Room for You
Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Oh my God! I want to kick myself so badly!

Although the mic was already passed to her, Anastasia’s mind wascompletely blank, as she couldn't say it.

“Say it, Mommy!” At this moment, Jared, who was standing next to her,pulled on her pants anxiously.

Just then, Anastasia had no choice but to say into the mic quickly, “Ilove you, hubby.”

After saying that, she wanted to leave the stage immediately, but theheadmistress's relentless voice rang out again.

"Why don't we let Jared's father give Jared's mother a hug now?”While Anastasia was dumbstruck, Elliot's arm came snaking around herwaist before she was pressed against his chest and started smelling thescent of his male pheromones. Meanwhile, the crowd startedapplauding before Anastasia finally came back to her senses andpushed Elliot away instinctively.

When they went down from the stage, Jared quickly went back to hisseat while Elliot returned to his seat next to Anastasia. However,Anastasia was afraid to look at Elliot and only wanted the familyactivities to end as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the activities following that were family activities betweenchildren from other classes with their mothers. Around 4.00 PM, theawards ceremony started, and Jared came back pleased with a miniglass trophy of his own. Finally, Anastasia sighed in relief when theheadmistress announced the end of the ceremony because she couldn'twait to leave with Jared

When they got into Elliot's car, all of the parents noticed that Elliot wasdriving a Rolls-Royce Phantom that cost millions.

Meanwhile, in the car, Jared exclaimed, “Mr. Presgrave, you were socool today!"

“I bet you're tired! Let me treat you to dinner tonight,” Elliot turnedaround slightly and offered.

However, Anastasia rejected him. “It's fine. I'm taking Jared home.”“Mommy, Mr. Presgrave shouldn't have to treat us to a meal becauseit's the other

way round instead. Why don’t we head out to have a meal tonight?Your treat.” Jared had already had everything planned out.

On the other hand, Anastasia didn't want to appear stingy andungrateful in front of Jared. Besides, she realized that Jared was right,and she should repay Elliot for helping Jared out today.

“Fine. I'll treat you to a meal, then.” Anastasia told the man who wasdriving.

“Sure. Where are we heading?”

“Let's head to the restaurant that serves local cuisine below my house!”She didn't want to travel far because she still had to clean her son upafterward.

"We stay here,” Jared informed Elliot when he stopped by the streetwhere Anastasia bought her new place, after which Elliot nodded at theyoung boy.

The restaurant served local dishes, and the business was doing well.After Anastasia picked a table close to the window and got seated, sheordered a few local delicacies, and their food was served in no time. Atthe same time, Jared was still toying with his trophy on his seat.

“Eat up! Although this isn't some fancy restaurant, the dishes here arenot bad,” she offered the man sitting in front of her.

“I'm not picky.” Elliot grabbed his utensils and started eating, whileAnastasia picked some food for Jared. From an outsider’s perspective,they looked just like a family of three. Right then, Anastasia couldn'thelp but feel relief that Jared was in an ordinary kindergarten, and theparents here didn't have wide social circles, so Elliot wasn't recognized.After dinner, while she was paying the bills, Jared walked aroundwithout paying any attention to his surroundings and was about to runinto a waitress who was rushing over with a few dishes.

“Jared, be careful.” Elliot quickly,pulled Jared behind him to protect himwhile the waitress got scared before her tray tilted, and all of the disheslanded on Elliot's arm.

“I'm sorry. I'm sorry..." The waitress, who was an intern, started cryingdue to shock before she tried to clean his arm in a hurry.

As Anastasia witnessed Elliot soiling his shirt to save Jared, she quicklyrushed over to console the crying waitress. “It's alright. We stay nearbyanyway.”

After leaving the restaurant, she had no choice but to invite Elliot overto clean himself up.

“Fortunately, the t-shirt that you wore for the parents’ activities justnow is still in the car. You don't mind changing into that, do you?”Anastasia asked Elliot.

“Sure. I'll take a shower at yours.” Obviously, a clean freak like Elliotwouldn't choose to go home in a soiled shirt. After getting the t-shirtfrom the car, Anastasia went home along with Jared and Elliot.

When Elliot saw Anastasia’s new place, he realized that it was biggerthan the apartment that she used to stay in, and it was cozier thanbefore.