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 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

was with compassion and apology. “I’m

let out a low hiss of pain and doubled down as her

her, urging, “Would you like to see a

and he did as he was prompted. Then, she nuzzled into his embrace while he was distracted and snaked her arms around his waist, hugging him tight as she mumbled, “I’m cold, Elliot. Can you hold

over her shoulders. He then offered flatly, “I’ll go and

need your warmth,” she insisted, still clinging onto him as her eyes fluttered closed. She wanted nothing but to

stiffened before patting her shoulder awkwardly. Being touched by any woman other than Anastasia irked him to

Elliot’s arms. She gazed up

bit out coldly as he shoved her firmly aside. He marched over to the control panel on the wall where the thermostat was and turned

up from the couch and let her fur coat slide down her shoulders deliberately, revealing the red negligee that she wore underneath. It revealed her skin in all the right places, and

would have prompted any other man to abandon all sense of reason and rush up to

bend down to pick up her own coat. All she did was stand there and stare at Elliot imploringly, silently willing him to save

when he finally turned to look at her, it was with an impassive expression that matched the frosty gleam