Room for You
Chapter 26

Chapter 26

“Hey! How can you boss me around like that?!” Although Anastasiakept shouting behind Elliot, he refused to let go, and she was pushedinto the car just like that.

Fine! Drop me off, then! At least I can save up from the cab fare.

Once Anastasia got into the car, she told Rey her address andproceeded to act as if she had fallen asleep since she didn't want to talkto Elliot.

Fortunately, Elliot wasn’t planning to start a conversation as well, so thetwo of them sat by the opposite sides of the car in silence while staringat the night view outside of the window

About an hour later, they finally reached Anastasia’s place, and shequickly thanked Rey, saying, “Thanks, Mr. Osborne.”

Before getting out of the car, Anastasia took a deep breath before sheturned toward the man in the car, thanking him as well. “Thank you fortonight.”

Right then, Elliot's gaze met hers before he nodded slightly, indicatingthat he had heard her.

Then, Anastasia closed the car door and left while the car slowly droveaway after making sure that Anastasia had entered her apartmentcomplex.

When she got home, Jared was already asleep, while Francis stayed bythe side of his bed to accompany him. When Francis saw Anastasiacoming home so late at night, he took a card out of his wallet and gaveit to her. "Anastasia, there's 2 million in this card, and I think that youshould have it. You shouldn't overwork yourself. If you're tired, justresign and take care of Jared with this money!”

Upon hearing that, Anastasia was taken aback as she could feel Francisworrying for her. Nevertheless, she pursed her lips and commented,“Naomi would surely get mad if she replaces out about this.”

“Well, I'm the one who earned this money, and no one can stop mefrom giving it to you.” Francis placed the card in Anastasia’s hand. “Takeit”

Fathers often expressed their love in a silent manner. After doing so,Francis didnt say anything and left with his briefcase while Anastasiasighed. She knew that Naomi was the one who climbed into Francis'sbed back then and forced him to marry her once she got pregnant.That was the only reason why Francis married Naomi after

her biological mother's death. Although she hated Francis for doing soback then, she had already let go of the past.

After showering, Anastasia lay down by Jared's side before she leanedforward to plant a kiss on Jared's pale forehead. Then, she got tired andfell asleep as well.

The next morning, Anastasia vaguely heard Jared's voice calling out forher. “Wake up, Mommy. I'm going to be late.”

When she woke up, she quickly jumped out of bed as it was already8.20AM, and Jared's class was going to start in ten minutes. Thesedatives from yesterday had shut down her biological clock.

“I'll send you to school right now.”

Anastasia quickly brought Jared to his kindergarten and sighed in relief.Then, she hurried to stop a cab to rush to work when she glanced ather watch and realized that

it was already 8.50AM.

When Anastasia reached the company, it was already 9.40AM as sheentered her office with a sour look on her face. Looks like myattendance bonus for the month will be gone now. Besides, the dealwith John is definitely off now. I can't believe I wasted so much efforton getting tricked by that man instead. Looks like I'll have to be smarterabout things like this next time.

At this moment, Felicia knocked on the door and came in. BeforeAnastasia could say anything, Felicia grinned and said, “Anastasia, goodjob for successfully negotiating the contract yesterday!”

“What? Is the deal on? Did John pay yet?”

“He transferred a hundred thousand over this morning as a depositsince the jewelry set that he customized is around 2 million, andeverything will be ready for him by the end of the month.”

Anastasia narrowed her eyes. What is John trying to do? Is he trying tocompensate me because he couldn't get what he wanted last night?She felt disgusted at the thought of John's face before she told Felicia,“You should get someone else to follow up on his case. I'm notinterested in dealing with him anymore.”

"Since you've already finished your draft, I've already gotten someoneto do the follow-up. By the way, you don't look well. Did you not sleepwell last night?” Felicia

asked in a worried manner.

“Let's not talk about it. Something upsetting happened yesterday.” Inaddition to what John did to her last night, she really regretted takingthe initiative to kiss Elliot since he was Hayley's boyfriend, and Hayleywas the person she hated the most in her entire life.

Around 11.00AM, Anastasia went into the washroom, and she heardfootsteps entering the washroom once she went into one of the toiletsbefore the loud voice of a girl rang out. “Guess what I saw just now?”“What?”

“I was lucky enough to take the same elevator as President Presgravejust now, and I saw a love bite on his neck! Oh my God! I can't help butwonder which woman would be so fortunate enough to give him sucha huge hickey!”