Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 239 We Need to Talk

However, Hayley had only warned Anastasia to stay away from Elliot.

Anastasia was more than happy to oblige, but Elliot simply wouldn’t leave her alone. As things were, she was at her wits’ end trying to shake him off.

Initially, she thought it was a brilliant plan to have a fling with another man so that Elliot would see that she was taken and back off, but having heard his very ominous warning just now, she was starting to have second thoughts. If Elliot made good on his threats and decided to go berserk, the men whom she had taken advantage of for the sake of a tactical fling would become sacrificial lambs.

At that moment, her phone chimed with a new message. She picked it up and saw that it was a text from Alex which read, ‘Miss Tillman, will you be dropping by the company to see how things are anytime soon?’

It was only upon reading this that she remembered she had promised Francis to drop by the company and check things out. A while had passed since then, yet she still had not gotten around to it.

‘How about this Saturday? I’ll try to clear my schedule.’

might be better; we

it is. I’ll see you at my

Miss Tillman. I’ll see

company getting acquired. She wondered how that was going. If Dad hasn’t said

still deep in thought when she heard the sound of keys turning outside the door. Jared had returned from his evening stroll, and his little face was flushed and glistening with sweat following the

and it was a school day tomorrow. She stood up from the couch and added stoically, “President Presgrave, you ought to be getting home now that it’s so

drinking when he heard this and choked. As he coughed, he turned to look at the cold and unfeeling woman that he

She hurried up to him and asked out of concern,

was exasperated. The woman had mood swings that were as unpredictable as the June weather. She had been fine moments ago when he and Jared left for their evening stroll, but now, she was treating him like he was wholly unwelcome in her home.

give Jared a bath while I catch my breath here,” he said in clipped tones as he walked away with the drinking glass in hand.

him an incredulous look, but she proceeded to ignore him as she turned to

the little guy was dressed in pajamas, and he padded over to where Elliot was on the couch. Anastasia, on the other hand, was bringing in the laundry from the balcony when she saw this scene, and even she had to admit that Jared and Elliot shared

even their striking resemblance could change the fact that they were not

“I think it’s time for bed now, Jared. I need to talk to Mr.

his large doe-eyes at her and asked,