child, and the child will inherit the Presgrave Group. Father will undoubtedly see to it!” Aliona yelled, as if she were insane. She then grabbed Elliot’s face and tried to kiss him hard.

However, he gave her a warning look, which terrified her.

Seeing that, she held back her urge of kissing him and reluctantly let go of his face. “What do you like about Anastasia? Am I not better than her?”

he did not answer. Aliona was so incomparable to Anastasia that Elliot did not even see the

me get pregnant naturally or through the doctor’s method. Aliona

gauging how much time had passed. By now, Anastasia should

for his own safety, he figured that Rey had

not want to alert the two friends of his unless it was absolutely necessary. But, clearly, the situation now warranted that, and he would

on his own

…

in

in Yelina’s military meeting was empty. The man who was on this seat

was standing at the pier, her tears flowing as she looked at the yacht which was less than a hundred meters away from her. When the yacht arrived at the port, the bodyguard lowered Jared, and the boy immediately

yelled while running, his

each other tightly. Anastasia repeatedly kissed him, trying to make sure that he was

when she saw the red mark on his face, her heart ached, as if it had been stabbed

asked as she

Jared answered with tears in his eyes. “Mommy,

back to the hotel first.” Anastasia carried Jared in her arms and comforted him. However, her

kidnapped and he must have been frightened by

vicious woman, Aliona, after seeing her child’s tender face that had a visible red mark on it. How dare she

them.” While Jared was speaking, his tears dropped from his beautiful eyes. He had been

well when she saw that. However, she knew that crying couldn’t solve anything, so she turned around. Wiping her tears off, she replaced it with a smile. “Jared, Mr. Presgrave is good

Jared was comforted and nodded

never let him experienced such terror again. The incident this time had almost scared her

was, after all, only four years old. He was exhausted from crying for so long and he finally fell asleep in her arms, with tears still on his face. Her heart was aching for him when she saw

a blanket and accompanied him on the sofa,

Aliona had arranged for herself to get impregnated with Elliot’s son. After Elliot was killed, she could then bring her son back as Elliot’s legitimate heir and send him to Harriet to become

man in the laboratory who was handcuffed in front of her. Despite his current situation, he maintained his domineering demeanor. His face

over it

crush on her. He undoubtedly treated Elliot

a towel in her hand. “Elliot,

Aliona was about to wipe his face, Elliot

want to

was unappreciative of her help and

him. “Miss Dora is kind enough to be polite to

which the latter only grunted. Hence, Paul was unsatisfied. He continued to lash out at Elliot with another punch. Seeing that, Aliona immediately

be useless after tonight. You don’t need

be one of a predator’s. If he wasn’t tied up, he

big deal

that good, fight with me alone.” With his

do it, then. I’m not afraid of you at all. I’m going to step on you and have

if inviting Paul to have

he left,

shamelessly continued, “We will be together tonight, and we will do whatever it takes

her with disgust when he heard that. In his mind, he only had one woman, one

was in a provoked state. Remembering that Elliot was about to die, he wanted to prove himself to Elliot. After all, he was competitive

could defeat the reputable Elliot, it would be the most glorious moment

to the courtyard. I’m

to be with Miss

expression turned awful when he heard that because he had been having a crush on Aliona for the past three years. Knowing that she was about to offer herself to Elliot and coupled with the fact that Elliot was being

merely wanted to vent his anger,

immediately went to bring Elliot

open area in the courtyard, Elliot was brought out, with his limbs remained chained.

“Paul, what if—”

did not believe that Elliot could defeat him. With that, he sneered. “How would

waiting to witness their battle. Elliot, on the other hand, was dressed in a black

was not someone to be underestimated. Paul had, however, boasted in front of his men, and he had no choice

have the chance to challenge

his coat, revealing his sturdy build. His muscles

he

him to a pulp right now. It would be even better if Aliona could see it so that she would know he wasn’t inferior to Elliot. Paul hoped to win her approval as well

took advantage of Paul’s love for Aliona to obtain such an opportunity. He secretly scanned his surroundings, looking

was dead silent at this point, leaving only

yelled and dashed toward Elliot, but Elliot easily avoided him. His ease in avoiding Paul’s attack astounded Paul, who began to feel

being the young master of

face the most. His appearance was so perfect that Paul had the urge to destroy it. With that, he raised his fist,

was exerted in that punch. However, his fist was about to strike Elliot in the face when his wrist was grabbed by a powerful palm. The palm had so much strength in it that it made Paul’s bones ache. Seeing that his action

the ground. He couldn’t care less about the pain in his back and he stood up immediately, ready for another fight. However, he felt an

clenched his teeth and his eyes were filled with

an inexplicable aura that made one fearful

to one side, started

provoked Paul attacked again. He kicked his leg and

Everyone present could see that Elliot

they disembarked from the

“Be careful, Paul.”

moment, Elliot gave Paul a kick on his chest. Elliot’s movement was as fast as lightning and Paul was unable to avoid it. As a result, he fell

He was using all his strength to fight, but

unfathomable strength. I am the best in the Bauer Mercenary

and Paul fighting, and she panicked.

furious, as he did not want to lose

he was not confident, Paul tried to muster all his strength to

moonlight. There was an army knife in Paul’s hand as he was desperate. I must make Elliot yield even if

him.” Aliona’s face paled in fright, as she didn’t want Elliot to be hurt before sleeping with

was seeing red. He had lost his subordinates’ respect and now, he had lost his

like an uncontrollable wild beast that tried to stab everyone he saw, and it was

Elliot found the chance. When Paul saw the

hurt, he also managed to

Paul.” One of his subordinates immediately came over with a gun. Elliot reacted fast enough to push Paul into the trajectory of the bullet. Suddenly, Paul let out a

panicked as

Elliot to find a chance to escape. Now, he was holding Paul

go or I’ll kill him.” Paul was sweating and choking as Elliot continued to strangle him,

Aliona went crazy and didn’t care about Paul; she only needed Elliot to be by her

group of mercenaries was filled with Paul’s subordinates, and they cared about

snatched his gun. Then, she aimed at Paul. Paul’s life flashed before his eyes as Aliona shot

turn of events, Elliot let go of Paul and rushed

Elliot, who had climbed over the wall and escaped. Then, she shouted, “Get

that the mercenaries finally returned to their senses and hurriedly jumped over the wall. Behind this private house was a dense forest hillside. Meanwhile, Aliona followed

night sky, the forest stretched to the far end of the mountain. Aliona purposely chose this covert

didn’t expect

to walk far with his injured leg.” Aliona took the cell phone and

his team had turned off the monitoring equipment and were

you giving up on Elliot?” Anastasia asked

be rest assured. Another group of people will save President Presgrave, and they

to?” Anastasia asked

took Anastasia to another lounge. After sitting down, he

close friends. Both of them are powerful and capable. Now, they are rescuing him. We just need to wait

are they?” Anastasia asked because she was

Presgrave once told me that Old Madam Presgrave sent him to a secret training camp when he was an eight-year-old until he was sixteen. During the training, he met the young masters of the other two families and they trained for eight years together. They are close

was shocked. She didn’t really

will be able to quickly find President Presgrave and save him.” Rey believed they would definitely rescue Elliot if he didn’t

Anastasia felt

the rear of the aircraft. The vehicles

sucked

idea who she had offended. She ordered her subordinates to search the depth of the

escape.” Aliona didn’t want the plan to fail as she spent a

the chance to complete the plan

too big.” Her

you do it, but you have to find him. Go!” Aliona sat in the car and

Elliot go? He was stabbed in the leg and must be bleeding badly, and it will consume his strength. He can’t go too far with the

lying under a big tree at the moment. He tore off his shirt and tied a knot on his leg to stop the bleeding. He felt

just need to stay in a safe place and wait

the night was a nuisance. Aliona’s dozen subordinates had been searching for a long time

follow Elliot’s trail. They started from where Elliot had jumped over the wall, followed by the blood stains he had left. Following the blood stains, Aliona thought he bled too much

“There are pieces of cloth here. He must have torn off the clothes to stop the bleeding. There is a

on, get him back

helicopter coming to them. The sound of the spiral was very

became dark. Her subordinates also had a bad hunch. Why

find him.” Aliona hoped that the helicopter was not here

circled over their heads and parked on a field near

was a young man dressed in black.

his hand and then pointed in a precise direction.

forward with his long legs and stepped onto the grass. The lush grass squeaked under his feet. He put his strength in the legs akin

is coming over,”

answered in

went in the

walked to a big tree and sighed. “Are

leaned against the tree trunk. Opening his eyes, he answered the man humorously,

down before him. A ray of light emitted from the iPad and

wrapped his long arms around Elliot and helped him stand up. Both of them had similar heights and build. Then, they slowly walked in the

the men after a surprise attack from the enemy. Aliona squealed as she saw a dark figure appear before her. Her both

Elliot was sitting in the helicopter cabin while wearing a black coat. The man was standing beside him as