Room for You
Chapter 75

Chapter 75

“Yes, it does.” Elliot glanced at the bangle on Hayley's wrist andnodded.

“Grandma treats me pretty well and seems to like me a lot.” Hayleyintentionally made sure Anastasia heard her words, for she wanted thelatter to know that she was important to Harriet.

“Just make sure you keep it with you.” Elliot shifted his gaze to the rearmirror and observed the lady in the backseat through the reflection.Anastasia continued to keep her eyes outside the window, and the sideview of her face made her seem like a sacred goddess who wasworshiped by many.

At last, Anastasia grew tired of staying in the car. The moment theymade it to the road, she then spoke to the man in front of her. “Pleasepull over, President Presgrave.”

Elliot pulled over by the roadside and looked at the lady with a frown."What's wrong?”

“I want to get out of the car now.” Anastasia finished her sentence andswiftly opened the door, stepping out of the vehicle without a singlethought of hesitation.

Upon witnessing Anastasia’s reaction, Elliot was stunned as hewondered whether she was reluctant to accept his ride, but Hayley washappy to see her leave since that meant she could be alone with theman. Nevertheless, Elliot got out of his car the next moment, leavingHayley in surprise as she watched him catch up to Anastasia. At thesight of this, she couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by her bigotryeven more, thinking that Anastasia was trying to seduce Elliot onpurpose.

On the other hand, Anastasia noticed Elliot catching up to her butdecided to ignore his presence. She then found a suitable spot andstood there as she tried to hail a taxi.

“I can drop you off at your destination, so why are you taking a taxi?"Elliot frowned unhappily.

“That's none of your business. Just take Hayley with you and leave,”Anastasia looked back and answered.

“I'll take her home and drive you to the office after that,” Elliot repliedwith a deep voice that sounded like he was trying to coax her.

“I don't like sharing a ride with that lady, so it's either me or her whomyou're

driving. Take your pick.” Anastasia jutted her chin in a haughty manner.Elliot paused briefly even though he was no stranger to herunreasonable attitude. Soon, he seized her wrist and said, “Anastasia,can't you be more reasonable?”

However, Anastasia retracted her arm in frustration. “I can bereasonable to anyone but you! Take your hand off me now!” At thatmoment, a taxi arrived before she . opened the door and sat inside,leaving Elliot with an annoyed frown on his face. Oh, man! This lady isreally a stubborn one, isn't she?

In the meantime, Hayley was still mad at Anastasia even though thelatter had already left, feeling disgusted with her coy behavior. Isn“t sheacting like such a drama queen right now? When Elliot returned to thecar, she instantly noticed his darkened expression and immediatelyseized the chance to play on his heart strings. “Did Anastasia leavebecause of me? If I had known earlier, I should have taken a taxiinstead.”

“Nonsense. She just has something important to attend to back in theoffice.” Elliot's eyes seemed to have become gentler.

Hayley pretended to let out a sigh. “Anastasia and I can never be asclose as we used to be back then, and I'll never be able to make it up toher for the harm I caused her ever again.”

Elliot comforted the lady and said, “Whatever it was, it's already over.Let's not bring it up again.”

“Anastasia has hated me for five years, which is as long as I've blamedmyself for. In fact, when I think about how she looked after her violationevery night, I feel like slapping myself in the face. Why? Why didsomething so cruel happen to her?”

Meanwhile, Elliot tightened his grip on the steering without himselfknowing it when he heard what Hayley was saying. At the same time,he couldn't help but wonder whether Anastasia had ran into some sickpervert who put her through so much suffering

On the other hand, Hayley wouldn't stop emphasizing how muchAnastasia was hurt and violated in hopes that she could make Elliot loseinterest in her. After all, she believed that no man would ever accept awoman who had been violated by another man, but little did she knowthat she was wrong about how she thought Elliot would

think.

In fact, Hayley's emphasis on Anastasia’s stigma only made Elliot feeleven more sympathetic for her. Instead of feeling disgusted byAnastasia, he was driven by a

strong urge to protect her more than ever. Also, his perception aboutAnastasia had changed from his initial reluctance of marrying her to hiswillingness to make her his wife, but nonetheless, he somehow failed towin her heart over.

“What's done is done, so let's not talk about it anymore. Just make sureyou don't beat yourself up for that and move on.” Elliot comfortedHayley while staring at the lady's guilty face.