Room for You
Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Elliot shut his files and glanced at the clock. “Let's go!”

Anastasia questioned her father the moment she got in his car. “What'sthis important thing you're talking about, Dad? Why do you need me tobe there?”

“I'm bringing you to an auction. Our company hopes to acquire one ofthe projects being offered. At the same time, I also want you to observethe process so that you know how it works when you take over thecompany.”

Anastasia blinked. Isn't he planning a little too far ahead into thefuture? “You're still young, Dad. It'll be at least another ten years beforeI take over anything!” She let out an exasperated laugh.

“I just wanted to have you prepared a little earlier so that you wouldn'tbe too confused when you actually take over the company. I really wantyou to understand this industry.” Francis was a man with foresight.Furthermore, he had been feeling weaker in recent days-he had toadmit that he was growing old

Anastasia had no choice but to go along with her father's plans since itwas what he wanted her to do. The auction was a grand event held insome company, and Francis led Anastasia over to meet up with hisassistant before they entered the hall together. They all found seatstoward the back of the room, and Anastasia watched as more peoplewalked in. This seems like a really huge auction. Will Dad's company geta chance?

She held a water bottle up and sipped on her drink while glancing ather surroundings. She was relatively curious about her surroundings,and she glanced around the room for a while before her gaze landedon two people who were entering the room. Anastasia was close tospitting her drink out on the person in front of her, but she shut her lipsjust in time to swallow the liquid in her mouth.

It wasn't just big bosses with huge bellies who were entering the room-there were also people of other shapes and sizes. The two men whohad just walked in, for example, had lanky and tall figures that gave offa different aura. It was Elliot and Rey. Both of them were dressed insuits, and their sharp appearances had a huge impact on everyone whowas glancing around the room.

Anastasia would've never expected to bump into Elliot in such a noisyand crowded place. Is he here for the auction too? She watched him ashe slithered through the crowd. He hadn't noticed her at all, and hesimply followed Rey over to take seats at lower tiers of the hall. In theend, Elliot got seats in the front row-Anastasia watched as he sat downbeside a severely balding man. They looked like they were discussingsomething.

Anastasia couldn't stop herself from standing up in curiosity. However,Francis tapped her on the shoulder. “Sit down, Anastasia. The meetingis starting soon.”

If Elliot is here for the auction, then the rest of the bosses can just takea break, she thought. Do they still have a reason to be here? Dad'scompany won't stand much of a chance either. But after a few minutes,Anastasia saw Elliot standing up. By staring at his back, she could tellthat he was fixing his suit. Rey stood up beside him, and they bothshook hands with the bald man beside them as they continued chattingfor a while. The bald man reached his hand out to send them off-helooked as if he were sending gods off to heaven.

Perhaps Anastasia had been staring at the man for too long, for theman suddenly looked up. Both of them exchanged glances, and theman froze instantly. He narrowed his eyes to stare at her-he hadn'texpected to see her in a place like this either. Things made a little moresense when he saw her father beside her.

Anastasia and Elliot gazed at each other for a while more-one of themhad eyes full of curiosity while the other one had a rather cryptic look.Elliot suddenly decided to stay and turned to address Rey. “Find us aspot to sit,” he ordered. After that, Elliot walked over to the seats onerow above where Anastasia was standing. When Rey saw Anastasia, hegave her a friendly wave, and she smiled back at him.

As she turned around, she found herself staring at the familiar face of aman who had just sat down. Since Anastasia’s father was around, shecouldn't really say much to Elliot. Furthermore, the auction was aboutto begin.