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.

her of the plan. Is that what

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

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

going anywhere.” An emotional Lorelai shook her head and begged, “Elliot, the child is already

realized she was still adamant and foolish, he coldly said, “Lorelai, you are not qualified

promise I will never trouble you again. I assure you, Elliot, that I will never

the person affected the most in this situation is my wife. You don’t take her seriously, and she is the one whom I love the most. Do you think I will give you a chance to hurt my

was startled by his anger and she supported herself with the use of a couch and gently sat down. If she hadn’t sat down, her legs would have been so weak that she would have collapsed

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 felt that she was just unlucky, that she was born into the Presgrave Family and had a strict father. Otherwise, she would undoubtedly be

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 Presgraves.” Lorelai was worried since she still had a younger

will do what needs to be done.” As Elliot said

Was

something like

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

herself into thinking that Elliot had affection for her. Still, it appeared he was only interested in Anastasia and has no

two bodyguards

back, Miss Presgrave!” The assistant pleaded as well. If it weren’t for the

turned to look at Elliot standing in the hallway, they suddenly became aware

go!” Lorelai, with her eyes closed,

soon be compelled to leave in the future, and there would be no possibility

airport, and approximately three hours later,

and Martha, seated in

the other end of the line answered the phone as if nothing

are you messing with me?” Martha was

old, so don’t get

are overly wayward. You’re 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,” she yelled in

the phone line, Arthur laughed and said, “Grandma, you vastly

of opulence since young and if you plan on maintaining your original lifestyle, then you would need to try hard at getting a job,” Martha said this derisively and she seemed to relish in watching him try. She was quite shocked

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

yelled out, “Artie, are you sure that you want

is Sophia Goodwin and you

you guys in

“Yes!” Arthur admitted.

and it looked like her grandson had

I’m sorry to trouble you, but you will have to handle the family business for now. Give

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

all of the bank accounts he held was the right one as it was important to have

moved into her own apartment and she went behind her parents’ back to

was located extremely close to Presgrave Group, so she claimed that it was for the sake of work convenience, which prompted no

stayed

grandma, he instantly felt a wave of relief and he glanced at Sophia, who was currently doing the laundry on the balcony, before he initiated

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

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

and reached out to grab it

machine and she instantly pounced on him to snatch

wanna help.” Having said that, he reached out and took out some clothes to hang

the couch and he was busy tapping away on his laptop. Out of curiosity, she inched closer and asked, “What are

in the

were frozen?” She blinked. Where did he get

out

From your

just went to a

a loan like how you borrow a pen! Do you realize how high the interest is? You should

he grinned confidently. “Don’t worry. I’ll be able to

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

we went to last night! I like the

a seafood platter that was extremely spicy and she thought that his picky palate would not be able

with it though?” she asked out of curiosity because she was afraid

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 chef he brought back with

head for lunch consisted of several awestruck waitresses, thanks to his appearance from last night. Surprised to see his return today, they blushed and tried to find excuses to come over and sneak furtive looks at

Sophia for having such

as equally as Arthur did. Despite its low popularity

enough to captivate the women around him and several other female customers from the other tables sneaked furtive looks at him too; some

photo of him. She quickly interjected, “Excuse me, I would appreciate it if you stop taking photos of

girl

reached the entrance, a sexy woman walked over to them and kept her

Sir. I’m the editor of Cloud Media and I would 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 looks and temperament fit our

introduced herself and

surprise, but she smiled and rejected on behalf of Arthur. “Excuse me, my

our talent 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 standing behind

and he rejected

sign on the two of you and you’ll instantly get the best conditions right away. How does that sound?” The woman was intent on grasping onto the two of them

Thanks.” Sophia

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

point, Arthur was annoyed. “Stop bothering us,

as his gaze hit 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 came naturally from

sign under her, then their company would definitely stand out from then on. She was sure that he would become

and noticed that the woman continued to follow them. It was beyond her expectation that

taking photos of him. Indeed, this man attracted the attention of women

and Arthur continued to window shop until they decided to head back. He was used to being surrounded

back home at about 6.00PM and Sophia had already purchased some pasta and fruits. She intended

busy in the kitchen as he used his laptop to check on

of pasta and meatballs was served. She also laid out some side dishes

hand and went to take a look at the delicious dinner spread. He found himself craving to eat and he was no longer a picky eater as before. After moving in with Sophia, he changed a lot

too. Now that he was with her, he managed to sleep soundly on a bed that was merely a

was unemployed at the moment, she did

toilet door being opened and she peeked at him red-faced. He was wearing the gray pajamas that she had bought for him. The

the direction of the couch and sat next

in the past, he had a cold, elegant fragrance of cedar on him which contrasted his scent right

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

and purposely inched closer to him. As such, she could conveniently lie in his arms and take a rest as she watched the TV shows

flickered slightly and he astutely realized that she was inching closer to him. He kept his eyes on the television, but he naturally

leaned half of her 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

they remained snuggled against each other quite

did not care much about the plot of the show. The most important thing was that he enjoyed this moment and his heart was rippled

a romantic scene between the male and female lead, which happened to

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

the scene, but she realized that

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

blushed from his focused gaze at her. Then, he used his warm palm to gently grasp and maneuver her chin. She knew what

anxious sight of the girl in

she no longer felt his lips on her forehead before opening her eyes slightly to peek. At that moment, his dominating

kiss was full

dominantly and passionately without any hint of

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

clutched at her chest as her heart thudded frantically. She knew that Arthur was a gentleman, so he would not resort to any hanky-panky. However, it was herself that she was afraid of. She

Arthur knocked on the door to bid goodnight to her

a private jet had just landed and Elliot escorted Lorelai, who had just returned home, out of the

Elliot rejected her requests. Not only that, he threatened that if she was to not undergo the surgery immediately, then her

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

Benedict, who had just pushed open the door and walked in. There was a sparkle in Elliot’s weary-looking eyes. “Is it

the surgery has ended, so you can

an outcome after tracking for information

destroy it? Perhaps it may be useful

would only be held in the hands of one particular

back home. You must be really tired,” Benedict

I’ll leave things here in your hands, then.” At this point, it was already

to not make a sound as he held his coat in his hands and walked up the stairs. He decided not to enter the master bedroom, so

living area on the second floor, he noticed a slender figure asleep with her cheeks against a pillow under the dim lights. She seemed to be maintaining a waiting posture but ended up

side. He covered her

that Anastasia was jolted awake by his gentle gesture and she opened her eyes wide. As soon as she saw that it was the person she had been longing to see, she stretched out her arms in surprise

“You’re finally back.”

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

go to sleep at ease. She had merely fallen asleep less than an hour ago. so