Chapter 80


    At that moment, Anastasia received a call from her father. “Hello, Dad.”


    “Anastasia, your new house is ready, and I''ll send someone to help you move your stuff there in two days. After all, that’s going


    to be your home, so you need to make sure you''refortable with it.”


    “Alright, I''ll pack everything and be ready in two days.”


    “Anastasia, I’m sorry about what happened to Jaredst time. That wouldn''t have happened to him had | been more careful.”


    “It''s alright, Dad. What’s done is done, so don’t take that to heart.” Anastasiaforted Francis, thinking it wasn’t her father’s


    fault at all.


    “Alright, when you’re done moving, we should probably have a meal together.”


    “Sure! I''ll put Jared on the line with you, Dad.” Anastasia passed the phone to her son and proceeded to pack her clothes.


    The next morning, the entire office was filled with an energetic atmosphere because


    it was the day that everyone would receive their pay. Bourgeois was one of the few etpanies that could provide promising


    careers and attractive sries to its


    employees, but ever since it was acquired by the Presgrave Group, everyone received an increment in their basic pay which


    made it even more lucrative.


    At 8.00AM, most of the employees in the office received a text message informing them that their sry had been paid. At the


    same time, Anastasia also heard the notification alert from her phone, whereupon she opened the text message that mentioned


    her pay and bonus worth 68,000bined. Although she had almost been taken advantage of by John, she was d that he


    eventually paid everything he was supposed to; she was naturally happy about this because of themission she was entitled


    to. After all, her basic pay was only slightly more than 10,000 without themission. At that moment, she couldn''t help but feel


    sad for herself when she recalled the reward worth 1,800 that she had lost earlier.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Not long after that, Anastasia received another text message. When she opened and read it, she learned that her bank ount


    bnce had an extra 100,000. Wait a second. Did | just receive 100,000 from thepany? Is there some kind of mistake made


    by the Finance Department? Anastasia was left with her eyes wide open, wondering where — the money came from since the


    commission was already included in her pay. Thus, she decided to confirm with the finance department in case it was a mistake


    as she


    didn’t want to be disappointed. As soon as she called the finance department, her call was transferred to the director''s office.


    “Hello, Director Evans. I''d like to ask about my sry because | just received an extra 100,000. Is there a mistake or


    something?”


    “| knew you''d ask, Miss Tillman. Actually, the first transaction is your monthly sry while the subsequent one was made to you


    under President Presgrave’s order, but I’m not sure about the exact details either. You might want to ask him yourself.”


    In that instant, Anastasia could only hear buzzing in her head, finding it hard to believe that she just received 100,000 from Elliot.


    Why did he give me so much money? She then hung up the phone and called the president''s office.


    “Hello?” The man’s maic yet sluggish voice could be heard.


    “Why did you give me 100,000?”


    “| promised Jared to raise your pay, so here it is,” exined Elliot.


    Anastasia was stunned because she didn’t think Elliot would really raise her pay by giving her an extra 100,000. While she


    would''ve been fine with epting a few thousand or more, she found it hard to justify epting 100,000 from the man. Since


    she was afraid that there were strings attached to the huge amount of money,


    she immediately thought of the times when she reckoned Elliot was taking advantage


    + of her. Thus, it instantly urred to her that him paying him such a huge amount of


    money was not a good sign.


    “I''ll wire the money back into your ount. | don’t need a pay raise from you because I’m satisfied with my normal sry.”


    Anastasia refused to ept Elliot’s raise.


    “Well, think of it as the payment for the meals then. I’m going to drop by for dinner pretty often from now on.”


    “What?! You want to drop by my house for dinner? Are you kidding me? Since when did | agree to let you join me for dinner


    again and again?” Anastasia was speechless.


    “I''m paying you 100,000. Is that not enough for you to prepare my share?” Elliot didn’t seem to understand Anastasia’s rejection.


    “It''s not about the money; | don’t want to cook your share in the first ce.” Anastasia grunted.


    “Have it your way, but I’m still going to visit for dinner whether you ept my


    money or not. By then, don’t you dare to use me of being a freeloader.” Elliot finished his sentence and hung up the call.


    Anastasia was rendered speechless while wondering what Elliot was up to. Is my cooking so good that he can’t stop thinking


    about it? No way! Judging from the excuse he is using to give me the money, this man is doing more than just to repay me. At


    the thought of that, she decided to withdraw the cash and give it back to Elliotter that afternoon.