Room for You
Chapter 194

Chapter 194

Fuior byd narrowed his eyes as he had never felt this kind ofatmosphere before. The woman's sweet smile became his view, and herhappiness directly affected him as he became very happy too.

Erica had caught Elliot looking at Anastasia a few times, and this madethe former green with envy. So, she also intentionally laughed out loud,yet she failed to elicit a response from him.

Sitting off to the side, Alex carefully hid his love for Anastasia as heknew that Elliot also liked her very much, judging from the man's gaze.After singing, Francis got back to the table and immediately raised hisglass to toast Elliot. “Young Master Elliot, I'll toast you on behalf of melacking as a host.”

Quickly, Elliot stood up to reciprocate his toast. “You're too kind, Mr.Tillman."

Upon seeing Francis down his glass entirely, Elliot, whose glass was alsofilled with beer, did the same and finished it too.

“Anastasia, quickly refill the president's glass. Make it full,” said Francis.However, Erica, who was beside them, had a bottle of red wine ready.“Let me pour it, Dad!”

Not in the mood to argue over this, Anastasia let the woman fill Elliot'sglass to the brim. Upon seeing that, Elliot frowned.

“President Presgrave, I'm a close friend of Francis. It's rare to see such acapable young individual like yourself, so I would like to toast you too.”The man beside Francis stood up and raised his glass, his voice full ofpride.

Standing up again, Elliot raised his glass half-heartedly, with the manadding, “I'll finish my glass, but you can drink howevermuch you want.”Since it was a close friend of Francis, he would also be considered asenior to Elliot. So, out of respect, the latter also finished his glass aswell.

Seeing him drink two full glasses of alcohol made Anastasiaimmediately recall that he had a weak stomach, yet Erica was alreadyrefilling his glass yet again.

As Anastasia tugged on his sleeve, Elliot naturally leaned toward her.“Don't drink so much. You have a weak stomach, remember? You mightjust upset it again,” said Anastasia caringly.

A smile appeared in Elliot's gaze when he heard that. “Miss-Tillman, areyou worried about me right now?”

Looking at him, Anastasia then saw another senior beside her fatherhad stood up, and her heart skipped a beat. Don't tell me that everyone of Dad's friends is going to toast Elliot?!

Elliot came from a distinguished background. Meanwhile, these peoplewere likely alcoholics from the looks of their beer bellies. In this kind ofsituation, it was customary to always toast the wealthiest around thetable, as a person of stature was a respected person. Hence, Elliotbecame their target to toast to.

“P-President Presgrave, I'm not good with words, but I would like topropose a toast to you. Here's to your health, and hoping that yourcompany will prosper!”

Even Elliot did not think that he would be targeted like this. However,due to them all being Francis friends and that Francis himself would behis future father-in-law, Elliot, as the junior, couldn't afford to offendhim.

Standing up again, Elliot gracefully held his glass as he raised it. “Thankyou.”

Anastasia could only look on as the man finished another glass. Panicslowly hit her and she thought to herself, If seven or eight of dad'sseniors were to all toast with him, wouldn't he just black out on thespot?

And Elliot was raised on high-end imported red wine as well. With thebeers on the table being sold for less than ten on the market, Anastasiawas afraid that something might happen to him if this continued.“Young Master Presgrave, it's a rare opportunity to be able to drink withyou at the same table. Here, a toast!” Another senior stood up and saidthat.

Anastasia could clearly see Elliot getting tipsy, but she knew that itwould be disrespectful to the person who proposed the toast if Elliotdid not drink it. So, in the heat of the moment, she took his glass andsaid to the senior, “I'm sorry, but the president has a weak stomach.Hence, I'll be accepting this toast on his behalf.”

After that, she drank it in one shot amidst everybody's shock. Then, shetugged at the dazed man beside him and said, “President Presgrave,don't you still have something very important to attend to? We have togo now.”

To this, Elliot only blinked in response. Having little choice at this point,Anastasia could only pull the chair away as she said to her father, “Dad,President Presgrave and I will be excusing ourselves first. Please enjoyyour meals.”