Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Arthur, however, ignored Sophia and proceeded to clean up her wounds with at sterilized Q-tip. When he went on to apply the antiseptic, she hissed in pain. and gasped softly. ‘Ow, that hurts!”

The way she yelped was so suggestive that Arthur stopped and shot her a freezing look, as though angry that hist testosterone decided to react to her voice.

At present, neither of them noticed the fuming figure that stood on the second floor landing with her hand on the banister. Emily had been awakened by the ruckus downstairs, so she came out of her room and Sophia’s soft moans of pain. sounded. She then decided to head. downstairs only to see Arthur helping the girl clean her bleeding shins.

One could call it first-aid, but to Emily, who was so blinded by jealousy she could hardly think straight, Sophia was a cunning vixen who had resorted to such cheap acts to win over Arthur’s attention.

“What happened, Arthur?” Emily asked aloud, pretending as if she had been woken up by the commotion as she continued her way down the rest of the steps.

Sophia hurriedly rolled down the legs of her pajama pants and apologized, “Did we wake you, Miss Jennings? I’m terribly sorry for that.”

“Did something happen to you?” Emily asked, meeting the other girl’s gaze confrontationally.

“I fell and scraped my knees earlier, so Mr. Weiss helped me stop the bleeding,” Sophia answered frankly.

not bleeding anymore, then go back

hurried up the stairs, but when she passed Emily, the latter grabbed her by the wrist and warned through gritted teeth, “Stay away from my man if you don’t want to end up in the sorriest

said this so quietly that Sophia was the only one who could hear

her grip that she hurried up the stairs, baffled by how much untoward hatred Emily had for her. She wanted to tell her

of the staircase and said, “I don’t think I can go back to sleep now.

her the bottle of milk he had taken from

of his bedroom when he heard gone footsteps coming down from the third floor, and as for the milk, it

So, Artie would rather rendezvous with the maid than

talk to me. Is that it? Looks like I’ve severely underestimated how much

Elliot had already called Larry, the vice president of Bourgeois, and asked him to drop by the house with a compilation of all

had left for work after that, leaving Anastasia to wait for Larry’s arrival at home. When the clock struck 10,

the woman on the couch. She’s blossomed into a whole new person now, one that must not be overlooked under

days when she had started out in Bourgeois.

bring her the information on the property as well. However, completely unfazed by the otherwise-tempting

had a feeling that she could very well become

times they met, Anastasia looked wiser and more focused now, with

it’s