Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 402 Drop-Dead Gorgeous

Anastasia frowned. She found it odd that the man claimed he had nothing to live for on one hand while refusing her money on the other, and odder still was how someone so beaten down insisted she stay away from Elliot. He simply wasn’t making any sense.

In the end, the man’s greed got the better of him as he said, “Fine, wire me the money!”

“I’ll hand you the card with the money in it if you come over personally to retrieve it,” Anastasia countered stubbornly.

“Trying to lure me out, I see. Hah! I’m no idiot, Anastasia. I know you’re trying to set me up to get caught! Save your energy and don’t bother trying to catch me; you won’t succeed. Stay away from Elliot if you know what’s good for you, you hear?”

With that, the man hung up.

Anastasia stared at her phone as she pondered on their conversation. She couldn’t help wondering why the man so stubbornly demanded that she stay away from Elliot. Does he bear a grudge against Elliot?

More to the point, the man had figured out that she was, indeed, trying to lure him out into the light by using money as bait.

do all that she could to avoid ever meeting the man who had assaulted her five years ago, but now, he was forcing her to confront him. She was starting to realize that the only way she could move on from her nightmarish past was not by running away, but by facing it head-on fearlessly. Perhaps it was only after she had personally condemned the sc*mbag to a life of imprisonment that she could finally look back on the incident from five years ago and learn

what. She wouldn’t let him get away with what

as she clutched her phone in one trembling hand after she

the male escort to force Anastasia into staying away from Elliot, but the call had ended with

She got into the car and was ferried to a boutique in the heart

Presgrave has asked that you pick out a dress for the

she had to pick out something elegant and understated to match his refined grace. After all, the last thing she wanted was to

from, and the owner personally led her to peruse the seasonal items

of a beige

emerged from the boutique with her make-up done and her dress fitted. The beige evening dress hugged her slender figure and flattered her curves, and her hair was gathered elegantly at her nape with

Tillman,” Rey praised with

replied graciously. She slid into the backseat of the car as Rey held the door open for her, and the staff at the boutique came out to send her off, enviously

she looked like a young lady born out of aristocracy whose every little gesture and expression radiated

before he proceeded toward her. He looked ethereal when the twilight rays from the winter

at the sight of him, and she didn’t even realize that she was gazing upon him with love and endearment. Then

backseat next to her. His eyes fell