Chapter 244


    Chapter 244 A Symbol of Irony


    Hayley was dangling her rtionship with Elliot in front of Anastasia on purpose now. However, the other


    woman didn’t shy away from agreeing to it as she said nonchntly, “Sure, that won’t be a problem at all.


    I’ll personally drop these nes off at his office, and I’ll be sure to give him my blessings as well.”


    Hayley was somewhat unsettled after hearing this, so she turned to address Felicia curtly, “Director


    Evans, could you give me a few moments alone with Miss Tillman?”


    “Of course. Excuse me,” Felicia replied courteously and rose to leave, but not before giving Anastasia a


    worried look.


    The door had only just fallen shut when Hayley glowered at Anastasia viciously and snapped, “If you’ve


    taken my warning to heart, you ought to know better than clinging to Elliot like gum stuck to the bottom of


    his shoe. You wouldn’t want me to bring a certain gigolo around to see you, right?”


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    “Looks like you were the one who told that man where I was, and that was how he found me,” Anastasia


    deduced grimly instead of responding to Hayley’s threat. The man had even arranged for her to sleep


    with punters just to rake in some extra cash for him, which aggravated her to the point of wanting to


    throttle him.


    Hayley nodded smugly. “Yes, I was the one who told him. Do you know how miserable he is right now?


    He’spletely broke, and he has neither family nor children of his own. He has nothing in this world to


    live for, so when he found out about his adorable and precious son, he was ted. I was the one who


    gave him money to stall him froming after the both of you. Pretty charitable of me, right?” The smirk


    on her lips grew even more wicked as she said this.


    The gigolo was but a fictional character anyway, and she could give him whatever tragic backstory she


    liked.


    Hatred filled Anastasia’s eyes, and she dug her nails into her palms as she seethed, “Why must you go


    out of your way to put me through hell all those years ago, Hayley? I saw you as my own sister, but you


    stabbed me in the back and left me to bleed to death.”


    Hayley snorted in disgust, and there was unmistakable resentment in her eyes. “You should have never


    been my best friend to begin with! You don’t know how invisible I felt next to you. You were beautiful, on


    the honor roll, and from a well-off family. When I finally summoned enough courage to confess my


    feelings to a boy I liked, he told me that he had a crush on you the entire time! Back then, my parents


    wouldn’t stop praising you either. You have no idea what it was like for me!”


    Anastasia instantly regretted ever associating herself with Hayley during their school days. Some people


    in this world simply didn’t deserve kindness and friendship. Needless to say, Hayley was so twisted that


    her worldview was warped by her own bitterness.


    There was only one thing for Anastasia to do when it came to dealing with people like Hayley—she had


    to stay away from her and hope that they would never run into each other ever again.


    “I hate you, Anastasia, and I can’t stand to see you any better off than I am. I’d like to see you writhe in


    misery and be a shell of the person that you were. I finally got my wish five years ago,” Hayley went


    on to say. She reached for her tea, but just as she was bringing her cup to her lips, another cup of tea


    sshed onto her face and ruined her delicately-applied makeup.


    She stood up abruptly and shrieked, “How dare you ssh tea all over me, Anastasia?!”


    “Oh, but I dare,” Anastasia drawled defiantly. She rose to her feet and eyed the other girl menacingly. “I


    could even kill you if I wanted to. If you so much as mess with me again, I’m going to tell Elliot about all


    the despicable things you’ve done. He might have slept with you, but that won’t be enough to make him


    put up with someone like you.”


    Fear rippled through Hayley when she heard this. As droplets of tea rolled down her cheeks, she looked


    as pathetic as a wet dog.


    “I’d watch myself if I were you,” Anastasia added coldly. Then, she spun on her heels elegantly and


    walked out the door.


    Behind her, Hayley was so angry she couldbust on the spot. However, she could only bottle up her


    spite and resentment. She was used to it anyway, and all she had to do now was wait for the right time to


    unleash vengeance on Anastasia in a fit of maniacal rage, just like how all the grudges she had saved up


    since grade school burst and culminated into a glorious form of revenge against Anastasia back in


    college.


    Ten minutester, Felicia brought the nes into Anastasia’s office and offered empathetically,


    “Anastasia, would you like me to have these delivered to President Presgrave on your behalf instead?”


    Hayley had been the one who assigned this task to Anastasia to rile her up, but she would not rise to the


    bait. She would execute it personally just to show that she was better than that. As such, she said, “No, I


    can do it. Has President Presgravee into work yet?”


    Felicia called the extension line for the president’s office, and after hanging up, she told Anastasia, “He


    doesn’t usuallye in until 3.00PM. Mind waiting for him?”


    Anastasia shook her head. After all, she wasn’t in a rush anyway.


    When Felicia left, Anastasia opened up the ornate jewelry case and gazed upon the nes she had


    so painstakingly designed and created. There was even a symbol engraved on the sp that signified


    true love.


    She had put so much thought and effort into this pair of nes. While she designed them, she had


    hoped that whoever received them would share an eternal love and that nothing would separate the


    lovers no matter what. However, the nes were nothing more than a symbol of irony right now.