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?”

so incomparable to Anastasia that Elliot did not even see

me get pregnant naturally or through

passed. By now, Anastasia should

he figured that

was absolutely necessary. But, clearly, the situation now warranted that, and he would undoubtedly be mocked

flee on his own when the opportunity arose in

…

helicopter was rising in a

the same time, the chairman seat in Yelina’s military meeting

flowing as she looked at the yacht which was less than a hundred meters away from her. When

Jared yelled while

hugged each other tightly. Anastasia repeatedly

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

she asked as she

woman! She even kidnapped Mr. Presgrave!” Jared answered with tears in his eyes. “Mommy, please save Mr. Presgrave. He’s in

Anastasia carried Jared in her arms and comforted

have been frightened by it. Hence, Anastasia could not let anything

bed, wiping Jared’s face with a wet towel. She felt compelled to kill the vicious woman,

speaking, his tears dropped from his beautiful eyes. He had been crying all his way

anything, so she turned around. Wiping her tears off, she

was comforted and

experienced such terror again. The incident this time had almost scared her to

was exhausted from crying for so long and he finally fell asleep in her arms, with tears still on his face. Her heart was

him with a blanket and accompanied him on the sofa, fearing that he

at the pier. Elliot was taken to a science laboratory, where 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 the successor of the Presgrave

maintained his domineering demeanor. His face still bore the marks left by the

his refusal to cooperate, Elliot was beaten up by them. Aliona had no say over it as they only followed Riley’s instructions.

Paul, had a crush on her.

laboratory with a towel in her hand. “Elliot, you’d best be cooperative. They don’t entirely

as Aliona was about to wipe his face, Elliot coldly

just want to

that. Piss off!” He was unappreciative of her help and merely gave her a cold

this moment, Paul entered and scoffed at him. “Miss Dora is kind enough to be polite to you.

only grunted. Hence, Paul was unsatisfied. He continued to lash out at

You don’t need to feel sorry for him,” Paul

of a predator’s. If he wasn’t tied

a big deal after all!”

me alone.” With his

have

cold stare, as if inviting

turned and left the laboratory. After he left, Aliona turned and looked at Elliot.

“We will be together tonight, and we will do

he heard that. In his mind, he only had one woman,

his room, wiping his saber. He was in a provoked state. Remembering that Elliot was about to die, he wanted to prove

he could defeat the reputable Elliot, it would be the most

I’m going to teach him a

to be

that she was about to offer herself to Elliot and coupled with the fact

to vent his anger, and

immediately went to bring Elliot

out, with his limbs remained chained. Paul found that unchallenging, so he instructed,

“Paul, what if—”

believe that Elliot could defeat him. With that, he sneered. “How would such a pampered young master defeat me? Guard by the side, and if he

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

be underestimated. Paul had, however, boasted in front of his men, and he

I’ll let you have the chance to challenge me,” Paul said, his voice

revealing his sturdy build. His muscles beneath

he

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

such an opportunity. He secretly scanned his surroundings, looking

dead silent at this point, leaving only the sound of the breeze

but Elliot easily avoided him. His ease in avoiding Paul’s attack astounded Paul, who began to

man, being the young master of

most. His appearance was so perfect that Paul had the urge to destroy

strength 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 stopped, Elliot immediately flipped him over his

about the pain in his back and he stood up immediately, ready for another fight. However, he felt an excruciating pain in his clenched left

haven’t you, Elliot?” Paul clenched his

sneer exuded an inexplicable aura that made one fearful amidst the

to one side, started to guard against

on!” A provoked Paul attacked again. He kicked his leg

could see that Elliot was equal

Paul earlier today when they disembarked from

“Be careful, Paul.”

At this moment, Elliot gave Paul a kick on his chest. Elliot’s movement was as fast as lightning and Paul was unable to avoid it.

time!” Paul was getting frustrated, and his eyes turned red. He was using all his strength to fight,

the best in the

Elliot and Paul fighting, and she panicked. “Paul, stop it! Cuff him now. You can’t win

he did not want to

not confident, Paul tried to muster all

hand as he was desperate. I must make Elliot yield even if it means I have to

Don’t hurt him.” Aliona’s face paled in fright, as she didn’t want Elliot

had lost his subordinates’ respect and now, he had

was like an uncontrollable wild beast that tried to stab everyone he saw, and it was hard to predict his movements. Facing

found the chance. When

also managed to choke Paul and

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

The subordinate panicked as he

Elliot to find

sweating and choking as Elliot continued to strangle him, and the former was turning pale, as if he was going to

Paul, but don’t let Elliot escape!” Aliona went crazy and didn’t care about Paul; she only needed Elliot to be by her

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

she aimed

longer. When everyone was still stunned by the turn of events, Elliot let go of Paul

who had climbed over the wall and escaped.

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

stretched to the far end of the mountain. Aliona purposely chose this covert

didn’t expect Elliot to

shouldn’t be able to walk far with his injured leg.” Aliona took the cell phone and conveyed the message

his team had turned off the monitoring equipment and were resting. It was as if they

Are you giving up on Elliot?” Anastasia asked

save President Presgrave, and they are more

to?”

took Anastasia to another lounge. After sitting down, he

Both of them are powerful and capable. Now, they are rescuing

are they?” Anastasia asked

when he was an eight-year-old until he was sixteen. During the training, he met the young masters of the other two

was shocked. She didn’t

accurate positioning. As long as they arrive at Dansbury, they will be able to quickly find President Presgrave and save him.” Rey believed they would definitely rescue Elliot if he didn’t die before they

this, Anastasia felt a little

an airport in Dansbury. Three black armored SUVs appeared at the rear of the aircraft. The vehicles drove out of the

after the group left, another private plane arrived. The dark color sucked up the lights near the airport. From the rear, another two

offended. She ordered her subordinates to search the depth

didn’t want the plan to fail as

the chance to complete the plan

big.” Her subordinates felt that the

you have to find him. Go!” Aliona sat in the car and

be bleeding badly, and it will consume his strength. He

fact, Elliot was nearby. He was lying under a big tree at the moment. He tore off his shirt and tied a knot on

will arrive soon. I just need

nuisance. Aliona’s dozen subordinates had been searching for a long time but to

and tried to follow Elliot’s trail. They started from where Elliot had jumped over the wall, followed by the blood stains

subordinate immediately reported, “There are pieces of cloth here. He must have torn off the clothes to stop the bleeding. There is a lot of blood, though, so

joy. “Come on, get him back to

coming to them. The sound of the spiral was very

had a bad hunch. Why is there a helicopter coming here in the middle of

him.” Aliona hoped that the helicopter was not here to rescue

over their heads

people stepped out from under the plane. One of them was a young man dressed in black. He

and then pointed in a

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 to that of

is coming over,”

in a low

immediately went in

man finally walked to a big

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

from the iPad and scanned Elliot’s body until it met his bleeding thigh.

helped him stand up. Both of them had similar

half of the men after a surprise attack from the enemy. Aliona squealed as she saw a dark figure appear before her. Her both arms were then restrained, and the pain made her cry out. “It hurts. Let

wearing a black coat. The man