Never Too Far Novel

They were immediately surrounded by the motorcycles. The gangsters began to bang on the car windows with the iron bars in their hands. As such, the bodyguard in the driver’s seat swerved the car to knock down some of the outlaws, but the people banging on the windows were too many for them. Suddenly, a row of studs appeared in front of the moving car. It turned out that the motorcycles were only there to divert their attention, forcing the car to accelerate, and then unable to brake in time to avoid the studs.

Sure enough, popping sounds were heard. Although the car tires were anti-puncture, the car was eventually slowed by the overwhelming number of nails. As a result, the three cars behind immediately accelerated and caught up.

“President Presgrave, it appears that we will have to get out of the car to deal with these gangsters.” The captain of the bodyguard analyzed the situation calmly, knowing that they would be unable to proceed at all under the current circumstances. “The cars behind us did not catch up with us, but we’re already entangled by them. We can only get out for the time being.”

Elliot nodded, after which the bodyguard neatly drew the car mat beneath his feet, revealing the spot where they hid their sophisticated and well-equipped weapons.

“Take this, President Presgrave. We must launch a successful counterattack against these outlaws.”

Elliot accepted the gun, and he was still well-versed in the shooting techniques. Despite having been in the business industry for many years and maintaining a successful career, he clearly did not forget the skills he had learned while he was training in the secret army.

To avoid the confrontation on the avenue, the car took a side road and drove into the dense woods.

The four people in the car quickly exited the vehicle and sought shelter. At this point, the outlaws’ cars rushed in, followed by the motorcycles arriving one by one. When the first man collapsed to the ground, the others instantly became vigilant.

The outlaws lacked a comprehensive understanding of their adversaries. They were simply outlaws who wanted money after completing their missions, but this time they knew the target was a wealthy man. It was very simple for them to get rid of a businessman.

However, when the second and third men were killed, their nerves were put to the test. Their opponents’ skills and equipment were obviously superior, as was their shooting accuracy.

“Come on! Get your act together, everyone! Whoever kills the target receives one million as a reward!”

When the terrified men learned of the million dollar reward, they quickly regained their senses and spirits. They would never be able to make such good money in their lives, so today was their only chance.

When the outlaws’ leader discovered that they had lost six of their members, he became enraged and pulled out the bazooka they had just used to fire aimlessly at their opponents, eventually forcing one of Elliot’s bodyguards to appear. While dodging bullets, the bodyguard injured his leg and fell to the ground at a position very close to Elliot.

Elliot ignored the risk of being discovered while saving his bodyguard. He reached out and dragged his bodyguard to a safe location.

“Don’t worry about me, President Presgrave. The most important thing right now is your safety,” the bodyguard breathed out. His broken leg was bloodied and burned.

Elliot removed his suit before he ripped off the shirt sleeve to expertly bandage the bodyguard’s wound. “Please bear with it for a while. We’ll take you to the hospital as soon as we get back to the city.”

Even though the bodyguard grimaced in pain, he was moved. The reason why they were protective of Elliot was because he was a kind-hearted boss.

Elliot was unlike any other businessman who didn’t care about the lives of his subordinates. Instead, he always treated his bodyguards like brothers.

Elliot’s personality made his subordinates want to serve him, even if it meant risking their lives.

At this fraction of moment, the outlaws discovered Elliot’s hiding spot and immediately approached him.

Elliot had to get up and leave to keep his subordinates safe, leading the group of outlaws in a different direction to distract them.

A few bullets flew by his side and he deftly avoided them all. He ran to a high vantage point and aimed his shot at the four outlaws with no misses. They were shot dead before they could even call for help.

Elliot returned to the injured bodyguard’s side just as the captain of the bodyguard joined him. “President Presgrave, could you please take Mark and depart in this direction? You can hail a cab along the way to get to the hospital. We’ll go in the opposite direction to distract the outlaws,” the captain said.

“I’ll go with you!” Elliot suggested.

The stunned captain refused. “No, your identity is too important for us to risk. We must—”

“Stop talking nonsense. Let’s go.” Elliot stood up, ran 100 meters in a favorable direction, and fired two shots into the sky.

The captain exhaled a sigh. He had to admit that the entire bodyguard team was less brave and capable than Elliot at times.

Elliot was a truly admirable human being.

At this point, the daylight had dwindled to a barely perceptible lightening of the gloom. Elliot and Reece, the captain of the bodyguard, had already drawn the outlaws into the dense forest area.

Dusk arrived earlier than expected; everything in the forest was hidden beneath it, as if a predator was on prey.

“Be careful, President Presgrave,” Reece reminded Elliot since Reece had the responsibility to ensure the man’s safety.

The thirty-five-year-old Reece’s heart was cautious because he had to remain alert.

Elliot nodded, and he checked his gun magazine holder and discovered that he only had one bullet left.

He calmly reloaded it while Reece quickly handed over his firearm, saying, “Here, President Presgrave. I have four more and you can have mine.”

“No, keep it for yourself!” Elliot gently shook his head.

There were only about ten outlaws left when they arrived in the deep woods. They had lost more than half of their members. The leader was irritated and enraged. They appeared to have underestimated their enemy this time.

The information provided by the other party did not state how powerful the businessman was. However, the outlaw leader watched his brothers die one by one at Elliot’s hands.

“After you, President Presgrave.” Reece made the decision to head deep into the forest.

Elliot, on the other hand, was sick of running away from the situation. If he had to walk into the mountains, it would take him a few days to get out, and he didn’t have time to wait that long.

Elliot had only one thing on his mind: to bring Lorelai back so that he could finish the operation at his hospital and to calm his wife.

Therefore, he didn’t want to wait any longer.

At this moment, Elliot noticed an outlaw approaching him in the bushes six meters away, so he motioned Reece to go forward with him. Reece’s heart raced as he saw this and dashed behind Elliot.

The outlaw went over to investigate when he heard a twig snap in the trees behind him, not realizing it was a stone thrown by Reece.

As the outlaw looked around frantically for the source of the noise, Elliot stepped from behind him, snatched his weapon and took him down to finish him off.

Elliot quickly looked at the gun’s magazine and found it more than adequate. Instantly, his eyes turned as cold as a stone, and Reece followed suit when he saw Elliot’s sleek figure moving toward the outlaws.

Within minutes, flocks of frightened birds flew from the woods as it was accompanied by loud noises and screams. After fifteen minutes, there was complete silence.

Reece, who was holding a weapon, was dumbfounded that he had witnessed a scene from an action film whereby the man he was protecting, Elliot Presgrave, was the main character.

“Let’s go before the sun goes down!” Elliot told Reece as he dropped the things in his hands.

Reece was taken aback, and he quickly followed Elliot.

While driving in the car that they came in; they contacted the other team members who were in the other three cars. The team members in those cars soon came to pick them up, but the two injured bodyguards had been transported to the hospital.

Then, Elliot reached for his phone and dialed Anastasia’s number.

“Hello! Hello, Elliot, is that you?” Anastasia’s voice was tinged with emotion.

“It’s me. Don’t worry, I’m fine,” he reassured her. She must have been worried at home for the past two hours!

“You frightened the hell out of me.” She sniffled, indicating that she must have shed tears beforehand.

“I’m not going to die so easily. I still have to look after you and Jared for the rest of my life!” Elliot tried to entice her with humor.

On the other hand, Anastasia’s tears became even more audible. “Could you kindly refrain from bringing up the subject of death? That’s not what I want to hear from you.”

“Okay, fine. I won’t bring it up again,” Elliot coaxed tenderly.

Elliot’s demeanor surprised Reece. Is he the same Mr. Presgrave who killed the outlaws in the woods?

Anastasia informed Elliot to return home early when she learned he would pick up Lorelai.

Meanwhile, Lorelai sat on the sofa, sipping vitality serum for nourishment. She wanted to go outside for fresh air to calm down, as she felt tense and stifled within the villa. Then, she recalled her mother’s warning and knew she had to stay put.

At night, the villa stood out even more prominently. Several shadowy people showed up in front of the villa’s outer wall, and the bodyguards led the way as they climbed up the wall.

Lorelai was asleep in her bedroom when she became aware of the sound. Panicked, she rose to her feet and yelled for her assistant, but nobody responded.

As she walked down the hall, she was thinking about her assistant when she noticed the door to her house being forced open and a tall figure enveloped in a subtle aroma of blood entering the house with a gloomy coldness.

Lorelai stepped back quickly and trembled as she was overwhelmed with fear. The man who appeared before her at this time was not the same man who had once held her heart; instead, he was a dangerous incarnation of Hades, who had come down from hell himself.

“E-Elliot, what are you doing here?” She maintained her composure, but her emotions were in disarray.

When she looked closer, she discovered Elliot’s suit was smeared with a red dye that resembled human blood.

a realization about something. Her mother had not informed her of the plan. Is that what Dad was

with me voluntarily, or will you make me use force to bring you

his childhood together, he no longer felt anything. He felt disgusted to the point

Lorelai shook her head and begged, “Elliot, the child is already in my womb. May I give birth to it?

coldly said, “Lorelai, you are not qualified to give birth to my

want to give birth to your child; I won’t ask for anything in return. I only want to have two children related to you by blood. I promise I will never trouble you again. I assure you, Elliot, that I will never get married again in my whole life. I will take excellent care of these two children.”

love the most. Do you think I will give you a chance to hurt my wife?” Angry and frustrated, he yelled, his eyes blazing with

gently sat down. If she hadn’t sat down, her legs would have been so weak that she would have collapsed to the ground

marry you if my father hadn’t forbidden my return. You see, there was no Anastasia when we first met!”

me now.” Elliot firmly said, “If you don’t return with me, you will never see your

family that way; they’re the Presgraves.” Lorelai was worried since she still had a younger brother,

but more about your cooperation today. If you cooperate, I will do what needs

deep breath. Was Elliot going

he would do something like that? Why

she was convinced that Elliot would abandon their children despite her efforts to give birth to them. Why

her. Still, it appeared he was only interested in Anastasia and has no room in

two bodyguards standing beside them and didn’t have the nerve to say

assistant pleaded as well. If it weren’t for the money, they never would have followed her and risked their lives in such

standing in the hallway, they suddenly became aware of how they had

go!” Lorelai, with her eyes closed,

Her family would soon be compelled to leave in the future, and there would

the middle of the night, the car set off for the airport, and approximately three hours later, the plane took off from

luxurious manor, and Martha, seated in the rear seat, held her mobile

other end of the line answered the phone as

you messing with me?” Martha was

old, so don’t get

You’ve finally matured, haven’t you? I’m going to freeze all of your cards from now on. I’ll only unfreeze them when you come back,” she yelled

“Grandma, you vastly underestimate your grandson’s capability. I can live comfortably even without

and if you plan on maintaining your original lifestyle, then you would need to try hard at getting a job,”

will be able to take care of myself.” Having said that, he

the other hand, she hastily yelled out, “Artie, are you sure that you want to go against

and you can address

guys

“Yes!” Arthur admitted.

plan on marrying her?” Martha’s eyes flickered and it looked like her

let’s not talk about this for now. I’m sorry to trouble you, but you will have to handle the family business

that point, she could not help her thoughts as she narrowed her eyes. She knew his personality well and she felt that time would prove whether he was truly in love with

all of the bank accounts he held was the right one as

and she went behind her parents’

claimed that it was for the sake of work convenience, which prompted no reason for Drake and

Arthur stayed in

ended the phone call with his grandma, he instantly felt a wave of relief and he glanced at Sophia, who was currently doing the laundry on the balcony,

he had never done any chores but was happy to help out despite having to

C cup?” He held her pink undergarment in his hand and

Sophia blushed slightly and reached out to grab it from him. “Why are you studying

snatch it away from him. “You should just go

said that, he reached out and took

washing, she saw him seated on the couch and he was busy tapping away on his laptop. Out of curiosity, she inched closer and

in the stock

of your assets were frozen?” She blinked. Where did he get the

out a

From your

went to a

realize how high the interest is? You should settle the loan right away. I’ll

“Don’t worry. I’ll be able

still had some savings which she

let’s have lunch at the same restaurant we went to last night! I like the food.” Arthur folded his laptop shut and looked

that was extremely spicy and she thought that his picky palate would not be able to tolerate that. However, he actually enjoyed the meal very

sure that you’re fine with it though?” she asked out of curiosity because she was afraid that he would

much as Arthur seemed like a spoiled brat, he actually liked the food that was enjoyed by the general public. Frankly, they even tasted much better than the ones prepared by the five-star

from last night. Surprised to see his return today, they blushed and tried to find excuses to come over

envious of Sophia for

the other hand, Sophia enjoyed the food from this restaurant as equally as Arthur did. Despite its low popularity with the crowd, the food was very

the dishes from this restaurant and he ate elegantly with a slightly lazy look. His casual gaze was enough to captivate the women around him and several other female customers from the other tables sneaked furtive looks at him too; some of them even snapped photos of

brazenly capture a photo of him. She

the girl awkwardly put her

out of the restaurant. Subsequently, they entered a bustling mall. As soon as they reached the entrance, a sexy woman walked over to them and kept her awe-filled eyes on Arthur as she hurriedly took

editor of Cloud Media and I would like to ask whether you’re interested in becoming a celebrity. We’re currently recruiting a

introduced herself and looked

rejected on behalf of

an interview at my company?” It was only

he rejected the woman. “We’re not

How about this? I’ll sign on the two of you and you’ll instantly get the best conditions right

but we’re really not interested. Thanks.” Sophia clutched Arthur’s arm

Hold on. How about this? We’ll sign you on with an offer of ten million. How about that?” The woman gave her

was annoyed. “Stop bothering

her. She felt herself under immense pressure and the man in front of her did not seem

man to sign under her, then their company would definitely

continued to follow them. It was beyond her expectation that

had also stopped a bunch of girls from taking photos of him. Indeed,

head back. He was used to being surrounded and flattered by the crowd since young, but

had already purchased some pasta and fruits. She intended to

separately, she was busy in the kitchen as he used his laptop to

dinner of pasta and meatballs was served. She also laid out some side dishes she bought in

spread. He found himself craving to eat and he was no longer a picky eater as before. After

was very picky about the surroundings he stayed in too. Now that he was with

dinner, Arthur went to take a shower first while Sophia remained perched on the couch as she continued watching a movie. Although she was unemployed at the moment, she did some

peeked at him red-faced. He was wearing the gray pajamas that she had bought for him. The pajamas fitted well on him

the direction of the couch and sat next to her. His strapping tall figure

of his distinct scent in the air; in the past, he had a cold, elegant fragrance of cedar on him which contrasted his scent right now—the crisp but pure aroma of shower gel. On top of that, the masculinity

took a gulp and lifted her head to look at the man with wet dark dripping hair who was currently right in front of her. His translucent forehead was revealed and paired with

lie in his arms and take

inching closer to him. He kept his eyes on

his arms and snuggled against him as she took in the feeling of her head on his firm chest. She felt a

word and they remained snuggled against each other quite naturally and continued to watch some TV

the show. The most important thing was that he enjoyed this moment and his heart was rippled

show depicted a romantic scene between the

female lead stood under a dim street lamp and they were deep

scene, but she realized

through her intention, so he refused to hand over the remote control. At the

he used his warm palm to gently

of the girl in his arms as

kiss on her forehead. She waited until she no longer felt his lips on her forehead before opening her eyes slightly to peek. At that moment, his dominating lips landed on her red lips and she

full of passion and

her so dominantly and passionately without any hint of aggression; it was pure and

in his arms after his kiss. Meanwhile, Arthur rose to his feet and went to the bathroom as he needed to take

so he would not resort to any hanky-panky. However, it was herself

door to bid goodnight

airport, a private jet had just landed and Elliot escorted Lorelai, who had just returned

and forgive her family members. However, Elliot rejected her requests. Not only that, he threatened that if she was to

to the operating theater were switched on and Lorelai shut her eyes tightly. At that moment, there was a single drop of tear that fell from the side of her eye

Elliot glanced at Benedict, who had just pushed open the door and walked

has ended, so you can

an outcome after

destroy it? Perhaps it may

the future, the fate of the Presgrave Family would only be held in the

good rest back home. You must be really tired,” Benedict expressed his

point, it was already 5.00AM and all Elliot wanted was

Elliot tried his best to not make a sound as he held

a slender figure asleep with her cheeks against a pillow under the dim lights. She seemed to be maintaining a waiting

his heart as he gently placed down his coat and made his way toward her side. He covered her body with the blanket that had slid off to the ground and he was slightly

soon as she saw that it was the person she had been longing to see, she

“You’re finally back.”

down and looked at her slightly chidingly, “Why didn’t you sleep in

that he could be back tonight, she was unable to go to sleep at ease. She had merely fallen asleep less than an hour ago. so she was not afraid of catching a cold. She was very concerned about not