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.”

man who accompanied Anastasia last 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

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

this mean she’s trying to steal my man? Hayley gritted her teeth and vowed that she would not let Anastasia get away

to let her son out of her sight, and this continued until

the kindergarten and watched him skip happily through the main entrance, she let out a sigh of relief. Then, upon glancing at the time, she hurried off in the direction of the

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

wasn’t long before a low and husky male voice sounded on the

hesitantly, slightly fumbling with her words. After that night’s

few seconds, there 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 a low

it’s before 3.00PM,” she answered. She needed to pick Jared up from school later in the

voice deep and alluring as he drawled

now? That’s too soon! “But I have work,” she

the morning

“But I—”

to do it for you?” he pressed in

to trouble him, and she couldn’t very well risk having more rumors about them flying around after

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

made her way over to Felicia’s office and asked for a day off, claiming that her son, having been traumatized from the events of that night, needed her company. Naturally, Felicia did not