Chapter 264


    Chapter 264 I Will Do Something to You


    Anastasia went back to the office after a quick pack-up and then called Elliot through the inte.


    “What time are you leaving? I’d like to see Jared.”


    “Meet me down at the basement car park in ten minutes,” Elliot replied.


    Ten minutester, Anastasia moved the two suitcases from her car into Elliot’s trunk. Rey, the assistant,


    now became Rey, the chauffeur, driving Elliot and Anastasia back to Elliot’s ce as the two sat in the


    back seat.


    Anastasia was still reeling at the fact that she had to stay with Elliot for some time while she watched the


    view outside the window. s, what to do when life throws you a curveball?


    “Take a good rest while you’re at my ce,” Elliot said, the joy beneath his fathomless eyes


    unconceble.


    However, Anastasia still felt bad for troubling him. “Sorry for intruding, President Presgrave.”


    “Not at all.” Elliot’s face rxed as he thought, How can you call this intruding?! He’d die to have her


    move in with him.


    In actuality, he deliberately made things sound more severe than they actually were. Yes, Lawrence’s


    men were digging into Francis’s rtionship with his family, but Lawrence himself was in deep sh*t right


    now, for he was pulling every possible connection to remove himself from a few women-missing-from-


    nightclub cases.


    And if Anastasia hadn’t spotted the spotter so coincidentally, he wouldn’t be able to take her home so


    easily.


    Anastasia gradually spaced out as she continued to watch the view outside the window. Then, when her


    current situation popped back into her head, she looked over to Elliot to find he was looking out the


    window and musing as well. Sigh, his handsome side profile was a sight to behold as well. After gawking


    for a few seconds, she looked away with a flushed face.


    Elliot’s mansion upied the city’s best terrain, for it was located near the sea and the hills. Plus, it was


    built on high grounds, so it was the perfect spot to watch the stars or view the cityscape. The entire


    mansion took up nearly half the hill, and it was designed by a renowned architect as well.


    Anastasia had the privilege ofing once before, but she left in a hurry. This time, she managed to


    admire the view along the journey to the top of the hill. Amidstte fall, the mansion looked like a


    crouching gray giant.


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    Right as Anastasia got out of the car, she heard a familiar voiceing from the yard—it was Jared!


    Pleasantly surprised, she followed the voice to a garden, and through it, she found Jared ying ser


    with two bodyguards on the field.


    The little guy had no sense of strangeness, ying happily as though he was in his own home, and it got


    Anastasia mortified. This child is way too approachable!


    “Jared!” she called out to him.


    “Mommy! You’re finally here!” Jared beamed in surprise and trotted to his mother when he heard her


    voice.


    Anastasia pulled him closer and wiped the sweat off his forehead. “Is it really that much fun?”


    “Mommy, Mr. Presgrave said we’ll be staying here for some time. Is it true?” Jared looked at Anastasia


    with his big, round, innocent eyes.


    Anastasia didn’t want him to know the reason behind it for fear that he’d have trouble socializing in the


    future. With that, she made up an excuse. “Yeah, because we have to fix some things at home, so we’ll


    have to crash at Mr. Presgrave’s temporarily.”


    ted, the little guy nodded. “Yay! We can live with Mr. Presgrave!”


    Anastasia, on the other hand, had mixed feelings about this. She kept saying no to the debt he kept


    trying to repay, but at the same time, she constantly had to ept them. Would her mother get upset if


    she found out in heaven?


    Anastasia felt absolutely awful. However, her circumstances weren’t giving her options.


    She let Jared go back to his ser while she entered the foyer. A few servants were busying away, and


    when they saw Anastasia, they greeted her, saying, “Miss Tillman.”


    It seemed that the maids here had found out she and Jared would be living here for some time and even


    learned who they were.


    Just then, Elliot approached her from the wing and said, “I’ve told them to prepare you and Jared each a


    room.”


    “It’s totally fine if Jared shares a room with me,” she said hurriedly upon hearing his words.


    To that, he teased, “What are you worried about? That I’d do something to you?”


    Mortified, she deliberately said, “No, I trust you’re a fine gentleman, President Presgrave. You surely


    won’t take advantage of my vulnerability.”