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.

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 this

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

me

his briefcase while Anastasia sighed. She knew that Naomi was the

Although she hated Francis for doing so back then, she had already

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

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

jumped out of bed as it was already 8.20AM, and Jared’s class was going to start in ten minutes. The sedatives from yesterday had shut down her biological

send you to

brought Jared to his kindergarten and sighed in relief. Then, she hurried to stop a cab to rush to work when she glanced

it was already 8.50AM.

face. Looks like my attendance bonus for the month will 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

Before Anastasia could say

deal on? Did John

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