Room for You
Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Nigel shifted his gaze to the road after he got in the car. At thatmoment, he caught sight of a black car in his rearview mirror. The carwas quite some distance away, but he could tell that it was his cousin'scar. I'm glad I got here before him, Nigel thought. I want Elliot towitness my relationship with Anastasia so that he'll know he doesn'thave a chance. Tonight, I'm going to use my actions to show Elliot thatAnastasia belongs to me.

The sports car sped down the road while the man in the black carglared into the distance with a dark look in his eyes. No one could tellwhat was going on in his mind. Elliot felt a surge of anger bubbling inhim as he thought about how the woman had rejected him so firmly. Itturns out it was because she had already told someone else to pick herup, he thought.

Anastasia didn’t notice that someone else had come over to pick her upas she was distracted by other thoughts in her mind. Is Hayley going tobe there? If she's going to be there, then I don't think I'll stay for long.Since Elliot and Hayley used to have a thing, perhaps Old MadamPresgrave might prefer Hayley to be Elliot's wife.

She didn't know why she was troubling herself with all these pointlessthoughts. While they were on the way to the dinner, Nigel told her hisideas about his office design, and he got some of her opinions. Whenshe heard that it cost Nigel more than 50,000 to rent his office eachmonth, she was utterly speechless! I hate rich people!

“Can you try saving up some of your dad's money?” she asked in aconcerned tone. He immediately burst into laughter. “I'm only spendingso much because I know I have the ability to earn it back! Don't worryabout me, Anastasia!”

“I can't even earn your one month's worth of rent in one year,” shereplied. Then, she thought about the 1 million that she had won. Shestill felt rather uneasy about taking the money.

“You can always ask me if you need any money,” Nigel told her in asincere tone.

“I don't need money. I have enough to spend on myself,” she repliedwith a smile. She could always adjust her lifestyle to fit her monthlyincome.

Finally, they arrived at the hotel for the charity dinner. The hotelbelonged to the Mansons, and it looked extremely luxurious andexclusive. That was when Anastasia understood how rich Nigel trulywas. When he got out of the car, he bumped into his father's assistant.“Your dad is asking you to greet the guests, Young Master Nigel!” theassistant said.

“Okay. I'll go say hello to them. Can you bring this lady over to thehall?” Nigel asked the assistant.

“Sure. Please follow me, Miss,” the assistant replied.

“I'll come over to you in a while, Anastasia. You can go up to have somefood first,” Nigel said. “Okay!” She nodded. About ten minutes later, atall, lanky man walked into the hotel with a confident and elegantstride. He looked especially respectable in his formal black suit.

"You're here, Young Master Elliot. Please come in.” The hotel managerjogged over to greet him. “Go on with your duties! You don't have toworry about me.” Elliot waved the manager off before he walked overto the elevator.

The hall looked like it could fit about 500 people. I'm really gettingexposed to a whole new world today, Anastasia thought. There arepeople from all kinds of industries. The Presgrave Family sure ispowerful!

Anastasia held a glass of red wine in her hand. She felt rather self-conscious since she didn't match the standards of the other gueststhere, and she had just been looking around her when she nearlybumped into someone behind her. “Ah!” She cried before stumblingbackward and looking up. What's he doing here? The person she hadbumped into was Elliot!

“Apologize.” He shot her an icy glare.

“I'm sorry,” she uttered hastily. She could feel an icy aura coming fromhim as he walked past her, and she bit her lip as she thought, What's upwith him tonight? Is he trying to act like he doesn't know me? Fine.There's no need for me to pretend to be close to him now I don't wantany unnecessary troubles.

Right then, two girls let out a loud cry from beside her. “Hey, that'sYoung Master Elliot! He's so handsome!” one said.

“I know, right? He's every girl's ideal type, after all.” another girl said.Anastasia blinked confusedly. Is Elliot that attractive? Everyone's idealtype, huh? Little do they know that Elliot's actually made up of ice.Anastasia was starting to get hungry, so she walked over to help herselfto some of the buffet dishes. All of the food looked good, andAnastasia filled her plate with a bunch of her favorite dishes as shecontinued thinking about the party. I bet Old Madam Presgrave isgoing to be busy tonight since she has so many guests to greet. I haveto see her before I leave.