Chapter 289 Attempting to Commit Suicide
“Exactly! If you don’t want to apologize, why did you slap her? Look at Miss Seymour—she’s such a poor thing.”
Anastasia was feeling a lot of pressure deep down as she listened to everyone else criticizing her. After all, only she and Hayley knew how the latter had tried to kill her underwater. However, those who judged her without knowing the truth were equally hurtful.
Meanwhile, Elliot ignored the gazes from the crowd and carried the barely conscious Anastasia into his arms. He then instructed Rey, “Take Miss Seymour inside to get her clothes changed.”
“Elliot…” yelled a sobbing Hayley. Her heart ached from a stabbing pain as she watched Anastasia being carried away by the man.
Even after all of that acting and drama, Anastasia still emerged as the final winner. She received all of Elliot’s love and care, yet the man did not even spare a word of concern for Hayley.
Anastasia’s first thought after being sent inside for a clean change of clothes was her son. As such, she turned to Elliot and said, “Don’t tell Jared what just happened.”
“Don’t worry! I have informed Nigel not to bring him over, and Jared is still in the playroom,” Elliot comforted her.
Anastasia clenched the quilt tightly as she came to terms with Hayley’s viciousness. She was certain that Hayley had purposely pressed her into the water with the intention of drowning her.
“Why did you jump into the water to save her when you can’t swim?” Elliot frowned as he asked. He didn’t dare to blame Anastasia, but his chest tightened since he was worried about her.
“Tonight is your grandma’s birthday banquet. It’ll be a bad omen if someone dies,” replied Anastasia, expressing what she felt at the time of the incident.
However, she never expected Hayley, who couldn’t swim five years ago, would learn to swim.
“Did you know that you nearly…” Elliot couldn’t even finish his sentence as he was completely terrified of what had just happened. She would’ve been dead if he arrived even a few seconds late.
In other words, the only reason why Anastasia was still alive was that Elliot had acted quickly and executed a successful rescue. Otherwise, she would have not survived at all.
“Thank you,” Anastasia said genuinely. She could not imagine what would happen to her son if she were dead.
“I don’t want you to thank me; I just want you to cherish your life in the future. Don’t let this kind of thing happen again.” Elliot’s eyes were filled with worry as he stepped forward and took her into his arms. “Since I have saved your life, will you live a good life for me?” he asked.
Anatasia was feeling the aftershock of the incident. Just then, she raised her head to look up at Elliot and blurted, “President Presgrave, can you promise me one thing? If something happens to me in the future, please help me to raise Jared on my behalf.”
Her words made his heart tremble. He held her tighter as he glanced into her deep eyes and said, “Nonsense! I am not going to let Jared lose his mother. We will raise him together.”
Anastasia batted her eyes at Elliot after she heard him. His gaze was like a black hole, drawing her into his heart.
Just then, she started to feel dizzy. Elliot placed a kiss on her forehead and said, “Stop overthinking. Just get some good rest.”
At that very moment, Elliot’s cell phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and answered the call. “What’s the matter?”
“President Presgrave, Miss Seymour is attempting to commit suicide,” said Rey promptly.
“What?” Elliot scowled.
“She wants to see you,” Rey replied anxiously at the other end.
“Okay, I’ll come right away.” After Elliot hung up the phone, he tucked Anastasia into bed. Then, he added, “Have a good rest. I need to go now.”
Elliot was sitting close to her, so Anastasia had overheard the conversation about Hayley wanting to commit suicide.
Hah! Of course she’d play all her tricks to get Elliot to go over.
“Just go ahead!” Since she felt exhausted after the entire ordeal, Anastasia lay on her side and closed her eyes.
When Elliot arrived at Hayley’s room, she was standing in front of the third-floor window, refusing to let anyone approach her. She stretched one leg out the window, looking as though she’d fall out at any moment.
“Come back here, Hayley!” Elliot pushed the door open and shouted at her. Meanwhile, his brows were deeply furrowed.
Hayley’s tears streamed down her face when she noticed Elliot was there. “You’ve finally come to see me, Elliot. I-I thought you didn’t care about me anymore. I would rather die instead,” she said through tears.
After saying that, Hayley leaned her upper body toward the window.
“Don’t be silly, Hayley. Come back here. ” Elliot reached out his hand in a hurry. “Come on.”
