Chapter 205 Contain Yourself


    Elliot smiled as he eyed her teasingly. “Are you asking me for a favor?”


    Anastasia shrugged nonchntly and said, “I’m only doing this on behalf of my dad.”


    “Well, seeing as he’s your dad, | don’t think it’d be right of me to refuse him the favor. Get your sister toe into work on


    Monday,” he dered readily.


    She gaped at him in astonishment and realized that he was granting favors out of his gratitude again.


    Just then, he tipped his head to the side and nced at whatever was behind her, drawling, “You''ve got guts bringing me here,


    though.”


    Upon hearing this, she turned around, and she nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw the amphibians and reptiles that


    were preserved in formalin. She shuddered and shrunk against Elliot like she wanted to put as much distance as she could


    between herself and the morbid exhibit.


    Elliot seized the chance to wrap an arm around her. She gasped, but before she could react, she found herself in his embrace.


    She could smell the fresh and pleasant scent of him, and she pushed him away as she snapped, “Contain yourself, Elliot.”


    “Hey, you were the one who pressed up against me first,” he pointed out with a grin. When he saw that there was nobody around


    this section of the exhibit, he dipped his head and ced a chaste kiss on her lips. Then, he broke into a mischievous smirk as


    he muttered, “Consider this a repayment for the favor just now.”


    Blood rushed to Anastasia’s face as she shoved him aside, and she thanked the heavens that Jared and Rey weren’t nearby.


    After that, she gave Francis a call to tell him that Erica could start work on Monday.Original content from N?velDrama.Org.


    Over at the Tillman Residence, Erica had just gotten off the phone with Francis. Then, she flew down the staircase gleefully and


    found her mother. “Mom! Mom, I’m going to start working at Bourgeois on Monday! President Presgrave was the one who


    personally hired me!”


    Naomi was ted to hear this. Does this mean Erica has a chance to get close to Elliot now?


    “Dad told me that President Presgrave himself agreed to this. Do you think it’s because | made a really good impressionst


    night?” Erica asked happily and somewhat delusionally.


    Naomi thought the same thing. Erica had sat next to Elliot during the banquetst night, and there was no denying how gorgeous.


    she had looked in her evening dress! “Erica,” she began. “Make sure to seize every opportunity there is while you''re at


    Bourgeois.”


    “I''m sure that if | get a chance to run into President Presgrave often enough, | could make him fall for me,” Erica said confidently.


    She vowed to use everyst trick in the book to see this n through.


    She couldn''t care less about making an honest living by working at Bourgeois; instead, she wanted to seduce Elliot so that she


    could one day marry rich and have a jet-setting lifestyle.


    At that moment, Naomi clutched her daughter’s arm and said, “Erica, there’s something | have to tell you.”


    Erica blinked. “What is it, Mom?”


    “You see, Elliot actually owes our family a huge favor. I’ve never told you this, but Anastasia’s mother only died because she


    sacrificed herself to save Elliot. Without her, he would have died when he was a toddler!”


    “What?” Erica’s eyes widened in surprise. She knew that Anastasia’s mother was a cop who had died while on duty, but she


    didn’t think that the reason for her death was a great sacrifice to save Elliot''s life.


    “Given that the Presgraves owe Anastasia big time, you''ll have to watch your back at Bourgeois. It might only be child’s y for


    her to snag Young Master Elliot.”


    A vicious look shed in Erica’s eyes as she seethed, “I ought to tell President Presgrave about the time Anastasia got screwed


    over at Abyss Club. No man in their right mind would think of her so greatly after they hear about that.”


    Naomi wasn’t the least bit worried that Erica would let her down, for she was certain that her daughter had picked up her skills


    and affinity for schemes. “You just have to remember that we''ll be in deep trouble if Anastasia ends up marrying into the


    Presgraves. Erica, once you get into thepany, you have to do everything in your power to stop her from marrying Elliot, even


    if it means that you won''t be able to marry him yourself.”


    Both mother and daughter were on the same page about this. However, neither of them knew that Erica only got the job at


    Bourgeois courtesy of Anastasia, seeing as Francis withheld this detail from them.


    Meanwhile, following their excursion to the museum, Elliot dropped Anastasia and Jared home. He watched them walk into the


    apartment building and left to take care of his work.


    Having had azy Sunday, Anastasia started to pour herself intopeting for the position of associate director. She heard that


    Alice had already gone to the shop she had chosen to survey itst Friday night.


    As things were, Alice seemed intent on beating Anastasia out for the promotion.