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.”

anger. The audacity of those two women to release such an

outlets have shared

had been released,” Rey said. “Furthermore, many independent journalists are defending them, amplifying the message

Tillman’s reputation.”

eyes turned as cold as

she heard that. Naomi

playing

way

that might not end well for Miss Tillman. Also, there are a lot of eyes on this right now. If we do not publicly respond now, it would be a disaster when Miss Tillman

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

how calm and collected she was. “Okay.” He sighed. “I’ll hold back myself for

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

tolerated their impertinent behavior.

is

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

would eventually build her the greatest shield ever that would protect her from

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

how astonishingly beautiful Anastasia looked in all the

a rose proudly showing her glacial beauty despite

the video were all praising her beauty while