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“I need to talk to you about something in person.”
“You can just tell me what it is, President.” Anastasia spoke with aloofness.
“I’ll go to your place for dinner tonight.” Elliot cut to the chase.
“I’ve decided to take Jared out for dinner tonight.”
“I’ll go with you guys then.”
“I’d like it to be just me and my son.”
“Let me treat you guys.”
“No, thanks.” With that, she wanted to end the call, but Elliot said, “I want to let you know that I’ll be on a business trip for a week.”
His words took Anastasia aback for a few seconds. He’s going to be away for a week? Great, I don’t have to see his face for one whole week!
“Shouldn’t you be telling Hayley this instead of me, President Presgrave? Surely she will miss you,” Anastasia reminded indifferently.
“And you won’t?” he asked.
“No,” Anastasia answered without a second thought. After all, she had decided to stay away from him once and for all.
“Heartless.” With that, he hung up, and his reaction got her stumped for a few seconds.
At three in the afternoon, Anastasia decided to leave work early to pick her son up.
When she arrived at the kindergarten, the gates were still closed, so she waited aside. Unfortunately, the friendly mother from last time bumped into her and approached her.
“Hi, Miss Tillman. You’re early today! Is your husband not with you?”
Anastasia didn’t like answering such questions deep down, but she still had to out of politeness. “Yeah, he’s busy.”
“During the family sports day, your husband said he’s working in finance. Most people in this line of work are, like, super busy but super rich. What’s your job, Miss Tillman?” Clearly, she was idle chatting.
“I’m a stay-at-home mom.” Anastasia made up an answer, for she wasn’t a fan of background-check kind of questions.
“Where do you guys stay, then?”
“The block over there.” Anastasia pointed randomly.
“Your husband’s car costs a lot, doesn’t it?”
“His company loaned it to him.”
The more this woman asked, the more she believed Anastasia wasn’t well off since Anastasia enrolled her son in this kindergarten. Hence, she felt a little better, but when she sized Anastasia’s body and features up, she felt absolutely envious and jealous, for she weighed about a hundred and thirty pounds.
Details of Anastasia’s skin could be visibly seen under the afternoon sun. Barely any pores were visible, and her skin was crystal clear and fair—a typical beauty. She had long, silky, smooth hair, and her light gold blouse and black pencil skirt accentuated her shapely figure. There was not a single flaw this woman could find in Anastasia, and she couldn’t help bemoaning how unfair the heavens could be.
Just then, the gates opened, and Anastasia dashed to pick up Jared.
One more question from that lady, and I’d… Ugh!
After picking Jared up, the mother and son duo got into a cab and headed to the mall near home for dinner.
It was around seven-thirty by the time they came out, and the sky had already gone dark. With that, Anastasia hailed a cab home.
Many people were coming back from work when they arrived at the entrance of their community, and so Anastasia decided they should get out of the cab and walk home. Just then, a guy exclaimed behind them. “Miss Tillman?”
She looked back while holding Jared’s hand to find Oliver approaching them with a laptop bag on his back.
“Oliver?” Anastasia was just as surprised to find him here.
“I live here. You too?” he asked with a smile.
“Yeah, I live in Block 8. What a coincidence!”
“I’m at Block 10.”
“Mommy, who is this?” Jared asked curiously.
“He’s the nice guy who returned my phone!” Anastasia smiled. She had brought it up to Jared over dinner.
“Oh, it’s you, Mr. Nice Guy!” Jared smiled courteously.
“Have you just gotten off work?” Anastasia asked with concern.
“Yeah. I’m all alone anyway, so it doesn’t matter where I am.” With that, he tapped the fob to enter, then held the door for the mother and son.
Oliver’s every action was exceptionally thoughtful and courteous. Right then, he was sizing the boy Anastasia was holding hands with. “Your son sure is a handsome little guy!”
“Thanks!”
“Since we’re neighbors, you can come to me for any computer problems. I deal with computers for a living, so I can surely solve your problem.”
“I’d really appreciate that! Let me treat you to a meal sometime.”
When they arrived at Block 8, Oliver waved them goodbye.
After returning home, Anastasia decided to go and take a look at some cars for the next two days. It was a much more cost-effective solution than having to hail a cab wherever she went. With the savings she could use, she could buy a two hundred thousand car with full payment.
It was a major decision for her. Hence, she decided to have a proper look at which car to get, which became something she was super serious about for the next few days.
As Elliot was away on a business trip, he hadn’t attended the recent meetings. Five days passed with the blink of an eye, and Felicia made an announcement that morning. The position of the Deputy Director has been given to Alice.
Anastasia wasn’t at all surprised, for Alexia wasn’t Alice’s match at all. Alice had a wide connection, and her family and friends were well off, too, for they helped the retails under Alice’s management earn tens of millions of profit.
During the meeting, Alice glanced smugly at Anastasia. She had now become Anastasia’s boss, her superior.
“All right. Next, our company will give our all to pull through this season. By the end of this month, everyone will be expected to submit double of your usual workload. Also, make sure you show me the extent of your capabilities, and don’t be lax about it.”
After the meeting, Felicia knocked on Anastasia’s office door and came in with a cup of coffee, meaning to have a chat with Anastasia.
“Anastasia, Alice is now promoted to associate director, and she’s trying to make things hard for you in every aspect in the company. You should watch out in case you fall into her traps.”
“Okay, got it. Thanks for your concern, Felicia.” Anastasia pursed her lips and smiled, grateful for a wonderful friend like Felicia.
“Oh, you’re looking at cars! You decided to get one, then?” Out of curiosity, Felicie leaned over and peered at the screen of her monitor.
Anastasia nodded. “I’m looking at some models. It’s not very convenient to hail rides to and from work every day, and the expenses add up quite a lot as well. It’d be more convenient if I had a car.”
“Did anything catch your fancy? Which model?”
“I’ve never driven a car ever since I got my license, so I’ve decided on this hatchback.” Anastasia pointed at a smaller BMW hatchback. It was right within her budget.
Felicia looked through the configurations with Anastasia, then in the afternoon, she went with Anastasia to look at the car in person. Anastasia gave it a test drive, and it was quite a decent experience. The performance was satisfactory, and the car looked nice and elegant with its white exterior.
Can this story move on already? I’m getting a headache with all these twists and turns, it’s so annoying.
Exactly my thought. I once read a story up to 3000+ chapters online and the story seems to never ends with repetitive plots, slow character development, the plots and twists seems to never end, no clear direction where the story is going, endless random characters popping up here and there then suddenly disappear. I think this author is going toward that direction as well, the author was trying hard to extend the story as long as possible writing on a whimp with the unnecessary details to keep the readers wondering and keeping them on edge.. But some things is obviously for sure in this story, Anastasia will eventually fell in love with Elliot after hundreds more chapters, Hayley going to get caught in her web of lies in another hundreds more chapters, Elliot somehow going to find out Jared was his son, Francis definitely going to give the company to Anastasia.. Anyhow, I’ll wait for it. I hope to finish reading this in this lifetime. The storyline was interesting where I can see where this is going but it seems like the story was stuck in a loop at this point I’m getting major headache.
Nice and interesting novel please upload
I’m getting bored to this story, the lead character is not practical she’s living in fantasy. She’s defying herself of reality in life. The author is not applying the reality of life in this story. There’s so many twist and turns that’s not necessary. But still I personally congratulate the author of this novel because you teach me to love to read again.