Room for You
Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Anastasia stopped laughing and looked at her son earnestly. “Jared,let's not look for Daddy, okay? Mommy can raise you all by herself.”“Grandpa said that it's not right of my daddy to avoid takingresponsibility, though. He has to be responsible toward you and me,”the little boy said with an adult-like expression.

Anastasia was speechless. Why did her father talk about such thingswith her son?

“Grandpa said that he will grow old and one day won't be able to takecare of us anymore.”

She could now feel the tears coming. Her father was worried that hewould grow old and frail, hence unable to take care of her and her son.She tried to suppress the tears as she responded, “Be good, Jared. I'llbecome strong and take care of both you and Grandpa.”

“Okay. I'll also grow up quickly and be very tall, so I can take care ofMommy and Grandpa.” With that, the little guy returned to scarfingdown his dinner.

Anastasia’s heart softened at his words. Her son was everything to her,so she absolutely must build a protective environment for him.

The next day was a Saturday.

It was early in the morning and she thought she wouldn't have to go towork, but then she received a call from Felicia.

“Anastasia, why aren“t you here for overtime?”

“I have to?” Anastasia sat up and placed her hand to her forehead asshe asked. Why was it necessary to work overtime when they were thelocal branch?

“Because we're putting out the newest release soon. It's customary towork overtime during these few weeks. Come on over now!”

“In that case... Can I bring my son to the office?” Anastasia hastilyasked.

“All right, sure.” Felicia agreed, for she knew Anastasia was a singlemother.

Anastasia immediately woke her son up with kisses and told him,“Jared, let's go

Come with me to the office for overtime.”

The little guy seemed to be still half-asleep, but he nodded anyway.She led her son downstairs and hailed a cab to the office. She hadbought some bread on the way for breakfast and it was already 9:50AMwhen she arrived at the company

Grace was bringing in coffee when she saw the cute boy on the couch,which immediately stunned her.

“Wow! Oh my goodness! He's too cute!”

The little guy wore a black T-shirt paired with jeans. His black hair hadcovered his full little forehead and a pair of huge bright eyes shone likejewels as they peeked out from under his dense and curly eyelashes.His features were exquisite and pretty, like a beautiful doll.

"Hey, little guy, did you get your eyelashes curled when you were still inyour mother's stomach? They're so long and curly!” Grace said inadmiration.

Hearing that, Anastasia could only say that the host that night wasn'ttoo shabby himself either.

As Anastasia was perusing the documents with her head lowered, Gracetook the opportunity to reach out with her hand.

The little guy looked at her in anger. “Miss, can you stop pinching mycheeks? It hurts.”

“Sorry, sorry. Your face is just so squishy that I couldn't help it. I'll stopnow,” Grace hastily apologized.

At this moment, Anastasia answered a call from Felicia. “Come to myoffice for a bit."

“Grace, I'm going to Director Evans’ office for a while. Look after Jaredfor me while I'm gone.”

"Of course! No problem.” Grace gestured with an “okay’ sign.

At the underground carpark of Bourgeois, a low key yet luxuriousBentley had just pulled up whereby Elliot alighted from the driver's seat.He had just received a call from Larry, informing him that there was animportant

document he needed to sign. It was then that he realized that the entireBourgeois staff was working overtime.

Larry offered to bring the document over to him, but since Elliot wascoincidentally in the area, he came to the office on his own instead.

He pressed the elevator button and rode the elevator up to his office.Grace played with the little kid for a while before remembering thatthere was a document she was supposed to get signed. She told thechild, “Jared, promise me you'll not wander anywhere. I'll come backright after I deliver a document, okay?”

“Okay!” The little guy nodded obediently.

She hadn't been gone for long when Jared needed to head to thebathroom. He opened the office door and ran out to the bathroomlocated on the same floor, only to replace a sign saying “undermaintenance’ hanging outside.

The little guy immediately ran to the elevator and pressed the button tohead up.

Soon, the elevator doors opened with a ding.

He looked up to see a tall man in the elevator. As soon as he raised hishead, he asked, “Sir, where is the bathroom? I need to pee.”

Upon the child's sudden questioning, Elliot was surprised before hisreserved dark gaze fell on the child whose height only reached histhighs. He was stunned for a few seconds as he saw the child's liftedface.