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 who looked a lot like Anastasia’s

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 fine specimen like

to steal my man? Hayley gritted her teeth and vowed that she would not

her son out of

entrance, she let out a

10.00AM, she summoned her courage and grabbed the phone on her

husky male voice

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

was nothing but silence on the other end of the phone. She thought her heart might drop straight through her stomach when she suddenly heard him ask in

she answered. She needed to pick Jared up from school

his voice deep and alluring as

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 could hear

the morning

“But I—”

to do it

it myself.” She didn’t want to trouble him, and she

minutes,” the

her son, having been