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.”

reading the entire article, she was trembling with anger. The audacity of those two women

outlets

independent journalists are defending them, amplifying the message and causing

Tillman’s reputation.”

as

that.

were playing victim

her first. “Find a way to suppress

are a lot of eyes on this right now. If we do not publicly respond now, it would be a disaster when

don’t need to do that. Let us ignore them for now. The most important task at hand is to wake my father up. When that happens, this lie would be exposed for what it truly is. As for my reputation, I do not care at

she was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll hold

already been thrown into prison. There was no way

tolerated their impertinent behavior.

me. It is impossible for that to happen. If I let

her father could be saved. Let Naomi and her daughter kick up a fuss because she couldn’t

the greatest shield

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

beautiful Anastasia

a rose proudly showing

were all praising her beauty while they piled hate on