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.”

article, she was trembling with anger. The

media outlets

said. “Furthermore, many independent journalists are defending them,

Tillman’s reputation.”

turned as

she heard that. Naomi and

playing victim

a way to suppress the news.”

on this right now. If we

The most important task at hand is to wake my father up.

was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll

the mother-and-daughter duo would have already been thrown into prison. There was no way he

tolerated their impertinent behavior.

of me. It is impossible

Let Naomi and her daughter kick

the greatest shield ever that would protect her from their

whiling time away at a cafe when she stumbled upon the article about

by what she saw and also awed by how astonishingly beautiful Anastasia looked in all the

a rose proudly showing her glacial beauty despite the

of the video were all praising her beauty while they piled hate