Chapter 241 Keeping His Word


    Anastasia had turned a bright shade of red, and she could hear her heart beating in her ears. The man who stood in the room


    with her was so suave that he was basically a walking tower of testosterone.


    Just as she tried to recollect her thoughts, Elliot suddenly reached out and drew her close with one arm. She gasped when he


    suddenly leaned forward and dipped his head, and his lips were but inches away from hers.


    She blushed furiously as the air around her grew warm and became engulfed with his scent, which had a familiar tinge of


    peppermint to it. She blinked and realized that Elliot''s skin still looked wless from up close.


    For some reason, this goodbye kiss was bing too hot-and-heavy forfort. More importantly, he was gazing down at her


    with nothing but endearment, which made her heart beat so fast that it could fly out of her chest.


    She looked away nervously, and though she tried to back away from him, his arm was so tightly wound around her waist that she


    could not budge. She could only cling to his muscr arm and his broad shoulder, using them as her pivot as she tried to break


    free.


    “Three!” Elliot started counting in a voice that sounded like a low, dangerous growl.


    She gaped at him incredulously. Wait! He said five seconds! How did it be three all of a sudden? This guy’s trying to weasel


    his way out of the deal!


    However, she couldn''t let her anger settle; when she was about to use him of cheating, he parted his lips and said, “Two!”


    This sent panic coursing through her. In a fit of desperation, she reached out her delicate hands and cupped his face. Then, she


    closed her eyes as she leaned forward to kiss him on his perfectly-carved lips. It’s just a kiss. What’s the big deal—


    “Mmph!” Anastasia’s eyes widened when she realized that Elliot''s ferocity was probed.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    He was kissing her back aggressively, seeming as though he wanted to pack all his pent-up feelings into this one kiss. At that


    moment, he was no longer the cool and reserved president of apany; he was a man who had relinquished all his self-control


    just to pour his love out for her.


    He had abandoned his calm reasoning in favor of heated recklessness. He wanted to show his true self and bare his soul to her.


    On the other hand, Anastasia was startled by how hungrily he kissed her that she instinctively tried to push him away. However,


    he did not release her, and as he demanded more of her, she found herself starting to cave into the kiss. She was losing herself,


    and the air was thick with electrifying tension.


    Just then, the tenant upstairs moved what sounded like a heavy object, and two muffled thuds were all it took for Anastasia to


    snap out of her reverie. She summoned all the strength she had and pushed Elliot away before he got the better of her. He was a


    little confused by her sudden rejection at first, but he quickly broke into a grin as he said, “I’m very much satisfied.”


    It was by sheer force of will that she managed to keep her heart from leaping out of her ribcage as she said calmly, “You may


    leave now.”


    Elliot stared at her. She was so beautiful under the lights that he felt he could stay there and look at her forever.


    Abad feeling rose in her when she met his burning gaze. Why is he still looking at me like that when he’s supposed to leave?


    “Are you considering going back on your word?” She was furious now. She could hardly believe that he would refuse to hold up


    his end of the deal after what she had just done.


    He raised a brow. “Of course not. I''ll get going now. Call me if you miss me.” Then, he suddenly thought of something and asked


    in a confrontational tone, “You’re not nning to carpool with that programmer punk to work, are you?”


    She was at a loss for words. She didn’t think it had anything to do with him whether she carpooled with anyone or not.


    Before she could say anything, a frosty look shed in his eyes as he ordered imperiously, “You are not allowed to have any man


    other than myself in the passenger seat of your car, Anastasia.”


    She nearly burst outughing, but she kept a straight face as she drawled sarcastically, “Is that so? | should probably have all


    the men in thepany line up to take a ride in the passenger seat of my car. What are you going to do about that? Fire all of


    them?”


    Elliot was stumped by this for a few seconds, but when he thought about how he had given the programmer a stern warning


    earlier that evening, he figured that the man would know better than to try his luck with Anastasia.


    This was the first time Anastasia had ever encountered anyone so outrageously demanding and controlling. It was as if he


    wouldn''t be happy until he could pick out all the molecules in the air and force her to only breathe in the ones he deemed fit.


    Perhaps he should try getting global warming under control and do everyone a great service!


    “I''m leaving now,” he said as he gave her a long, hard look. After that, he grabbed his keys off the table and left without putting


    up a fight.


    Anastasia was skeptical as she watched him leave, and she wondered if this truly marked the end of his constant presence in


    her and Jared’s private life. She began to question if he really would hold up his end of the deal, and she found herself hoping


    that that would be the case.


    As shey in bed that night, sleep evaded her once again. She couldn''t stop reying the scene of the kiss from earlier, and


    there was no shaking it off no matter how many times she had tossed and turned in bed. She was starting to think that Elliot had


    cast some kind of spell on her.