Room for You
Chapter 105

Chapter 105

Elliot was going through some of Presgrave Corporation's documentswhen his phone rang. “Hello, Grandma,” he uttered after reaching topick it up.

“Elliot, I told Mark to pass you one of the invitation cards for the party,and I want you to pass it to Anastasia on behalf of me.” Harriet's voicecame from the other end of the line.

“Are you inviting her?” Elliot's eyebrow went up a little as he spoke.“Yeah. She agreed to come. I'm trying to create opportunities for youhere, Elliot; you need to make good use of them. I'm not asking Hayleyto join us,” Harriet said.

Naturally, Elliot didn't wish to disappoint his grandmother after seeinghow much the old woman was trying to put Anastasia and himtogether. “Okay. I got it,” he replied. Mark came over with the invitationcard about an hour later, but he didn't send it directly to Anastasia-hesent it to Elliot's office instead.

After getting the invitation, Elliot used the landline to make an internalcall to Anastasia. “Hello, Anastasia speaking,” the woman said throughthe phone.

“I want you to come to my office,” Elliot ordered in a deep voice.

“Is anything the matter?” she asked.

“Collect your invitation card!" He ended the call right after that.Anastasia had no choice but to let out a sigh before walking out of heroffice and toward the direction of the elevator. She knocked on thedoor once she arrived. “Come in,” the man said.

She entered the room to see the lanky man crossing one leg over theother where he sat on the couch. “Give it to me!” she muttered afterglancing at him.

“Don't forget about dinner tonight,” the man said while he took theinvitation card out from his stack of documents. Anastasia froze for amoment. Last night, she had been the one who promised to buy himboth lunch and dinner. “I'm not free tonight, so I won't buy you dinner.”She refused to pay for him.

“What happened to keeping your promise? Are you changing yourmind now?" Elliot stood up and edged closer to her all of a sudden as ifhe had been seriously offended by what she just said. She instinctivelytook a step back before speaking in a sheepish tone. “It's just dinner,isn't it?”

“I don't like people who go against their words.” Elliot looked her in theeye. “You have to buy me dinner tonight.”

“Fine! I'll see you at the restaurant downstairs.” Anastasia decided tobuy him dinner, but she also made a mental note not to owe himanything in the future. It was too hard to repay a person like him.

"Did Nigel ask to see you?” Elliot asked out of nowhere.

“What's this? How is our relationship any of your business?” Anastasiauttered in a rather displeased tone.

“I've told you this before. You shouldn't give him hope if you don't likehim. I don't want you to play with his feelings,” Elliot warned. Shefrowned as she thought, Isn't he just sticking his nose into otherpeople's businesses? Nigel and I are just friends.

“Nigel and I are just friends. I'm not playing around with anyone'sfeelings,” she retorted

“But Nigel's feelings for you are real, and you're going to hurt himsomeday.” Elliot's expression was calm, but there was a deep,mysterious look in his eyes.

“Okay. I'll keep our relationship the way it is, and I won't hurt him.”Anastasia turned and left the room after making this promise. Elliotnarrowed his eyes upon hearing her words. He had a much clearer viewof the situation as a third party, and he could tell that Anastasia wouldnever fall for someone like Nigel. So, Elliot figured that the only way toprotect his cousin was to get him to give up on Anastasia. The moreinvolved Nigel got in this relationship, the more he would get hurt,anyway. After what happened to Anastasia, it was hard for her to fall forany man too easily.

Anastasia felt a little overwhelmed when she thought about how shehad to buy Elliot dinner. It was time for her to get off work, but she hadto pick her son up in a while. She was even more troubled when sherecalled how much her son loved Elliot. She took a look at the time. Idon't want Elliot to send me home, so I have to go down earlier to haila cab before leaving

After packing up a little, Anastasia headed out of the office a littleearlier than everyone else. As she stood by the lobby entrance andwaited for a cab, she saw from the corner of her eye the nuisance of acar that seemed to follow her everywhere. When she saw the Rolls-Royce Phantom, she jogged out of the building and away from it as ifshe were running away from something. She could hear the enginestarting behind her.

Right then, a gray sports car zoomed in from the entrance, and itdirectly sped past the Rolls Royce before going after Anastasia. She wasshocked, so she jumped aside to hide away from it. The sports carscreeched, and it came to a firm halt before the man in the driver's seatstepped out. The man was none other than Nigel, of course.