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.”

the man Erica was talking about? The one

had set her eyes on Elliot. She wouldn’t discount the possibility that the past five years had turned Anastasia into a greedy and shallow woman, though in all fairness, no woman in her right mind would turn away a

and vowed

let her son out of her sight, and this continued

entrance, she let out a sigh of relief. Then, upon glancing at the time, she hurried off in the

took a sip of water. Now that the time was past 10.00AM, she summoned her courage and

wasn’t long before a low and husky male

said hesitantly, slightly fumbling

of the phone. She thought her heart might drop straight through her

3.00PM,” she answered. She needed to pick Jared up from school later

voice deep and alluring as

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

the morning

“But I—”

it for you?” he

She didn’t want to trouble him, and she couldn’t

at the main entrance in ten minutes,” the

made her way over to Felicia’s office and asked for a day off, claiming that her son, having been traumatized from the events