Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 60 Take the Day Off

Hayley was lazing around the opulent villa, looking like the very picture of privileged insouciance with a morning glass of red wine in hand and an expensive nightgown draped over her frame. Spread before her was an indulgent breakfast that the maids had decked out earlier that morning.

Just then, an incoming call interrupted her conversation with Erica, and Hayley quickly said, “I’ll talk to you soon, Erica. I need to take another call.” With that, she hung up the call with Erica and put May’s line through. “Hello?”

“Miss Seymour, it’s me, May.”

“You did well last night.”

“Thank you, Miss Seymour. There’s something important I need to tell you, though—Anastasia was with President Presgrave last night.”

The color drained from Hayley’s face. “What?”

“I was supposed to be writing up an evaluation report with Anastasia last night, but President Presgrave was there as well, and the both of them left together shortly after.”

night? Could he be the man Erica was talking about? The one who looked a lot like Anastasia’s kid? Damn it! Anastasia must have put on

the past five years had turned Anastasia into a greedy and shallow woman, though in all fairness, no woman in her right mind

man? Hayley gritted her teeth and vowed that she would not let Anastasia

Anastasia refused to let her son out of her sight, and this continued until Monday rolled

happily through the main entrance, she let out a

past 10.00AM, she summoned her courage and grabbed the phone on her desk, thereafter dialing the extension line

long before a low and husky male voice sounded

to meet your grandmother,” Anastasia said hesitantly, slightly fumbling with her words. After that night’s event, she thought she ought to stop

phone. She thought her heart might drop straight through her stomach when

She needed to pick Jared

go right now,” he said, his voice deep and alluring as he drawled each word over

as if Anastasia’s mind had imploded. Wait, what? Right now? That’s too soon! “But I have work,” she said, though even she could hear how forced

morning off,

“But I—”

it for

it myself.” She didn’t want to trouble him, and she couldn’t very well risk having more rumors about them flying

entrance in ten minutes,” the man said conclusively and rather authoritatively before he hung up

and asked for a day off, claiming that her son, having been traumatized from the events of that