Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“It is a gift from you, after all. Of course I had to tell them to make it faster and I just received it earlier today. I am very satisfied with it as it suits me well.” Then, Elliot started to lovingly touch the necklace. “I will always think of you when I wear it.”
After she heard those words, her cheeks suddenly felt warm. “You bought it with your own money. What has it got to do with me?”
“Of course it has something to do with you. This necklace contains your feelings for me. Don’t necklaces signify lingering affection?” Elliot asked with a smile.
The set of thick and thin bracelets resembled a male and female snake coiled around each other, which was what she had indeed thought of when she designed the necklace. She didn’t think he would see through her intention at a glance.
Such a question had only caused Anastasia’s face to burn even more as she asked, “If this is the case, can I have my commission this month?”
The man let out a vexed ‘hmph’ when he heard her words before he started to complain, “Why don’t you just marry me since you are so concerned about money? You would immediately gain financial freedom.”
“I feel better when I spend the money that I earn myself. It is not something spending someone else’s money can be compared to,” she challenged him with a raised eyebrow.
Since he couldn’t come up with a better rebuttal, Elliot fell quiet for a moment before he abruptly extended an invitation to her. “Let’s have lunch together.”
“No can do,” she swiftly rejected him. “I already have a lunch date.”
Thinking that Anastasia’s lunch date might be Alex, Elliot immediately demanded, “Who is it?”
She would do anything to not have a meal with him, so she smoothly answered, “Felicia.”
“Cancel it. I already booked us a table,” he insisted as he wanted to bring her somewhere nice for lunch.
She was immediately rendered speechless by the man who left her with no leeway.
After that, Anastasia glared at him and scolded, “Can you not be so domineering, Elliot?”
“Okay, I will be more gentle.” Then, a smiling Elliot added, “Only if you stop rejecting me, though.”
Anastasia fell silent for a while before she eventually replied, “I will be accepting the bracelet then, but out of courtesy, I will give you a present as well. I will buy you anything you want this afternoon.”
This was the only solution she could come up with. She couldn’t possibly just take without giving something back.
Hearing that she wanted to give him something in return, he grinned before he joyfully asked, “Is that so? Can you give me everything I want?”
“As long as I can afford it,” she replied as she lightly chewed on her red lip.
“Alright. Select a few underpants for me from an underwear store!”
A baffled Anastasia hurriedly rejected Elliot. “But I don’t know how to pick stuff like this.”
“What do you mean by you don’t know how to? Do you mean to say that you don’t know my size?” He suddenly grabbed her hand and pressed it against his lower abdomen. “Feel it with your own hands, then.”
As though she had been scalded by boiling water, Anastasia immediately retracted her hand and hissed, “Elliot! Stop messing around!”
“Okay, then! I am fine with a leather belt as well. I want one that fits.” Elliot decided to stop teasing her.
“That is fine. I will give you a leather belt,” she agreed quickly. It was as if she wanted to get away from him as soon as she could.
After she returned to her office, she was called by a nearby Felicia. “Anastasia, can you come here for a second?”
Then, Anastasia followed her to a quiet corner in the pantry.
“Anastasia, have you heard news about our company’s relocation?” Felicia suddenly asked.
As she was surprised by Felicia’s words, Anastasia asked in return, “Relocation? Where to?”
“I heard that they have vacated 2 floors in Presgrave Corporation for us to use as our new office space.” She added with a smile, “We are moving to Presgrave Corporation.”
“What?!” Anastasia couldn’t help but feel surprised about it. Why didn’t Elliot tell me? she thought. Why are we moving to his company out of nowhere?
“Regardless, this is a good thing. Our new office will definitely be bigger than now. I am sure we will have more benefits working there too.”
Anastasia blankly blinked after hearing Felicia’s words. She wanted to find a time to ask Elliot if the rumor about the relocation was true.
Right at this moment, Felicia’s observant eyes landed on the new bracelet on her friend’s wrist and she laughed out loud. “A present from President Presgrave?” she asked.
The question left Anastasia’s cheeks burning. “Felicia, did you choose this?”
“Sure did! He gave me a rather abrupt call one day, and I had to rush off to a jewelry store to pick out a pair. I finally chose two matching ones that came to 2,000,000 and thought it was for Aliona!”
Anastasia’s breath hitched. 2,000,000? That is super expensive!
A smiling Felicia then continued, “I didn’t expect it to be for you. I would have chosen something more expensive if I had known.”
Anastasia started to turn red from embarrassment under Felicia’s scrutinizing eyes. She felt as though all her thoughts and emotions were being read like she was an open book.
Felicia lightly patted her on the shoulder a few times. “You have to be braver if you like President Presgrave. Don’t let anyone slip in when they find the opportunity to. The president always has some rather ambitious women revolving around him.”
“I—” Anastasia stammered.
“Admitting that you like someone isn’t something for you to feel ashamed of. Anastasia, I know that you feel pressured about bringing a child into a new marriage, but President Presgrave is worth betting your heart on,” Felicia advised genuinely.
Indeed, Anastasia agreed that Elliot was someone whom she could fall in love with. However, she had an emotional hurdle that she couldn’t easily overcome. That night from 5 years ago had left a deep scar within her. On top of that, knowing that Hayley and Elliot had shared a past made it so much harder for her to open her heart to him.
Anastasia’s phone started going off at 11:00AM sharp. As soon as she saw that it was Elliot calling, she picked up the call and greeted, “Hello!”
“Underground car park. I will see you in five.” In his low, clear voice, he added, “And you can’t say no.”
Since Elliot insisted on buying her a meal, she had no choice but to accept it.
By the time Anastasia arrived at the car park at the appointed time, Elliot was already in his car. She then opened the door to the passenger’s seat, but didn’t notice how two black SUVs, one at the front and another behind, had started moving to keep them safe as soon as he drove out of the car park.
They soon arrived at a high-end restaurant.
After they ordered their meal, she blurted out a question that she really wanted to ask him. “I heard that the company is relocating. Is it true?”
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