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?”

incomparable to Anastasia that Elliot did

better think it through, Elliot, whether you want to let me get pregnant naturally or through the doctor’s method. Aliona then slammed the

eyes, gauging how much time had passed. By now, Anastasia should have gotten Jared,

he figured that Rey had informed his two

of his unless it was absolutely necessary. But, clearly, the situation now warranted that, and he would undoubtedly be mocked by them when he saw

reasoned. Instead of waiting for them, he decided to flee on his own when the opportunity arose in order to preserve his

…

was rising in a huge castle in

military meeting was empty. The man who

was less than a hundred meters away from her. When the yacht arrived

Mommy!” Jared yelled while running, his

then hugged each other tightly. Anastasia repeatedly kissed

saw the red mark on his face, her

hurt your face?” she asked as

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

Nothing will happen to him. Let’s go back to the hotel first.” Anastasia carried Jared in her arms and

been frightened by

towel. She felt compelled to kill the vicious woman, Aliona, after seeing her child’s tender face that had a visible red mark on it. How dare she injure

was speaking, his tears dropped

welled up as 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

comforted and

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

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

and accompanied him on

for herself to get impregnated with Elliot’s son. After Elliot was killed, she could then bring her son back

man in the laboratory who was handcuffed in front of her. Despite his current situation, he 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

a crush on her. He

the laboratory with a towel in her hand. “Elliot, you’d best be

as Aliona was about to wipe his face, Elliot coldly

just want to

need that. Piss off!” He was unappreciative of her

Dora is kind enough to be polite to you.

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

need to

appeared to be one of a predator’s. If he wasn’t tied up, he would have ripped

not a big deal after

me alone.” With his teeth gritted, Elliot tried

to step on you and have you lick my shoes.” As Paul was one of the Bauer Mercenary Group,

with only a cold stare, as if inviting Paul to

mockery flashed in Paul’s eyes before he turned and left the laboratory. After he left,

“We will be together tonight, and we will do whatever it takes to have a child, whether you are willing

disgust when he heard that. In his mind, he only had one woman, one who could never

night and Paul was in his room, wiping his saber. He was in a provoked state. Remembering that Elliot

Elliot, it would be the most glorious moment

I’m going

he needs to be with Miss Dora tonight

Aliona for the past three years. Knowing that she was about

wanted to vent his anger, and he was dying

his man immediately went to bring Elliot over for his higher-up

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

“Paul, what if—”

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

of his men then stood beside them, waiting to witness their battle. Elliot, on the other hand, was dressed in

Elliot was not someone to be underestimated. Paul had, however, boasted in

you have the chance

agilely removed his coat, revealing his sturdy build. His muscles beneath his shirt

he

better if Aliona could

of Paul’s love for Aliona to obtain such an opportunity. He secretly scanned his

dead silent at this point, leaving only

easily avoided him. His ease in avoiding Paul’s attack astounded Paul,

being the young master of the Presgraves,

was so perfect that Paul had the urge to destroy it. With that, he raised his

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

back and he stood up immediately, ready for another fight. However, he felt an excruciating

had training, haven’t you, Elliot?” Paul clenched his teeth and his eyes were filled

sneer exuded an inexplicable aura that made one fearful amidst the cold

were standing off to one side, started to

provoked Paul attacked again. He

could see that Elliot was equal

up by Paul earlier today when they disembarked from the yacht. How

“Be careful, Paul.”

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

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

best in

noise. She walked out of the backyard to see Elliot and Paul fighting, and she

words made Paul furious, as he did not want to lose against Elliot

not confident, Paul tried to muster all his strength to take

flashed under the moonlight. There was an army knife in Paul’s hand as he was desperate. I must

fright, as she didn’t

respect and now, he had

gaze sank as he dodged Paul’s attack. Paul was like an uncontrollable wild beast that tried to stab everyone he saw, and it was

Paul. Finally, Elliot found the chance. When Paul saw the opportunity to stab his thigh, Elliot immediately

thigh was hurt, he also managed to choke Paul

over with a gun. Elliot reacted fast enough to push Paul into the trajectory of the bullet. Suddenly, Paul let out a low cry

sorry, Paul!” The subordinate panicked as

as she didn’t expect Elliot to find a chance to

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

don’t let Elliot escape!” Aliona went crazy and didn’t care about

was filled with Paul’s

mercenary and snatched his gun. Then, she aimed at Paul. Paul’s life flashed

was still stunned by the turn of events, Elliot let go of Paul and rushed to the

over the wall and

hurriedly jumped over the wall. Behind this private house was a dense forest hillside. Meanwhile, Aliona followed one subordinate and drove a car from the front yard to chase

to the far end of the mountain. Aliona

she didn’t expect Elliot

be able to walk far with his injured leg.” Aliona

hotel, after Anastasia put her son to sleep, she found that Rey and his team had turned off the monitoring equipment and were resting. It was as if they had stopped

you giving up

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

you referring to?”

Anastasia to another lounge. After sitting down, he told her

capable. Now, they are rescuing him. We just need to wait for the

asked because she was

know their background, but President 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 like brothers. If one of them is in danger, the other two will lend a

shocked. She didn’t really

accurate positioning. As long as they arrive at Dansbury, they will be able to quickly find President Presgrave and save him.” Rey

felt

Dansbury. Three black armored SUVs appeared at the rear

twenty minutes after the group left, another private plane arrived. The dark color sucked up the lights near

had offended. She ordered her subordinates to

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

chance to

too big.” Her subordinates felt that the

the car and ordered. Then,

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

He was lying under a big tree at the moment. He tore off his shirt and tied a knot

them will arrive soon. I just need to

the middle of the night was a nuisance. Aliona’s dozen subordinates had been

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 and could have fainted on a field due to

of cloth here. He must have torn off the clothes to stop the bleeding. There is a lot of blood, though,

get him back

the sound of a helicopter coming to them. The

dark. Her subordinates also had a bad hunch. Why is there a helicopter coming here in the middle of the

hoped that the helicopter was not

later, the helicopter circled over their heads and parked on a field

from under the plane. One of them was a young man dressed in black. He stood there like a strong boulder, eluding an

pointed in

The lush grass squeaked

people is coming over,”

answered in a

three subordinates immediately went in the

walked to a big tree

his eyes, he answered the man humorously, “Never

light emitted from the iPad and scanned Elliot’s body until

and helped him stand up. Both of them had similar heights and build. Then, they

Her men were not ordinary citizens, but she still lost half of the men after a surprise attack from

sitting in the helicopter cabin while wearing a black coat.