Chapter 26 

“Hey! How can you boss me around like that?!” Although Anastasia kept shouting behind Elliot, he refused to let go, and she was pushed into 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 and proceeded to act as if she had fallen asleep since she didn’t want to talk to Elliot.

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

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

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

Right then, Elliot’s gaze met hers before he nodded slightly, indicating that he had heard her.

Then, Anastasia closed the car door and left while the car slowly drove away after making sure that Anastasia had entered her apartment complex.

of his bed to accompany him. When Francis saw Anastasia coming home so late at night, he took a card out of his wallet and gave it to her. “Anastasia, there’s 2 million in this card, and I think that you should have it. You shouldn’t overwork yourself. If you’re tired, just resign and take care of Jared with

taken aback as she could feel Francis worrying for her. Nevertheless, she pursed her lips and commented, “Naomi would surely

one who earned this money, and no one can stop me from giving it to you.” Francis placed the card in

with his briefcase while Anastasia sighed. She knew that Naomi was the one who climbed into Francis’s

Francis for doing so back

Jared’s side before she leaned forward to plant a kiss on Jared’s pale forehead. Then, she

next morning, Anastasia vaguely heard Jared’s voice calling out for her. “Wake up, Mommy. I’m going

out of bed as it was already 8.20AM, and Jared’s class was going to

to school

in relief. Then, she hurried to stop a cab to rush to work when she

it was already 8.50AM.

be gone now. Besides, the deal with John is definitely off now. I can’t believe I wasted so much effort on getting tricked by that man instead. Looks like I’ll have to be smarter about things like this

came in. Before Anastasia could say anything, Felicia grinned and said, “Anastasia, good job for successfully negotiating

Is the deal on?

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