Chapter 135


    Anastasia was in high spirits as she sent her son off to school. After giving Jared a flying kiss, she hailed a cab to head to work.


    Once she arrived at the office, she put all of her focus into her work. She managed to reply to a few emails before going off for


    their morning meeting. Felicia had been rather pushy aboutunching new products for thepany, and the design department


    had to produce thetest designs that would help with their sales.


    During the meeting, Felicia praised Anastasia for her work as Anastasia’s designs had received great feedback from the general


    public. Her designs were a good match for the market, and it was already the hit product in many stores. Even so, she took her


    compliments without being too arrogant about it.


    After that, Felicia made another announcement. “The finance department just gave us a call. They told us that they will release


    the prize money a little earlier this time, so it''ll probably be out by this afternoon. You guys should check your bank ount in a


    bit, Anastasia and Alice.”


    Alice turned her gaze toward Anastasia all of a sudden. There was an unfriendly look in her eyes. Anastasia noticed it, but she


    just ignored it as she didn’t know what Alice was trying to do. After the meeting, Anastasia returned to the office. Soon enough,


    she heard the notification of her bank ount. She opened it to see seven zero’s. Oh my god. | didn’t expect the finance


    department to be so enthusiastic about handing out money. They deserve a huge thumbs up.


    Anastasia felt much more motivated to work after receiving the cash prize, and she finished three drafts all at once. She was


    even satisfied with all three of them. Right then, herndline began to ring. “Hello?” She picked the call up.


    “Hello? Is this Anastasia? I’d like to tell you some inside news. Elliot was the one who arranged for you to win the prize. If you


    were relying on your own skills, you would''ve gotten third ce at most. You''d never get first ce with your standard.”


    Anastasia’s expression changed immediately. “Who are you? How do you know about this?”


    “It doesn’t matter who | am. What I’m telling you is the truth. You only got this prize because of Elliot. He was the one who called


    the chairman of mypany. You can ask him if you don’t believe what I’m saying. Most of thepetition''s judges as well as


    the organizingmittee know about this.” The man ended the call after that.


    Anastasia was still ina daze, but she could feel her face turning hot. She could hear her ears ringing as if someone had given


    her an invisible p. It’s true. Elliot was the one who gave me this prize. | didn’t truly deserve all of this cash. Her entire body felt


    like it was boiling, and she could feel her heart pounding harder than usual. She grabbed her phone and walked out of the office


    without any hesitation.


    Alice had been sitting by the window, and she spread her lips into a cold smirk when she saw Anastasia storming out of the


    office. Will she still im the cash prize for herself now? Alice thought. After what happened with Ben previously, Alice managed


    to contact him to ask for some inside news regarding the prize. Then, she contacted another one of the internal managers to


    help her make that call. Alice wouldn''t allow Anastasia to be more recognized than she was-ideally, Alice wanted this whole


    incident to go viral so that Anastasia’s name would be ruined.


    Anastasia took a deep breath after arriving at the elevator. She decided that she wouldn’t take the money anymore. Even the


    trophy felt like a form of embarrassment to her. If Elliot’s going to use


    such manners to thank me, I’m not going to ept his good intentions at all.


    Once Anastasia got to the president’s office, she knocked on the door. “Come in,” said a man’s deep voice. She pushed the door


    open to find Elliot sitting in the office. It seemed like he was extremely busy because there were piles of documents covering his


    table.


    “Were you the one who pulled strings for me to get the prize that | received? Tell me the truth.” Anastasia smacked both her


    hands on his desk as she tried her best to remain calm and rational about the situation.


    He took a long gaze at her, and he realized that he didn’t have the ability to lie to her at that moment. So, he gave her a soft nod.


    “Why did you do that? Were you trying to thank me? | don’t need you to do that, Elliot. From now on, | don’t need you to give me


    any special benefits in thepany. | don’t need you to get involved with anything that | do at all, okay?” She sounded like she


    was begging him by the end of her sentence.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Arather stunned look surfaced on Elliot’s face as he stared at her. All he had intended to do was to help her-he had never


    wanted to hurt her.