Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 412 Stay With Me for a Night

“Plastic surgery comes with its risks, and there isn’t a need for you to go to such lengths,” Elliot pointed out as he sat down on the couch across from Hayley. He couldn’t help finding it unsettling to see her looking like this.

“All I ever want is for you to love and notice me like how you do to Anastasia,” Hayley muttered demurely as she bit down on her lower lip.

He frowned at this. “You really didn’t have to get so much work done on your face just to suit my preferences.”

She felt gutted. He wasn’t behaving the way she thought he would at all, and he was still treating her with the same indifference as he did before she went for plastic surgery.

Without another word, she picked up a docket from the table and handed it to him, saying, “All the information about our baby is in there, Elliot. Take a look for yourself. I know it’s been five years, but I… I still haven’t moved past it.”

the docket, then opened it to pull out the sonogram. It had Hayley’s name and the date written on it, and the timestamp showed that it was taken about three months after the incident

the documents aside. When he looked up at Hayley again, it was with compassion and apology. “I’m sorry for putting you through the pain and the heartache. I’ll hire a nutritionist to come by tomorrow to curate a

hiss of pain and doubled

immediately and crossed over to her, urging, “Would you like to see

pulled him down on the couch, and he did as he was prompted. Then, she nuzzled into his embrace while he was

the blanket and draped it over her shoulders. He then offered flatly, “I’ll go and

she insisted, still clinging onto him as her eyes fluttered closed. She wanted nothing but to breathe

awkwardly. Being touched by any woman other than Anastasia irked him to

and clicked into the camera. Then, she took a picture of herself snuggled up in Elliot’s arms. She gazed up

as he shoved her firmly aside. He marched over to the control panel on the wall where the thermostat was and turned up the heat in the

shoulders deliberately, revealing the red negligee that she wore underneath. It revealed her skin in all the right places, and it was so short that she might as well be naked.

abandon all sense

couldn’t even bend down to pick up her own coat. All she did was

and when he finally turned to look at her, it was with