Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 205 Contain Yourself

Elliot smiled as he eyed her teasingly. “Are you asking me for a favor?”

Anastasia shrugged nonchalantly and said, “I’m only doing this on behalf of my dad.”

“Well, seeing as he’s your dad, I don’t think it’d be right of me to refuse him the favor. Get your sister to come into work on Monday,” he declared readily.

She gaped at him in astonishment and realized that he was granting favors out of his gratitude again.

Just then, he tipped his head to the side and glanced at whatever was behind her, drawling, “You’ve got guts bringing me here, though.”

Upon hearing this, she turned around, and she nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw the amphibians and reptiles that were preserved in formalin. She shuddered and shrunk against Elliot like she wanted to put as much distance as she could between herself and the morbid exhibit.

seized the chance to wrap an arm around her. She gasped, but before she could react, she found herself in his embrace. She could smell the

When he saw that there was nobody around this section of the exhibit, he dipped his head and placed a chaste kiss on her lips. Then, he broke into a mischievous smirk as he muttered, “Consider

rushed to Anastasia’s face as she shoved him aside, and she

gave Francis a call to tell him that Erica could start

the phone with Francis. Then, she flew down the staircase gleefully and found

Does this mean Erica has

himself agreed to this. Do you think it’s because I made a really good impression

banquet last night, and there was no denying how gorgeous she had looked in her evening dress! “Erica,” she began. “Make sure to seize every opportunity there

to run into President Presgrave often enough, I could make him fall for me,” Erica said confidently. She vowed to use every last trick in the

Bourgeois; instead, she wanted to seduce Elliot so that she could one day marry rich and

and said, “Erica,

blinked. “What is it,

Elliot actually owes our family a huge favor. I’ve never told you this, but Anastasia’s mother only died because she sacrificed herself

on duty, but she didn’t think that the reason for her death was a great sacrifice to

at Bourgeois. It might