Room for You Novel

Chapter 202

Chapter 202
“I’m coming.” Nigel’s voice came from the video intercom
Anastasia quickly moved to block the camera and crossed her arms as she began to think about how she was going to explain herself to Nigel. It was frustrating that Elliot consistently put her in such sticky situations.
There was a beeping sound that came from the door as it unlocked, and Elliot put his hand on the doorknob. He was just about to go in when he glanced at the woman who had her back turned to him. With a raised brow, he then asked, “Aren’t you coming in?”
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“You go ahead. I need to make a phone call,” said Anastasia as she took out her phone to dial a number, but he saw through her act and reached out to snatch her phone away.
“Come in with me,” he said in a commanding tone.

“Give me back my phone, Elliot,” she demanded incredulously.
However, he walked into the house with her phone in hand. She tried to make it look as if they had arrived separately by dawdling on the front step, but seeing as her phone was with him, there was little to no point in putting up pretenses.
As such, she stormed after him and made her way into the exquisite glass-walled villa.
Nigel had only just put on his clothes, and he was making his way downstairs when he saw the man and woman in his living room. Astonished, he thought, Elliot? Anastasia? Why are they both here at the same time?
He recalled only seeing Elliot’s figure in the video intercom just now, though he did see the silhouette of a woman whose back had been turned to the camera. Nigel had believed her to be Elliot’s assistant or something, but as it turned out, it was Anastasia all along. Confusion dawned upon him as he blinked and asked hesitantly, “D-Did you both come here together?”
“Uh… No, we came in separate cars and ran into each other at your front doorstep, so we decided to come in together. This is all pretty coincidental,” Anastasia explained anxiously.
“Is that it?” Nigel bought it.
“Actually, I went to Miss Tillman’s father’s banquet last night and ended up getting drunk, so I slept over at her place. I’m just tagging along while she picks up Jared.” All it took was one sentence for Elliot to reveal the truth, and Anastasia turned a bright shade of red as she quickly shot the man a deadly glare. He didn’t even think how this might affect me!
Nigel, on the other hand, was stunned for a few seconds. Then, he gaped at Anastasia incredulously. “Why didn’t you tell me about your father’s banquet? I should have gone and celebrated, too, shouldn’t I?”
“Well, it was only a small celebration,” she explained as she averted his gaze guiltily.
“Jared is still sleeping, so it might be a while before he wakes up,” Nigel said. Then, he met Elliot’s eyes, and the both of them were suddenly locked in a wordless battle.
Elliot’s gaze was steady as he said, “Thank you for taking care of Jared last night, Nigel.”
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