Chapter 134 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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If it was anyone else who had suggested for Elliot to try some, he would definitely reject them but because it was Anastasia and Jared, and they had a strong influence on Elliot, he overcame his disgust and reached out for a tiny piece before opening his mouth slightly to taste it.

The taste of it was surprisingly better than he thought and as he tasted it carefully, the rich yet uncloying taste of it filled his taste buds. He found himself unable to resist the creamy texture of the fruit and his initial resistance went out of the window. He lifted his head and turned to nod at Anastasia. “It’s really good.”

“See? I told you it was yummy!” Inexplicably, Anastasia suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment.

She felt quite pleased to be able to force Elliot to try some durian.

“Is there any more in the kitchen? Is that all that you bought?” Elliot clearly expressed that it wasn’t enough.

In response, Anastasia blinked her eyes. “The Musang King variety is very expensive! One of them is quite a splurge already. I dream of the day when I can finally achieve the freedom of having durians whenever I please!”

“I can easily grant your wish,” Elliot commented with narrowed eyes. I can supply you with as many durians as you wish to the point where you might get sick of it.

“It’s alright. I can earn more and buy it for myself!” After Anastasia said that, she glanced at the clock and mentioned, “I’ll go prepare dinner now. Keep an eye on Jared for me.”

Subsequently, Anastasia headed off to the kitchen as Elliot went along with Jared to the toy area to unbox the new toys. Meanwhile, Elliot’s eyes shone with a doting expression as he watched Jared happily unbox his new toys. At that moment, Elliot felt as if he was truly Jared’s father.

Elliot thought to himself, If she agrees to it, I sincerely want to care for her and Jared forever. I don’t mind not having my own child in this lifetime.

At that moment, Anastasia was busy chopping up some vegetables, but she was careless and cut herself. The pain she felt made her wince and she was close to tears. Even the vegetables were stained with droplets of bright-red blood and it was quite a horrifying scene. It was only then that she realized that it was quite a deep cut that she had suffered.

Instantly, she placed her finger under running water. As she looked at the blood still trickling from her wound, she suddenly recalled that she had a first-aid kit, so she took a kitchen towel and wrapped it around her finger before heading out of the kitchen. She then turned to Elliot, who was currently in a squatting position on the ground, and asked, “President Presgrave, could you please help me get the first-aid kit? I just cut myself.”

As soon as she said that, Jared-initially busy with his presents—and Elliot, who was by Jared’s side, instantly rushed over to her. Elliot anxiously asked, “Where’s the first aid kit?”

“It’s underneath that cupboard.”

“Mommy, let me have a look. There’s so much blood!” Jared was frantic as he shouted, “Mr. Presgrave, hurry up and help Mommy!”

Elliot opened the first-aid kit and retrieved the crepe bandage from the box. Then, Anastasia removed the towel wrapped around her wound, causing the cut to become exposed to the air. She had suffered a cut to her left index finger at the part connecting to her fingernail, so there were plenty of blood vessels there. It would likely take some time to stop the bleeding.

“Why were you so clumsy?” Elliot’s expression was full of worry and there was a slightly pained look in his eyes.

“It’s alright. It’s quite normal to suffer a cut to the finger for one who’s used to cooking.” Anastasia was quite calm as this was a small matter for her.

However, her words caused Elliot’s heart to clench. Does that mean she has a lot of past experiences with cutting herself?!

At that point, Elliot thought of her bringing up Jared by herself overseas without any

support and wondered, How did she get through that by herself? Besides, Jared was still very young back then. Instantly, Elliot’s thoughts went to his cousin Nigel.

That explains why she’s so close to Nigel. It must be because he provided her with a lot of help over the two years when she was overseas. As such, she regards Nigel as a friend as close as her family, but she doesn’t love him.

“When you were overseas, did Nigel help you in many ways?” Elliot looked at her and asked

In response, Anastasia nodded. “Yes, he did.”

At that, Elliot took a deep breath. Why didn’t I take the time to get to know her earlier? He had focused his efforts on helping Francis and he had assumed that everyone in the Tillman Family would obviously have a great life if Francis was doing well. However, Elliot’s recent investigations had uncovered that she had left the Tillman Family ages ago and brought up her child by herself overseas. She hardly kept in contact with Francis, but Elliot hadn’t quite yet found out the exact reason for that.

“Let’s go out for dinner. Take a break from cooking tonight.” Elliot finished off by adding, “It’s my treat.”

He was well aware of how cost-conscious Anastasia was, so he didn’t want her to have to spend money.

Meanwhile, Anastasia also realized that she couldn’t possibly cook in such a state, so she nodded. “Sure, let’s go to a nearby restaurant.”

“Mommy, does it hurt?” Jared inched closer to peer at her finger and he blew at it comfortingly. At that point, Elliot had already bandaged her finger carefully.

Anastasia shook her head. “No, it doesn’t hurt at all.”

However, Jared was quite skeptical. “Mommy, you should take a break from cooking for the time being. We can eat out. I’ll use my allowance to treat you.”

“That’s not necessary. I’ll treat you guys for the entire month.” Elliot ruffled Jared’s hair as he announced, “Come on, let’s go and have dinner!”

Elliot brought them to a high-ended restaurant and all of the food served seemed to be quite pricey.

Meanwhile, Anastasia speculated that the entire meal cost one month of her paycheck. Come to think of it, I actually do benefit from being friends with Elliot!

In the end, Elliot sent them back to the entrance of their residential area and Anastasia stated insistently, “You should go home now.”

She was adamant not to allow him to enter her house as it was quite late.

However, Elliot was quite worried, so he murmured, “Call me right away if there are any issues.”

Meanwhile, Anastasia waved at him and hand-in-hand with Jared, the mother-son duo walked back in the direction of the entrance of the residential area.