Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 65

The young lady took a few more pictures and sent then all to Hayley with a caption that read, ‘Miss Seymour, you may want to keep a close eye on your man because this woman here is trying to seduce him!

Hayley was lounging in her hospital room and scrolling through videos on her phone when she clicked into the new text. When she saw the pictures of Anastasia and Elliot, her eyes widened in disbelief while anger rose in her chest. Anastasia is on a date with Elliot with her son in tow!

She wondered furiously if it meant Anastasia intended to have Elliot become her son’s new father. A single mother like Anastasia had little to no prospects on the marriage market, and she could very well be using Amelia’s sacrifice from all those years ago to trap Elliot in a marriage in the guise of repaying a selfless deed. Not only that, she’s trying to get Elliot to accept her son as well!

Hayley thought she had already seen through Anastasia’s plot, and she swore she would not let the latter succeed.

It looked like it was time for her to approach Elliot’s family and let them know that she had given up her chastity just to get Elliot out of a tight spot as well.

Meanwhile, under the lights of the restaurant, Elliot was practically glimmering with elegance as he sipped on his red wine, the shadows and lights interplaying over his delicately-chiseled features.

He looked up and gazed at Jared from across the table. At that moment, he had a sudden feeling that he and this boy met under the most particular of circumstances, which inevitably led to his affection for the little boy.

inexplicably warmed to him and

a child to feel safe around someone they did not live with was a rare

that evening, Elliot dropped them off at the apartment. Anastasia held Jared by the hand and

she led Jared away from the car and toward the

up, “Mommy, since Mr. Presgrave bought us dinner, shouldn’t we at least have

intention of asking the man to drop by her house for a cup of tea, but now that Jared had mentioned it, it would seem rude of her not to extend an invitation to Elliot. “Would you like to come up for a cup of tea?” she asked, having

of courtesy on her part to ask him to stay for a cup of tea, and it was the only way she could get her kid off her

and emerge from the driver’s seat. His straight and tall silhouette came down from the car and walked up to the entrance. “I suppose I could do with a cup of tea,” he said as he approached them. All of a sudden, Anastasia

my house for a glass of water!” Jared offered with a

home. She rummaged through the cabinet for a spare cup, but when she could find none, she resorted to filling Jared’s cup with water. When she handed the mug with the cartoon printed on it to Elliot, she said, “I hope you don’t

it. Meanwhile, the little one was building bricks next to the couch. He glanced over at the boxes of toys stacked

who seemed engrossed in building bricks,

looked like it was going to rain soon. Anastasia was bringing in the laundry from the balcony, but just as she was making her way across the living room, a pink piece of clothing fell out of the heap in her arms. She didn’t notice this, but Elliot, with his

pink fabric that had fallen

the couch and grabbed the flimsy garment off the

Anastasia