Chapter 661
Anastasia was reading on the grassy lawn right outside the living room while Jared was playing with the cat. When
she saw Elliot walking up to her with his silhouette outlined by the twilight glow, she set her book down and ran to
meet him in the middle,
She had missed him dearly after not sceing him for the whole day,
Upon seeing her running his way, Elliot opened his arms and caught her just as she threw herself into his embrace
like a child. He lifted her up by the waist and iwirled her once, then set her back down. “Missed me?” he asked
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇttcasingly. There was a warm and gentle gleam in his eyes as he kissed her forehead indulgently.
She nodded, smiling as she said, “I did.”
“Daddy, I want a kiss too,” Jared demanded as he approached the loving couple with the kitten in his arms.
Elliot let go of Anastasia and bent to pick up the little guy, then kissed him on the cheek lovingly. “Did you have fun
at school today, Jared?”
“You bet!” Jared replied with a firm nod.
The kitten looked decidedly unhappy when it saw that everyone else had received Elliot‘s affection. “Meow!”
Having considered the feline to be part of the family, Elliot reached out to pat its soft, furry head and asked, “You‘re
not angling for a kiss too, are you?”
The kitten meowed once more as if to answer in the affirmative.
Amusement seized Elliot as he continued scratching the cat behind its ears to placate it. There was a serenity in the
way the family of three and their cat hung out with each other under the evening sky. For a while, it was as if the
world was at peace.
Meanwhile, Lorelai was on her way home when she called her mother and told her what happened with Anastasia.
Upon hearing the details, Kendra said on the other line, “You did the right thing, Lorelai. That way, Anastasia won‘t
be suspicious of you or see you as a threat.”
Lorelai had deliberately dropped by Anastasia‘s house during the late afternoon and left before dinner time just so
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmthe latter wouldn‘t think she was trying to butt into her family affairs. The clever planning would help Lorelai make a
good impression on Anastasia, who would then put her guard down.
Presently, there was an ambitious glimmer in Lorelai‘s eyes as she said, “By the way. Mom, I‘ve already sent in my
resume to Presgrave Group.”
“That‘s a little too soon, Lorelai. My father said not to rush the plan, remember? After all, Elliot is still in his
honeymoon phase with Anastasia. You ought to wait until she‘s got a second kid on the way before you make a
move.”
“Mom, don‘t worry, I‘m only doing this to gauge Elliot‘s feelings for me, that‘s all” Lorelai