Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Elliot brought Anastasia to the break room. Her eyes were welling up with tears and every time she thought about what her father was going through, her heart throbbed with pain.

He wrapped his arms around her and gently wiped away her tears.

“I’m sorry,” she said, turning to look at him. “I really don’t wish to get engaged at the moment. Can we postpone it?”

“Sure,” he said, nodding. “Don’t rush. It can be done after your father wakes up.”

When she heard that, hope filled her heart. That’s true! When her father was finally awake, she could select a new date with her father for her engagement to Elliot.

In Elliot’s eyes, postponing the

engagement party made no difference. After all, their relationship had progressed so much that it felt like they were already married. The engagement party was merely a ceremony to him.

No matter what happened, he would never abandon Anastasia. He would always protect her and stay by her side as they weathered troubled times together.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door before Rey walked into the room. He held an iPad out to them and said, “President Presgrave, Miss Tillman, have a look at this. Naomi and her daughter have released a statement to the press.”

She took the iPad from him and read out the headline of the article shown, “Eldest daughter holds comatose father hostage to steal the right to inherit Tillman Constructions.”

with anger. The audacity of those two women to release

outlets have

as it had been released,” Rey said. “Furthermore, many independent journalists are defending

Tillman’s reputation.”

as cold

she heard that. Naomi and

were playing

a way to suppress the

might not end well for Miss Tillman. Also, there are a lot of eyes on this

wake my father up. When that happens,

heart ached at how calm and collected she was.

the mother-and-daughter duo would have already been thrown into

tolerated their impertinent behavior.

healthcare decisions for Dad instead of me. It is impossible for that to happen. If I let

was determined to withstand anything and everything just so her father could be saved. Let Naomi and her daughter kick up a fuss because she couldn’t be bothered

eventually build her the greatest shield ever that

at a cafe when she stumbled upon the article about Anastasia. She

also awed by how astonishingly beautiful Anastasia looked in all the photos shown in the video that kept

like a rose proudly showing her glacial beauty despite the

were all praising