Chapter 369

Throughout his entire life, Elliot had never been treated this way.

A surge of complicated feelings crept up Anastasia’s heart as she suddenly declared, “Let’s not meet
again, Elliot. Let’s forget everything that happened before! From now on, we will be strangers.”

The word ‘strangers’ hit him right in the heart.

“Why should we be strangers? I want to marry you and make you my wife. I’ll give you and Jared a
complete family,” Elliot retorted through gritted teeth. His words were unquestionable.

“Do you want to know what Riley told me? I’ll tell you now. In order to save you back then, your
grandmother called to threaten the mayor, saying that if they didn’t save her grandson, she would
cause a nationwide stock market crash and create a financial disaster,” explained Anastasia, her eyes
turning red at the same time.

She bit her lips and continued, “That was why the mayor requested the police force to save you no
matter what, even if that meant taking the life of his officers. Just like that, I lost my mother.”

Tears ro. down her cheeks as she spoke. However, she didn’t wipe them off and glared at Elliot in
resentment instead. “My mother wouldn’t have died if she did not go there to save you back then.
Because of you, I lost her.”

As he watched her cry, Elliot felt like there was a fire burning in his heart. It was also his first time
hearing that his grandmother had threatened the mayor to do such a thing.

In order to save him, his grandmother had made such a harsh decision. That explained why his
grandmother was so determined to make Anastasia her daughter-in-law, for she must have lived in
regret for her whole life.



“I’m sorry.” Watching her tears flow, Elliot could only feel sorry for her. He had no right to say anything
else, even though he desperately wanted to wrap her in his arms and wipe away her tears.

However, he had lost the right to do so.

After taking a deep breath, Anastasia looked up. Her tears had stopped, and her voice sounded calm
now. “I don’t want to see you or your family ever again. Let’s not contact each other anymore.”

All of a sudden, an unbridgeable gully formed between them. No amount of money or feelings could fill
it up. Perhaps, it would never be able to disappear in this lifetime.

“I’d like to apologize to you and your family on behalf of mine.” Elliot looked at her, his eyes full of hurt.

As she turned away, Anastasia wiped away her tears and retorted, “It’s fine. Just go!”

As if trying to test the waters, Elliot uttered, “If you hate to see me, I promise to never appear in front of
your eyes again.”

Anastasia accepted his test and gave him a firm reply, saying, “You’d better keep your promise

Her words hit him like a bullet once again.

“Take care, Anastasia.” The look in Elliot’s eyes currently resembled a severely injured animal that was
suffering

Just like that, Elliot left as she wished.

However, Anastasia felt like she had suddenly lost all of her strength. Crouching on the ground, she let
her tears fall on the ground silently. Her heart was aching so bad that she couldn’t breathe.

After staying outside for a while, she entered the house. She quickly pretended to be in a good mood
when she saw her son sitting quietly in front of the TV.



“Jared, shall I makied chicken wings for you today?”

“Okay! Has Mr. Presgrave left?”

“Yup. He’s left.” After saying that, Anastasia entered the kitchen and started cooking. While chopping
the ingredients, she accidentally cut her finger since her mind was distracted.

Fortunately, she was quick to realize this and only caused a scratch. Shaking her head, she freshened
herself up so that she could take care of Jared.

The next morning, Anastasia received a call from her dad saying that he would be coming over to see
Jared and have dinner with them.

When Francis arrived, he brought a lot of toys for Jared. After all, he adored his grandson very much.

As he sat on the sofa, Francis smiled in contentment. “Jared is finally going to have a complete family.”

Anastasia, who was wiping the table, suddenly halted her actions. After she raised her head, she
turned to Francis and said, “Dad, I broke up with Elliot.”

“What? Why did you break up with him?” Francis couldn’t help feeling shocked.

“We’re not meant for each other, and I’m not good enough for him.” Anastasia made up a random
excuse.

Unconvinced, Francis questioned, “What do you mean you’re not good enough for him? Does he look
down on you because you have a child?”


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