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“What is there to help out with?”
“Anastasia, help me take a look if the amount of wine here is correct or not. As you know, the employees in hotels can have less than desirable habits sometimes.” Naomi’s loud voice attracted the ire of nearby waiters.
Feeling extremely humiliated, Anastasia wished she wasn’t acquainted with the woman. In the end, she said calmly, “This is a five-star hotel, so no such thing would happen. Now, if there isn’t anything else, then I’ll be excusing myself first.”
After that, Anastasia was going to open the door and go out, but Naomi made a move to grab onto her. “Wait! Anastasia, I have something to say to you.”
Feeling slightly disgusted, Anastasia avoided her touch. “You can say whatever you want to without having to touch me.”
“Anastasia, you know that Erica has also bought a house recently, right? After your dad bought one for you, he insisted on buying one for her too. I couldn’t even persuade him not to do so,” Naomi said frustratingly.
Smirking deep down, Anastasia kept up a calm façade as she countered, “That’s between you people. You don’t need to tell me that.”
“Of course I have to tell you that! Do you know how hard it is for your father to be the sole breadwinner of the family? On top of that, the company isn’t going through its best period recently, so don’t disturb him if you don’t have much going on. Also, don’t try to borrow money from him these days. Just try to spend within your means.” Everything that Naomi said pointed to one message-Anastasia had better not further spend any of Francis’ money.
Even if Naomi did not state this, Anastasia knew all this herself.
“Your dad hasn’t been sleeping all that well these nights. I think it might be due to the stress.”
The guilt started to well up within Anastasia, as the house that her dad bought for her did cost a pretty penny. Maybe Dad really is quite stressed nowadays.
“Anastasia, I heard from your father that you’re now working under Young Master Elliot, right? Could I trouble you to ask if he’s still hiring? Erica is also hoping to land a job in his company,” Naomi immediately murmured.
Upon hearing that, Anastasia sneered deep down as she could see right through Naomi’s little trick. I think she just wants Erica to get close to Elliot!
With that thought, she then opened the door and looked to the great hall. As expected, Erica had already made herself comfortable on Anastasia’s original seat beside Elliot.
Anastasia then realized that Naomi was just calling her away as a distraction. And so, the former opened the door fully and left.
“Hey! Anastasia, I haven’t even finished yet! Do you have any manners? I’m your senior! You should be respecting me!” Behind her, Naomi was so livid she started to stomp her foot
At that point, practically all the guests had arrived, with Elliot’s table being the only one that had just one person sitting at it. This was probably because nobody dared to sit there.
Weaving through the various tables, Anastasia was making her way back when another voice called out to her. “Miss Tillman, can I have the honor of sitting with
you?”
Turning back, she saw that it was Alex, so she instantly smiled and replied, “Of course you can! Let’s go over to that table.”
Gleefully, he nodded and followed Anastasia to Elliot’s table.
Seeing how Anastasia’was coming over, Erica could not help the hint of revolt that flashed across her gaze, as she thought that a high and mighty man like Elliot wouldn’t even spare an extra glance at Anastasia, like he did to herself.
Hearing the footsteps, Elliot finally drew his gaze from his phone, He coincidentally saw Anastasia sitting down together with a man opposite him. It was the same man that was chatting happily along with her just now.
“President Presgrave, this is Mr. Alex Hunter. He’s responsible for the financial department in my dad’s company.” Then, she continued, “And this is my company’s boss, Mr. Elliot Presgrave.”
“Hello, Mr. Presgrave,” Alex courteously greeted.
“Hello.” Raising his eyebrows slightly, Elliot gave off a feeling of a successful man that nobody at the venue could match up to.
“Anastasia, have you seen Mr. Presgrave at the company before?” Erica asked smilingly, as she thought that a normal employee wouldn’t have any chances to catch a glimpse of the boss.
Anastasia sneered in response. “President Presgrave is extremely busy. How would I be able to see him?”
Meanwhile, Elliot was looking at Anastasia with his deep gaze as she spun tales. At that instant, he could not help the loving smile that played on his lips.
“Anastasia, why didn’t you bring your son along?” Erica immediately exposed the fact that Anastasia had a son.
Bluntly, the latter replied, “You don’t have to worry about that. My son is being taken care of just fine.”
“President Presgrave, do you know that my sister has a kid? He’s already four now. It was quite tough on her, having to raise him all on her own.” At that point, Erica wanted to just spill the fact that Anastasia was a single mother.
Since Alex already knew that Anastasia had a child, he thought that he stood a better chance at being with her due to a single mother’s lowered standard in choosing her partner.
In turn, Anastasia only smirked while looking at Erica’s little show.
On the other hand, Erica kept thinking that Elliot would ask her something out of sheer curiosity. Never in a million years did she think that he wouldn’t care about this at all, with him not even listening to her.
Coughing awkwardly, she then kept quiet.
Meanwhile, Alex was trying to find a topic to chat with Anastasia, so he asked, “Miss Tillman, you said that you wanted a tour of the company, right? When are you free? I’d love to bring you around.”
When facing Alex, Anastasia always smiled politely back. This made a certain man feel jealous inside, as she did not even smile at him like that from the start.
The only things that she showed him were her temper, stubbornness and willfulness, all of which were bad sides.
But now, she actually left her best smile, sweetest voice and best side of her to a stranger that she just met.
“Alright, then. I’ll contact you if I’m ever in Dad’s company.” Anastasia then proceeded to exchange numbers with Alex.
“Sure thing!” Happiness was written all over Alex’s face when he said that.
Anastasia’s gaze then met with a chilling, upset one, and her smile froze in place
before disappearing altogether. In the end, she picked up her goblet and averted her gaze.
At that moment, Francis brought a few of his friends over to the table, and he said to Anastasia as soon as he came over, “Anastasia, why are you sitting here? Quickly now! Go and sit beside President Presgrave.”
Left with no choice, Anastasia could only relocate her seat beside Elliot’s. Now, Elliot was surrounded by both of Francis’ daughters.
Hurriedly, Alex also switched seats and sat beside Anastasia.
“President Presgrave, I’m sorry for this lack of proper treatment. Please, if you have anything, just order Anastasia to do it for you!”
“I will be sure to do so, Mr. Tillman!” Smiling, Elliot exuded the aura of an elitist.
Remembering something, Anastasia stood up and walked to her father’s side, whispering, “Dad, when you’re giving the speech later, be sure to not expose President Presgrave’s identity. He wants to keep a low-profile.”
“I understand.” Francis nodded.
And so, Anastasia returned to her seat. Before long, Francis was invited on stage by the host.
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