Chapter 122 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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Upon seeing that, Leah was so pissed that she clenched her teeth. Anastasia’s really a tough nut to crack, she thought.

It was almost lunch hour when Anastasia returned to the office. She asked Felicia out for lunch and told her about all that had happened earlier that day.

“What? She was spiteful to you?” Felicia asked in shock.

“Yes! She even attempted to force me to leave my friends, so she deliberately made things difficult for me. It wasn’t her intention to do business with us at all.” At that point, Anastasia had yet to mention the incident about the coffee!

“In that case, I’ll make a request with the management to collect liquidated damages from her instead. I can’t put you in a difficult situation because of this,” a reasonable Felicia replied, to which Anastasia nodded and responded, “Sorry for the trouble, Felicia.”

“No worries. We can’t let anyone bully us because of this, eh?” Felicia smiled. Besides, with Elliot around, nobody can lay a finger on you!

At about 2.00PM, she went upstairs to Elliot’s office. Elliot was sitting on the couch reading a document. The man displayed high work efficiency; the large pile of documents that had been on his desk that morning had vanished with only a few remaining documents.

“President Presgrave, I have something I’d like to report to you,” Felicia uttered.

Elliot placed the documents down and nodded. “Go ahead.”

She reiterated the incident that had happened that morning, whereby Anastasia had met Leah, before she added, “I’d talk to you regarding their request for liquidated damage.”

It was apparent that Elliot’s expression darkened when he heard the story. “How dare she request for liquidated damages from our company after she bullied my staff! Does Miss Hart think that our legal department is good for nothing?” he coldly replied:

Felicia was stunned by his response. It seems like President Presgrave is really enraged!

“I’ll phone Miss Hart and discuss with her to see whether we can resolve this amicably.”

“Invite Miss Hart over in the afternoon. I’d like to personally talk to her about the liquidated damages,” he impassively replied. It seemed like he had no plans to let this slide easily.

She was pleased upon seeing his reaction. I can’t wait for the interesting drama to unfold. “Noted, President Presgrave.”

After Felicia had left the room, Elliot narrowed his eyes and thought, That woman was bullied?

On the other hand, Felicia called Leah the first thing after returning to her office. She invited Leah over to talk about the liquidated damages without mentioning that Elliot wanted to see her: personally. Leah coincidentally happened to be nearby, so she would be arriving in 20 minutes, at most.

Thereafter, Felicia went to Anastasia’s office to inform her that Leah’s matter would be handled by Elliot, which stunned Anastasia. “Does he even have the time to deal with this?”

“Anastasia, do you think Leah would receive the liquidated damages?”

“She would be really lucky if she really gets it; it would be as if earning two million is like a walk in the park. I would have done so if it’s really that good of a deal.” Anastasia’s eyes beamed at the discovery of a new way to become rich.

“Don’t be foolish. That’s a crime. It’s more realistic to go to work.” With that, Felicia left the scene with a grin.

Anastasia propped her chin on her arm and dropped the thought.

Twenty minutes later, Leah arrived at their office along with her best friend. Felicia invited them into a reception room and greeted them warmly.

“Please call Anastasia here too! I hope that she can be reminded of what the proper way to treat clients is,” Leah demanded in a condescending attitude, attempting to take advantage of her identity as their client to humiliate Anastasia.

After all, to a business, customers were God.

“Sure, please hold on for a minute,” Felicia responded, after which she exited the room and dialed Elliot’s landline.

“Hello.” A low, husky, male voice rang.

“President Presgrave, Miss Hart has arrived. She’s now in Reception Room No. 3.”

“Please get Anastasia over too,” Elliot instructed before he hung up the call.

Felicia thereafter gave Anastasia a call. The moment the call was picked up, she said, “Miss Hart is here. Please come over to Reception Room No. 3.”

“I don’t want to see her.”

“Are you sure that you don’t want to watch the lovely show?”

“What lovely show?”

“You’ll know when you are there,” Felicia mysteriously replied.

Well, there’s no harm in watching how Leah plans to slander me when I’m so bored now! Anastasia thought. So, holding her phone in her hand, she rose up and headed over to Reception Room No.

She knocked on the door once before pushing the door open to enter the room. However, all she saw was two ladies sitting on the couch; Felicia was nowhere to be seen.

“Was the coffee good?” Leah mocked while the corner of her lips curled upward.

“No, I threw it away,” Anastasia replied as she took a seat on the couch beside Leah. At this moment, the door was pushed open from outside.

Felicia was seen standing at the door as she said to the man behind her, “President Presgrave, this way.”

Leah and her female companion both raised their heads in astonishment, only to see a dashing, slender figure walking into the room. At one glance, they were able to recognize the identity of that man-Elliot Presgrave, the president of Presgrave Corporation.

“Mr. Presgrave, it’s such a pleasant surprise to see you here.” Leah immediately feigned politeness and greeted him with a smile.

“Hello, Mr. Presgrave.” Her companion’s eyes were filled with excitement and admiration as well.

They never thought that they would actually bump into the man that they rarely had the chance to meet. They were determined to put on their best behaviors to leave a deep impression on him.

Elliot sat down on the couch. Beneath his thick lashes were deep, unfathomable eyes that seemed to contain an air of dominance.

“Miss Hart, please apologize to my employee, Anastasia Tillman,” he snarled, glaring at Leah with a piercing gaze.

A stunned Leah immediately responded, “Mr. Presgrave, perhaps you are unaware of the situation. The thing is, it was your employee who first breached the agreement, so she should be the one apologizing to me.”

“Considering the relationship between my aunt and your parents, I’m willing to let things slide as long as you apologize to her. Otherwise, your reputation will be tainted if we were to go through the legal process,” Elliot coldly refuted.

She was astounded to hear that. Why would Elliot stand up for a mere insignificant employee like Anastasia?

Anastasia, who was watching from the sideline, finally understood what Felicia had meant by ‘lovely show’. She turned to the man in front of her, who was emanating an intimidating presence. In fact, he didn’t even dart a glance at her, yet he was upholding her interest.

“Mr. Presgrave, I-I have no idea what I did wrong, so why should I apologize?” Leah, of course, refused to back down and apologize, especially when the other party was Anastasia, her love rival.

“Firstly, you oppressed my employee at work; then, you took advantage of the situation to blackmail our company for liquidated damages; lastly, your actions have greatly affected my employee’s morale.”

Leah was dumbfounded. She admitted the first two claims that Elliot had made, but how could she be responsible for the third claim?

“I-I-I didn’t! As a matter of fact, I have no plans in demanding compensation. After all, I genuinely wanted to customize a set of jewelry. How about I have a talk with your main person in-charge to get me another designer?” When she finally realized how serious the matter was, she tried to salvage the situation.

“Miss Hart, I think you still don’t get what I meant. First of all, I need you to make an apology. Next, our company will never accept any orders from you again.” Elliot forcefully demanded an apology without giving her a chance to back down.

Meanwhile, Anastasia stood at one side with her arms folded across her chest, waiting for Leah’s apology.

“Miss Hart, it’s better to think of the consequences before you bully others. For instance, it’s unwise to order a coffee that costs over 5,000 on my behalf without my consent and then ask me to pay for the bill. After all, you don’t know my taste and preference, so you gave me no choice but to throw away that cup of fine coffee.” Anastasia seized the opportunity to expose another evil deed that Leah had committed.