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.

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

return home with me voluntarily, or will you make me use force to bring you back?” Elliot

him, with whom he had spent his childhood together, he no longer felt anything. He felt disgusted to the point where he didn’t want to look at

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

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

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.” Lorelai endeavored to make a favorable impression on the

situation is my wife. You don’t take her seriously, and she is the one whom I love the most. Do you

sat down. If she hadn’t sat

sorry I hurt Anastasia’s feelings, but I love you too! From a young age, I had a crush on you. Perhaps I would have been the one to marry you if my father hadn’t forbidden my return. You see, there was no Anastasia when we first met!” Lorelai remarked with red eyes as she had always

need your dirty love, so come home with me now.” Elliot firmly said, “If you don’t return with me, you will never see your father again, I’ll have the baby aborted, and your family will suffer a

worried since she still had a younger

on them, but more about your cooperation today. If you cooperate, I will do what needs to be done.” As Elliot said in a low voice, the murderous purpose that could be seen in his eyes intensified at this

deep breath. Was Elliot going to kill her

he would do something like that? Why did he have such a deep love

with you.” Lorelai had given up hope since she was convinced that Elliot would abandon their children despite her efforts to give birth to them.

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

but they were held by the two bodyguards standing beside them

for the money, they never would have followed her and risked

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

up, and let’s go!” Lorelai, with her

reckless move embarrassed her family, landed her father in prison, and angered Elliot. Her family would soon be compelled to leave in

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

very time, a convoy was passing by a luxurious manor, and Martha, seated in the rear seat, held her mobile

line answered the

messing with me?” Martha was about

Grandma. You’re old, so don’t get too

not taking me seriously. 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,”

the other end of the phone line, Arthur laughed and said, “Grandma, you vastly underestimate your grandson’s

would need to try hard at getting a job,” Martha

able to take care of myself.”

yelled out, “Artie, are you sure that you want to go against my will just for that

Goodwin and you can address her as

guys

“Yes!” Arthur admitted.

her?” Martha’s eyes flickered and it looked like her grandson

for now. I’m sorry to trouble you, but

knew his personality well and she felt that time would prove whether he was truly in love with Sophia. She would wait

her decision to freeze all of the bank accounts he held was

Sophia moved into her own apartment and she went behind

her apartment was located extremely close to Presgrave Group, so she claimed that it was for the sake of work convenience,

and Arthur stayed in separate rooms, so they were not

and he glanced at Sophia, who was currently doing the laundry on the balcony, before he initiated his

done any chores but was happy to help out despite having to

C cup?” He held her pink undergarment in his

to grab it

took out another pink undergarment from the washing machine and she instantly pounced on him to snatch

reached out and took out some clothes to

finished hanging out the washing, she saw him seated on the couch and he was busy

in the

of your assets were frozen?” She blinked. Where did he get the money to invest in

took out

From your

I just went to a

how you borrow a pen! Do you realize how high the interest is? You should settle the loan right away.

grinned confidently. “Don’t worry. I’ll be able to settle the loan within a

she still had some savings which she could use to help settle

we went to last night! I like the food.” Arthur

that his picky palate would not be able to tolerate that. However, he actually enjoyed the meal very much and the side dishes he tried from last night amazed

go for lunch at the same restaurant. Are you sure that you’re fine with it though?” she asked out of curiosity because she was

like a spoiled brat, he actually liked the food that was enjoyed by the general public. Frankly, they even

from last night. Surprised to see his return today, they blushed and tried to find excuses to come over and sneak furtive looks at him

Sophia

hand, Sophia enjoyed the food from this restaurant as equally as Arthur

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

lifted her head and noticed a girl brazenly capture a photo of him. She quickly interjected,

that moment, the girl awkwardly put her

woman walked over to them and kept

like to ask whether you’re interested in becoming a celebrity. We’re currently recruiting a new batch of budding talents to undergo training. Your

and

surprise, but she smiled and rejected

recruit too. Why don’t you two come over and have an interview at my company?” It was only then the woman realized that there was another pretty and young-looking girl

and he

our criteria perfectly and your aura, image, height, and looks are top-notch. How about this? I’ll sign on the two of you and you’ll

interested. Thanks.” Sophia clutched Arthur’s arm and walked off

Hold on. How about this? We’ll sign you on with an offer of ten million. How

was annoyed. “Stop bothering

her. She felt herself under immense pressure and the man in front of her did not seem like an ordinary man. The elegant aura he exuded

only she could get this man to sign under her, then their company would definitely stand out from then on. She was sure that he would become a top star in

follow them. It was beyond her expectation that a simple jaunt in the mall with

restaurant, she had also stopped a bunch of girls from taking photos of him. Indeed, this man

head back. He was used to being surrounded and flattered

Sophia had already purchased some pasta and fruits. She

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

out some side dishes she bought in the afternoon

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

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

movie. Although she was unemployed at the moment, she did some freelance work and submitted short articles to a special column. On days when she was lucky enough, her income from that would be sufficient

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

the direction of the couch and sat next to

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

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 his perfectly sculpted features, making

and purposely inched closer to him. As such, she could conveniently lie

astutely realized that she was inching closer to him. He kept his eyes on the television, but he naturally took her into his

body into his arms as her heart thudded hard. She buried her face into his arms and snuggled against him as she took in the feeling of her head on his firm chest. She felt a rush of comfort and

them spoke a word and they remained snuggled against each

show. The most important thing was that he enjoyed this moment and

between the male and female lead, which happened to be

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

remote control to skip the scene, but she realized that it was by his side. “Hey, hand me the remote control,”

the remote control. At the same time, he focused

Then, he used his warm palm to gently grasp and maneuver her chin. She knew what this entailed, so she

the anxious sight of the girl in his arms as her

waited until she no longer felt his lips on her forehead before opening her eyes slightly to

full

passionately without any

Meanwhile, Arthur rose to his feet and went to the bathroom

a gentleman, so he would not resort to any hanky-panky. However,

door to bid goodnight to her before

jet had just landed and Elliot escorted Lorelai, who had just returned home, out of the airport to head directly to Presgrave

the way, Lorelai tried to negotiate with him and she hoped that Elliot would let her father off the hook and forgive her family members. However, Elliot rejected her requests. Not only that, he threatened that if she was to not undergo the surgery immediately, then

drop of tear that fell from the side of her eye out of discontentment. The pain she felt in her body plus the inner turmoil

the resting area, Elliot glanced at Benedict, who had just pushed open the door and walked in. There was

so you

could finally heave a sigh of relief as he had finally got an outcome after tracking for information and running around to handle matters

you want to destroy it? Perhaps it may be

Family would only be held

You must be really tired,”

your hands, then.” At this point, it was already 5.00AM and all Elliot wanted

tried his best to not make a sound as he held his coat in his

living area on the second floor, he noticed a slender figure asleep with her cheeks against a pillow under the dim lights.

felt a pang in 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

she opened her eyes wide. As soon as she saw that

“You’re finally back.”

chidingly, “Why didn’t you sleep in the room?

merely fallen asleep less than