Chapter 511


    Elliot brought Anastasia to the break room. Her eyes were welling up with tears and every time she


    thought about what her father was going through, her heart throbbed with pain.


    He wrapped his arms around her and gently wiped away her tears.


    “I’m sorry,” she said, turning to look at him. “I really don’t wish to get engaged at the moment. Can we


    postpone it?”


    “Sure,” he said, nodding. “Don’t rush. It can be done after your father wakes up.”


    When she heard that, hope filled her heart. That’s true! When her father was finally awake, she could


    select a new date with her father for her engagement to Elliot.


    In Elliot’s eyes, postponing the


    engagement party made no difference. After all, their rtionship had progressed so much that it felt


    like they were already married. The engagement party was merely a ceremony to him.


    No matter what happened, he would never abandon Anastasia. He would always protect her and stay


    by her side as they weathered troubled times together.


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    At this moment, there was a knock on the door before Rey walked into the room. He held an iPad out


    to them and said, “President Presgrave, Miss Tillman, have a look at this. Naomi and her daughter


    have released a statement to the press.”


    She took the iPad from him and read out the headline of the article shown, “Eldest daughter holds


    comatose father hostage to steal the right to inherit Tillman Constructions.”


    By the time she was done reading the entire article, she was trembling with anger. The audacity of


    those two women to release such an insidious statement at this time infuriated her.


    “Many media outlets have shared the


    statement as soon as it had been released,” Rey said. “Furthermore, many independent journalists are


    defending them, amplifying the message and causing considerable damage to Miss


    Tillman’s reputation.”


    Anastasia’s eyes turned as cold as ice


    when she heard that. Naomi and her


    daughter were ying victim by


    attacking her first. “Find a way to suppress the news.” Elliot ordered.


    “Sir, doing that might not end well for Miss Tillman. Also, there are a lot of eyes on this right now. If we


    do not publicly respond now, it would be a disaster when Miss Tillman marries you.”


    “Yes,” she said, nodding in agreement. “We don’t need to do that. Let us ignore them for now. The most


    important task at hand is to wake my father up. When that happens, this lie would be exposed for what


    it truly is. As for my reputation, I do not care at all.”


    Elliot’s heart ached at how calm and collected she was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll hold back myself for


    now.”


    Otherwise, the mother-and-daughter duo would have already been thrown into prison. There was no


    way he would have


    tolerated their impertinent behavior.


    “Ignore them. They are only doing this so that they can make healthcare decisions for Dad instead of


    me. It is impossible for that to happen. If I let them take care of my dad, he would never wake up


    again.”


    Anastasia was determined to withstand anything and everything just so her father could be saved. Let


    Naomi and her daughter kick up a fuss because she couldn’t be bothered about them.


    Elliot would eventually build her the greatest shield ever that would protect her from their attacks.


    Meanwhile, Hayley was whiling time away at a cafe when she stumbled upon the article about


    Anastasia. She was


    shocked by what she saw and also awed by how astonishingly beautiful Anastasia looked in all the


    photos shown in the video that kept bashing her.


    Anastasia looked just like a rose proudly showing her cial beauty despite the adversities she faced.


    Even thements of the video were all praising her beauty while they piled hate on her.


    ‘Anastasia is so gorgeous. She might be evil, but she is amazing


    Yeah! Well, the prettier they are, the more dangerous their venom. She is beautiful because she is pure


    evil.


    “Is she the future head of Tillman Constructions? Oh, my goodness! She is just divine! I finally have a


    face for the female lead of the novel I’m reading


    ‘She might be evil, but she is just too beautiful. She is so sexy. What should I do? I think I’m in love.


    Thisment was made by a user who appeared to be male ording to his profile picture.


    Hayley was seething with jealousy as she read thosements. As expected, even though the


    situation was bad, Anastasia would still attract admirers for her beauty while being hated on.


    The uproar online made Anastasia famous. Amidst all the insults, journalists kept uploading photos of


    her. Some people even dug up photos of her in university just so they could get more views and


    attention. Then, there was the photo of her at the annual celebration of Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier,


    shining brightly as she stood on stage.