Chapter 59 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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His gaze was warm and steady as he said, “We’ll talk about this after you get better. I have a lot of things going on at the moment.”

She could hear the rejection behind his carefully-chosen and empty words, but that did not deter her at all. “Elliot, please don’t turn me down. I know I’m not beautiful, but I… I really like you.”

Just then, Elliot’s phone rang, and he rose to leave the room. “I have to take this call.”

Hayley watched as his tall and straight figure marched out of the hospital room. As she pursed her lips in disappointment, she still fervently believed that one day she would become his woman indeed.

The person on the other line was Harriet, who had been waiting for a really long time for Anastasia’s arrival. When the guest of honor never showed up, she began to grow frantic and decided to call her grandson for an explanation. “Elliot, why isn’t Miss Tillman here yet?”

“Something happened on the way, Grandma. I’ll bring her over to the house tomorrow.”

“What happened?”

“It’s mostly my part.”

“Fine, then! Bring her over tomorrow morning. Better yet, we should have lunch together!”

“Okay, I’ll arrange for it immediately,” Elliot answered respectfully.

He hung up the call and paused for a moment, then spun on his heels to return to the hospital room. After pushing the door open, he then said to Hayley, “They need me back at the office, so I’ll be going off now. Get plenty of rest.”

Hayley dared not force him to stay, so she merely nodded obediently as she said, “Okay.”

With a small nod of relief, Elliot turned and left the hospital room.

Meanwhile, Anastasia had hailed a ride back to the company, which took up two hours of her time. As such, she immediately leafed through the documents and started tying up all the loose ends in the office, but she had barely drawn anything when her phone rang.

She picked it up and asked, “Hello, who is this?”

“It’s me,” Elliot replied.

“Oh, look who’s back. Did Erica decide to let you go?” Anastasia asked with a raise of her brow.

“I’ve rescheduled your meeting with my grandmother to tomorrow morning.”

“Well, then, as long as you’ve spoken to her. Anyway, I have to get back to work now.”

“I’d like to buy you and Jared dinner tonight,” Elliot suddenly offered.

“No, thanks,” Anastasia replied. She didn’t feel much like entertaining him after seeing how he and Hayley were all huddled up today at the parking lot.

If she had to be honest, she hated Hayley with a passion. They were both once as close as sisters, but clearly that friendship had been nothing more than a joke to Hayley, who did not hesitate to stab Anastasia in the back at first chance and push her off the cliff into a dark abyss.

If it weren’t for Jared, Anastasia didn’t think she could ever be saved from the agony that followed the incident which left her scarred. She would’ve spiraled into depression and hatred. She could still remember how the man—that scoundrel who was the devil himself—had torn her apart brutally that night. She remembered thinking she was going to die.

When the clock finally read 4.30PM, Anastasia grabbed her purse and left the company 10 minutes earlier than usual, hoping to flag a taxi downstairs by the pavement. However, for some reason, there were no taxis driving past the area.

She was just about to walk over to the bus station nearby when a gleaming black Rolls-Royce pulled up next to her soundlessly. The driver’s side window rolled down to reveal the man behind the wheel, and he was eyeing her with his piercing gaze as he said, “Get in.”

Anastasia waved her hand to dismiss his offer. “No, thanks.” She would much rather take the bus.

Just then, the man stopped the car and opened the door. He got out of the vehicle and walked up to her, though she wasn’t sure what he was planning to do.

Before she could react, the man opened the car door on the passenger side before reaching out to deftly grab her by the wrist. Then, without another word, he shoved her into the passenger seat.

“Hey! I will not be sitting in your car, Elliot!” she snapped at him, having never encountered a man as boorish as him.

He ignored her, and after seeing that she had reluctantly settled into her seat, he closed the door and pressed his key. He had locked the car door, and now that Anastasia could not escape, she watched with wide eyes filled with despair as the man rounded the car to slide into the driver’s seat. Then, still paying no mind to her accusatory glare, he elegantly started the car and pulled away from the curb.

Given that she didn’t have time to waste now that she was running late to pick Jared up from school, she decided to let this matter go. She buckled up her seat belt and pointed out exasperatedly, “Just because you’re my boss and you helped me out big-time doesn’t mean that you can just disrespect me like this.”

“I would have been more reasonable had you been more obedient,” Elliot said coolly as he kept his eyes on the road ahead.

“And what have you done to warrant my obedience?” she countered incredulously.

“I’ve never been good at handling rejection,” he said bluntly while throwing her a sideways glance.

She felt the urge to scoff. As it turned out, a man like him did not appeal to reason at all. Upon deciding to go with another topic, she took on a snide and wicked tone as she asked, “So, what’s the verdict on your girlfriend’s damages? Is she now a certified idiot?”

“Hayley is not my girlfriend; she’s just someone I have to care for,” Elliot answered unaffectedly.

Anastasia scoffed. “Go on, you can admit that you’re seeing her romantically. I saw how you guys were hugging and all that.”

“That is between me and her,” he said while frowning. For some reason, he wasn’t in the mood to dissect the details of his relationship with Hayley.

“Fine, then! You slept with her, didn’t you?” Anastasia wasted no time in going straight to the point.