Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 511-520

Elliot brought Anastasia to the break room. Her eyes were welling up with tears and every time she thought about what her father was going through, her heart throbbed with pain.

He wrapped his arms around her and gently wiped away her tears.

“I’m sorry,” she said, turning to look at him. “I really don’t wish to get engaged at the moment. Can we postpone it?”

“Sure,” he said, nodding. “Don’t rush. It can be done after your father wakes up.”

When she heard that, hope filled her heart. That’s true! When her father was finally awake, she could select a new date with her father for her engagement to Elliot.

In Elliot’s eyes, postponing the engagement party made no difference. After all, their relationship had progressed so much that it felt like they were already married. The engagement party was merely a ceremony to him.

No matter what happened, he would never abandon Anastasia. He would always protect her and stay by her side as they weathered troubled times together.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door before Rey walked into the room. He held an iPad out to them and said, “President Presgrave, Miss Tillman, have a look at this. Naomi and her daughter have released a statement to the press.”

She took the iPad from him and read out the headline of the article shown, “Eldest daughter holds comatose father hostage to steal the right to inherit Tillman Constructions.”

By the time she was done reading the entire article, she was trembling with anger. The audacity of those two women to release such an insidious statement at this time infuriated her.

“Many media outlets have shared the statement as soon as it had been released,” Rey said. “Furthermore, many independent journalists are defending them, amplifying the message and causing considerable damage to Miss Tillman’s reputation.”

Anastasia’s eyes turned as cold as ice when she heard that. Naomi and her daughter were playing victim by attacking her first.

“Find a way to suppress the news,” Elliot ordered.

“Sir, doing that might not end well for Miss Tillman. Also, there are a lot of eyes on this right now. If we do not publicly respond now, it would be a disaster when Miss Tillman marries you.”

“Yes,” she said, nodding in agreement. “We don’t need to do that. Let us ignore them for now. The most important task at hand is to wake my father up. When that happens, this lie would be exposed for what it truly is. As for my reputation, I do not care at all.”

Elliot’s heart ached at how calm and collected she was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll hold back myself for now.”

Otherwise, the mother-and-daughter duo would have already been thrown into prison. There was no way he would have tolerated their impertinent behavior.

“Ignore them. They are only doing this so that they can make healthcare decisions for Dad instead of me. It is impossible for that to happen. If I let them take care of my dad, he would never wake up again.”

Anastasia was determined to withstand anything and everything just so her father could be saved. Let Naomi and her daughter kick up a fuss because she couldn’t be bothered about them.

Elliot would eventually build her the greatest shield ever that would protect her from their attacks.

Meanwhile, Hayley was whiling time away at a cafe when she stumbled upon the article about Anastasia. She was shocked by what she saw and also awed by how astonishingly beautiful Anastasia looked in all the photos shown in the video that kept bashing her.

Anastasia looked just like a rose proudly showing her glacial beauty despite the adversities she faced.

Even the comments of the video were all praising her beauty while they piled hate on her.

‘Anastasia is so gorgeous. She might be evil, but she is amazing.’

‘Yeah! Well, the prettier they are, the more dangerous their venom. She is beautiful because she is pure evil.’

‘Is she the future head of Tillman Constructions? Oh, my goodness! She is just divine! I finally have a face for the female lead of the novel I’m reading.’

‘She might be evil, but she is just too beautiful. She is so sexy. What should I do? I think I’m in love.’ This comment was made by a user who appeared to be male according to his profile picture.

Hayley was seething with jealousy as she read those comments. As expected, even though the situation was bad, Anastasia would still attract admirers for her beauty while being hated on.

The uproar online made Anastasia famous.

Amidst all the insults, journalists kept uploading photos of her. Some people even dug up photos of her in university just so they could get more views and attention. Then, there was the photo of her at the annual celebration of Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier, shining brightly as she stood on stage.

In spite of the chaos online, Anastasia directed all her focus on taking care of her dad in Presgrave Hospital. Sitting by his bed and staring down at his pale face, she forced herself to remain strong. She could not break down at a time like this.

Meanwhile, at Tillman Residence, Erica was scrolling on her phone, watching video after video. However, the more she scrolled, the more frustrated she got. Just then, she received a call from Alex.

“Hey.”

“This is causing quite the uproar. Aren’t you afraid that it would get out of hand?” Alex asked, worried. After all, he had the exact same mindset as a rat that hid in the gutters, forever shying away from the light.

Even so, Anastasia was now under attack. Any response from her would turn the tides and redirect the barrage of attacks toward those who were after her.

“What are you afraid of? Honestly, you are such a coward. Having the whole world know about this will force her to return my father to me,” she answered.

“I will notify Anastasia to attend tomorrow’s meeting then. It is time to publicize the will,” he said.

Joy flashed through her eyes. She had been waiting eagerly for this very moment. “For real? That is amazing! Does that mean there will be no issues with the will?”

“Everything will go smoothly.”

“Nice, and by tomorrow, my mother and I will take over 60% of all the company shares my father owned!”

When she hung up on the phone, she was nearly bursting with giddiness. She was going to be rich. The thought of having to ask Francis for money all these years filled her with disgust. He was not her actual father, yet she had to call him that for so many years.

Frankly speaking, she felt no love for Francis.

All she wanted was money, an endless stream of money.

It was around three in the afternoon when Anastasia received a call from Alex, notifying her about the details of the board meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Due to Francis’ condition and the fact that the company could not go for long without a decision maker, the board needed to discuss the company’s next step forward.

After she agreed to attend the meeting, Alex decided to ask, “Are you okay, Miss Tillman?”

“I’m fine.”

“I saw a lot of lies being spread online about you.”

“Thanks for your concern,” she curtly replied, not wanting to tell him much about the topic.

Deep down, she had a feeling that he was on Naomi’s side. Additionally, with how close he was to Erica, he was definitely pulling some strings in the company for the two women. Hence, she did not think much of his show of concern.

As he also knew how wary she was of him, he did not say much and just hung up.

That evening, Elliot brought Jared over to the hospital. The kid had seen neither hide nor hair of his mother for two whole days, so the latter was feeling quite worried and upset.

When Jared arrived, she told him about Francis’ condition. She did not want to lie to her son, even though he was just a child.

Jared stood in front of the window, eyes blinking hard as he stared into the ICU ward where his grandfather lay. There is no way Grandpa will be asleep forever; he is just taking a nap.

“Mommy, Grandpa will wake up soon, right?” Jared asked, looking up at her.

“That’s right. He’ll wake up when he’s done sleeping.” She knelt down and kissed her son on the head, blinking back tears as she did so.

Later that evening when she told Elliot about the board meeting she was going to attend at Tillman Constructions, he suggested going along with her.

However, she did not agree with that idea. It was not that she did not want him with her, but this was Tillman’s internal affairs. Naomi and Erica would surely criticize her for bringing him along.

“Okay, I won’t go, but my lawyer and bodyguards must go with you,” he insisted. He did not want anything to happen to her.

“Okay.” She nodded.

When it was time for bed, she slept with Jared while Elliot rested in the room next door.

The next morning.

hiding near the entrance of Tillman Constructions. According to the rumors, something important that was happening today would decide the heir to the company. Who would be the winner

the entrance. They were there as escorts for a limousine. The journalists waiting in their vehicles immediately swarmed the newcomers. Just as they were about to block the back doors of the limousine, eight burly and tall bodyguards stepped out of

with a lawyer following

a barrage of questions from the

you really kidnap your comatose father to steal the right to

some ulterior motive for secretly transferring your father into a private

know what

the surrounding journalists before striding into the building doors where the security guards kept the pack of

a red rose would catch the eye of those

snapped photos of her, they

they heard of Francis’ collapse. After all, he

over at Anastasia. No

down. The middle-aged lawyer following her sat down at the table

Anastasia. Why is there an outsider here?” Naomi barked in

the right to be in the room,”

right, ladies. We are all here now, so let us discuss the future of the company. The reason why we are here, after all,” solemnly said Jordan Tillman, one of the

all family, so let us play nice,” said

to President Tillman, but the company cannot be left headless. After all, we have a few hundred employees waiting on our orders. Hence, we

cannot go ignored.” Jordan then turned to Alex and said, “Mr. Hunter, you are President Tillman’s most trusted man and

employee who doesn’t have any say in the company.” Alex then turned to Naomi. “Mrs. Tillman, what

early reading of Francis’ will. Let us listen to it before we decide on the future leader

was obvious

suggestion,” Erica said, raising

I have been entrusted with his will. By request

few pieces of paper from his document holder solemnly and ceremoniously and began reading

silently listened as all of her father’s accounts, assets, and investments were to be inherited by Erica and Naomi. Then, Colin arrived at the section on the

company shares currently held by Francis Tillman will be split into three portions; the first lot containing 40% of his shares would be inherited by Naomi Lowell, the second lot containing 30% of his shares would be inherited by Anastasia Tillman, and the third lot containing 30% of his shares would be inherited by

hands clenched into fists. So,

shares inherited may seem logical and fair to an outsider, she knew this could not be her father’s true will. After all, he had never even thought of splitting his company

four of them, who had concealed their malice, had formed an

nod. “Yes, this is the will President Tillman had replaced just

have a look?”

send you

what are you trying to imply here? Are

You’ve already gotten 30 percent of the shares, so why are you still not satisfied?”

now. That person is me, especially since I have the qualification

take on Dad’s position to properly manage Tillman Constructions.” Erica flattered her

missing a beat, Alex added, “Mrs. Tillman, the company’s affairs

slightly surprised at the fact that Naomi was to take over the company since they had thought that Francis had been guiding his eldest daughter

We still require your service in certain matters in the future,” Naomi said as

the matter of her father regaining consciousness as Naomi’s schemes would be

the contents of the will, and not to accept it so readily. “Miss Tillman, are you suggesting that the company affairs would be fully handled by Mrs. Tillman and

of the will,” she

it. When the assistant was done and handed a copy of the will to Anastasia,

you trying to do by hiding my husband in Presgrave Hospital? As his wife, do

her eyes before Anastasia turned toward Naomi and said, “Naturally, you have the right to visit my father. As long as you do not hinder his treatment in the

Then, I shall visit him

so after making an

eye contact with one another, as they were puzzled as to how Anastasia wasn’t

a

pair who had gotten the shares they wished for, Alex reminded them, “Although everything went well,

wake up any moment now?”

doctors at the affiliated hospital told me that the chances of my husband waking up are nonexistent. You have

cannot let our guards down before President Tillman is

afternoon during my visit. Hmph, that Anastasia still thinks she could save

reporters, she went into her car and gave the copy of the will she received to the lawyer beside her. “Mr. Brown,

handed to him by Anastasia, Mr. Brown said with a stern expression, “On the surface, there doesn’t seem to be any problems with

father was the only one who knew the real

Presgrave Hospital.

waiting for Anastasia’s return, immediately dragged her into a quiet lounge the moment he

calmly filled Elliot in regarding the content

eyes, his gaze chilly. “Are you just going to let your father’s company fall into that woman’s hand? Should I start

how to deal with them. I’ll make sure that they pay the price they fully deserve.” Her eyes tinged with sorrow

are still stable so

company. I assumed they knew my father was going to let me inherit the company, so they decided to do something like this to him. If only I knew this would happen, I would’ve refused to go help out at the company back then. At the

assured her. Looking at her exhausted pale face, he immediately wrapped his arms around

his chest. “Have you

was very willing to go to the

the Presgrave Family had given

hospital ward after going through the proper registration process. “As expected, this place is something

longer addressed him as

We will consult the doctors first before

entered the lounge

left the door slightly open. Just as Naomi and Erica were about to sit down and have their cup of tea, they heard a female voice coming from outside their room. “Dr. Jones, since my father just had

female voice belonged to Anastasia, the mother-daughter pair made eye contact with one

scanner and medicine in our hospital. We’ll be able to effectively treat your father’s condition

Does that mean there’s a possibility that my dad will wake

so. If there aren’t any problems, he may even regain

Jones. You

future father-in-law, how can we not put our utmost effort into treating him? We will definitely do everything we

However, can I ask you for a favor? Later, two of my family members will be visiting my father. Can you please

Jones was

a favor, as this is my

I’ll do as you

of them continued their conversation while gradually walking away from the room. Behind the slightly opened door, the mother-daughter pair were looking at each other in disbelief, as they could not believe the possibility of Francis waking up. Not to mention, he would wake up next week at

should we do now?”

equally anxious. Should Francis wake up to find the contents of his will having been replaced, he would most definitely

was looking at the lounge room with calculative eyes. Just as she planned, the mother-daughter pair had listened in on the play she had with Dr. Jones. As she knew Naomi’s greatest fear

Presgrave Hospital! She heard that the doctor treating Francis right now was a global leading neurology specialist. Adding to that, the hospital had gathered countless skilled doctors. Thus, she couldn’t discount the possibility that Francis would

them to visit Francis. Sitting by the bed, Naomi noticed that Francis was slowly regaining the colors in his face and the mysteriously high-end looking machines, as though they were a source of life that could wake Francis at any moment, on him. Glancing at these machines, Naomi had the immediate thought of taking them off Francis to

they left the ward, they ran into Anastasia, who feigned

is your father?”

told me the chances of him waking up are miniscule.” Anastasia told

to us. Will my dad be

hints of emotions in her eyes. “Why would I lie to you? My dad will not be

lying to her so that the latter could use Francis to deal with her after he regained consciousness. Hence, Anastasia told her that her husband would not be waking up anytime soon just so she would let her guard down. Hmph! I won’t fall for that, she thought. “Then take good care of your father. We’ll come and visit him tomorrow. There’s something back in the office that

of the mother-daughter pair gradually vanishing in sight, Anastasia knew they had taken the bait. She then took her phone out and dialed Rey’s number. “Rey, please arrange some men for the next

a close eye on Naomi and Erica the entire

the slightest idea on what Naomi would do specifically to harm her father

they called Alex and told him everything

that President Tillman will wake

However, we overheard the conversation between Anastasia and that doctor and heard Anastasia asking the doctor not to tell us the truth! You should know that the doctor-in-charge is the world’s leading

I’m afraid Anastasia might be planning some sort of trap for

Alex, and stopped thinking up

like a ticking bomb in their head, as they would feel a sense of danger

of fear had slowly taken their roots in Naomi’s heart, as she could not eat nor sleep well after she had returned home, fearing she would wake up to

up from her sleep in a cold sweat. She then sat up and looked at the pillow beside her. As the fear in her

and overheard

Dr. Jones saying that Mr. Tillman’s medicine has started

That’s good news

panic, as she began to believe the possibility of Francis waking up since even the nurses were talking about it. Sitting by Francis’ bedside, she

She was waiting for the moment of Naomi’s breakdown, the moment Naomi took

corridors of Presgrave Hospital, her eyes wandered around the high-tech hospital that looked as if it could raise a man from his death. Upon leaving the hospital, she came to a conclusion that she couldn’t let that man wake up, as she couldn’t lose the shares she and her daughter had gotten. He must die, she

daughter would crumble under the pressure and that Alex would stop her since he did not understand the fear she was experiencing. Therefore, she decided

pin his death on Anastasia and sue the hospital for a huge amount of compensation. All in all, to Naomi, there were

a call to the unscrupulous owner whom she had gotten the previous pills from. She had already planned the method of how she would administer the drug, as she noticed that Francis’ arm was hooked up to some tube for his medication. By discreetly injecting the tube with the lethal drug, Francis would surely

the ward, Naomi surmised that it would be enough as long as she had her back to the camera while using her clothes as a cover while she was injecting the drug into the tube. Naomi, who was immersed in her planning, was completely unaware that every movement of her wicked plan was being monitored,

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