Room for You
Chapter 157

Chapter 157

After a ten minute drive, they arrived at her place. Stopping the car,Anastasia then handed the keys to Elliot as she said, “Go on and takeJared home first. I'll go buy some groceries by myself.”

With the keys in his possession, Elliot then took Jared by the hand andwalked to the entrance of the community.

At the supermarket beside the residence, Anastasia was choosing thevegetables until she saw the green chillies. She suddenly craved somestir fry pork, as well as roasted peppers and sea bass.

Except for her son's steamed eggs, which would not be spicy, the otherdishes tonight would all be flavorful, with chillies as the main star of theshow. The only thing now was that she did know if the tyrannicalpresident would like it or not, even though she herself would enjoy itvery much.

After finishing the shopping, Anastasia, who was in a good mood, alsobought some fruits on her way home. Reaching home, she noticedElliot was playing with Jared using toy blocks. When she set down thewashed fruits on the table, Anastasia noticed that the man was drinkingout of her cup again.

Annoyed, she then blamed herself for forgetting to buy disposablecups.

“I'm going to cook now.” With that, she went into the kitchen

While cooking, she kept getting choked by the smell of the chillies.However, she knew that the food would be amazing. After an hour,Anastasia set the meal on the table, and they all looked green and reddue to the chilies. The stinging smell of the chilies made Jared sneezemultiple times.

“Time to eat.” She called to the two, who were sitting on the sofa.Standing up, Elliot was visibly shocked upon the sight of the food onthe table, but he did not grumble about it. After sitting down, they allthen started to eat when Jared muttered with a pout, “Mommy, all thedishes tonight are super spicy!"

Laughing, Anastasia then explained to him, “It's because Mommy lovesspicy food!”

“Mr. Presgrave, do you like spicy stuff?” Jared asked curiously, his headtilted.

Smiling, the man replied, “I like it.”

With a hint of mischief in her eyes, Anastasia then proceeded to serveElliot two roasted peppers. “If that is the case, President Presgrave, dohelp yourself.”

Elliot looked at the peppers in his bowl and his Adam's apple bobbed alittle, clearly showing that this was beyond him.

"Do eat up!” Anastasia urged.

As she was closely watching him, Elliot had no choice but to bite into it.Although he was obviously affected by the spiciness, he chose not tovoice it out.

In a flash, Anastasia had already put a big chunk of fish into his plateand murmured, “Come, President Presgrave. This is a spicy sea bass. It'svery delicious, you know.”

Knowing that she was harboring bad intentions and was out to get him,Elliot did not reject her. Instead, he earnestly ate the food she offered.Meanwhile, Anastasia, who liked spicy food, obviously had a great meal.There was a slight blush on Elliot's face that was rather unusual, and helooked as if he had been drinking. Due to the thin layer of sweat thathad accumulated on his forehead, it was obvious that this was causedby the spiciness of the meal.

That night, probably out of the sheer heat from the food, he had twohelpings of steamed egg. After Anastasia had cleaned up the table,Jared then went off to finish his homework.

Finishing washing the dishes, she was then greeted by the sight of Elliotchugging water out of her cup, obviously still reeling from the effects ofthe spices.

“It's getting quite late, so you should get going now!” Anastasia said tothe man who was sitting on the sofa.

Elliot only peered at her in response while telling her in a low tone,“Come here."

Blinking, she asked, “What's up?”

Holding up his phone, he handed it over to her. “See for yourself.”Curioused, Anastasia walked over and took his phone to look at therecording from the surveillance, as Hayley's voice transmitted clearlyfrom the speaker. “Elliot, I think that something got into my eyes. Canyou check for me? It hurts!”

Looking at the video, Anastasia saw Hayley shutting her eyes, with Elliotleaning forward to check her eyes. This was the exact scene Anastasiawitnessed in person; it

was just that she had missed Hayley's words.

So, the truth was this man was only really helping her to check ifsomething got into her eyes? Why would her eyes hurt the moment Iopened the door? Also, why would Elliot call me to his office whenHayley was already there?