Chapter 155

At that moment, Rey knocked on the door from outside and reported, “President Presgrave, Miss
Seymour is here.”

A frown appeared between Elliot’s brows when he heard that. “Let her in.”

Thereafter, Hayley came in, flashing a charming smile at him as she sweetly announced, “Elliot, I’ve
brought you some refreshments.”

As a matter of fact, she specially came at that time as she had planned to invite Elliot out for dinner.

“Please don’t give me all these again. I don’t like desserts,” Elliot muttered as he leaned his back
against the chair. The white shirt on him made him seem like a celibate, and he looked languid and
charming at the moment.

Hayley’s heart started to race at that. No woman could resist such a dazzling and elegant man.

And so, she walked toward Elliot step by step. Anastasia will be arriving at any moment now, Hayley
thought to herself, as she had been keeping track of the time.

Currently, Anastasia, who had been informed by May to go to Elliot’s office, did not suspect anything
and was on her way upstairs. She merely wondered to herself the reason the man wished to see her.
Could it be that he is going to use work as an excuse to scold me? she pondered.

Meanwhile, Hayley, who had arrived by Elliot’s side, suddenly held her forehead and hissed.

“What’s wrong?” Elliot rose up and examined her.



Just then, Hayley seemed to hear the sound of a lady’s high heels tapping on the floor, and coupled
with the fact that it was almost the time that she had expected, she pretended to scowl in pain. The
very next second, she fell into Elliot’s embrace.

He supported her with his long arms, so she took the opportunity to wrap her arms around his waist.
“Elliot, I feel so dizzy…”

“Let me help you to the couch so that you can rest.” He attempted to keep his distance from her, but
she tightened her arms around him and refused to let go. Then, she raised her head with her eyes shut
and mumbled, “Elliot, is there something in my eye? Could you check it for me? It hurts!”

Upon hearing that, Elliot narrowed his eyes and leaned in to take a look.

At that moment, the door of the president’s office flung open. Anastasia didn’t knock the door before
she opened it, as she thought that Elliot would be waiting to have a word with her.

As soon as the door was opened, what came into view was a man and a woman intimately hugging
each other. Elliot leaned in at Hayley’s face, while the latter raised her head with her eyes shut, as if
she was eagerly waiting for the man’s kiss.

Anastasia’s eyes widened. In the end, she stared at them for a couple of seconds before she calmly

said, “Sorry for intruding. Please carry on.”

With that, she turned on her heel and slammed the door behind her before she left.

All that had happened in mere seconds, and it was so fast that Elliot didn’t manage to return to his
senses. When he finally made sense of the situation, he immediately released his grip on Hayley’s
shoulder. Forcefully removing her arms that were around his waist, he urgently declared to her, “I’ll get
Rey to send you to the hospital.”



Thereafter, Elliot pushed her away from him. It wasn’t a hard push, in fact, but Hayley went along with
the force and deliberately fell and slumped on the floor.

“Ah!” she shrieked.

Elliot, who had barely arrived at the door with large strides, looked behind and saw that Hayley had
fallen. He clenched his fists, but he still turned back to help her up.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. Elliot, what’s wrong?” Hayley asked, intentionally feigning innocence.

“Nothing,” he replied, then used the landline and commanded, “Rey, come over.”

Soon, Rey knocked on the door and entered the room, and Elliot ordered, “Send Miss Seymour to the
hospital for a checkup and then send her home.”

For Hayley, her plan had succeeded since she had reached her goal. The scene earlier must have
made Anastasia misunderstand that Elliot was going to kiss me!

“Elliot, I want to have dinner with you,” Hayley mumbled begrudgingly.

“I’m not available tonight. Let’s have dinner some other time.” After he said that, he grabbed his phone
that was on the desk and hurriedly strode out. He seemed to be in a fluster.

Before long, Elliot showed up at the Department of Design. When he arrived at Anastasia’s office, he
saw that her seat was empty, so he asked Grace, who was outside, “Where’s Anastasia?”

“Miss Tillman just got off work early. Is there anything you need from her, President Presgrave?” Grace
asked nervously.



Elliot remained impassive and he casually replied, “No.”

Then, he strode off and he used his phone to give a certain woman a call on his way out.

At that moment, Anastasia was in a cab on the way to pick up her son. Upon hearing her phone
ringing, she took her phone and glanced at the screen. The corner of her lips curling upward, she
snorted and decided to not pick up the call.


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