Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Elliot turned his head and gave Rey a dirty look, signaling the latter to shut up.

Anastasia was visibly stunned; inwardly, she was incredibly moved. He’s done so much behind the scenes for my dad’s condition, she thought. “Thank you so much,” she said. Then, ignoring the crowd coming and going around them, she flung her arms around Elliot’s neck and stood on tiptoe to kiss him on the cheek.

Elliot put his muscular arms around her waist to make it easier for her to kiss him.

Rey turned around behind them while stifling a laugh. President Presgrave has to thank me for this. Would Miss Tillman have been so moved if I hadn’t spoken out of turn?

After kissing Elliot, Anastasia held his hand, saying, “In that case, let’s go upstairs and take a look!”

Elliot nodded before heading for the elevator with her in his arms.

Rey didn’t go with them, though, Elliot had something else for him to do. Perhaps because he was too disgusted with Alex, he ordered Rey to monitor Alex’s every move from now on. He wanted to get something on Alex as soon as possible in order to send the latter to jail. Now that the latter was obviously not capable enough of managing Tillman Constructions, he would definitely take some illegal shortcuts, or he might want to wangle some money out of the company and then run away. Whatever he wanted, he would certainly do something.

the French window, Anastasia looked at the few specialists, who were standing before Francis’ sickbed in the middle of a discussion. Her heart was filled with hope and anticipation

then, Elliot came over to

two cups of

Anastasia turned to look at

somewhat tired look on his good looking face. Not only that, but there seemed to be dark circles under his eyes, which caused her to feel sorry for him at once. “You didn’t sleep well last night? Did I disturb you while we were sleeping?” she asked with self-reproach. The man’s

a sip of his coffee. “Nope. You slept like

why couldn’t you sleep well?” Anastasia

involved with a man

in her life. Not wanting to put her on the spot, he could only find a random excuse. “Nothing. It’s just that I slept late last night because I was

the specialists standing before Francis’ bed, she felt even more reassured. These people are probably leading medical authorities from different hospitals, so this guy must have done a lot of things for them to show up in Dad’s ward together. For someone as proud as him, it must’ve been difficult to plead with them in person. “Sorry for causing you so much trouble

also my father-in-law. Isn’t it my duty to save

floored by his

For a

she could only let out a laugh. “Okay! If you say

you in the