Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Jacob walked away and rejoined his father. However, he decided on a whim that he would steal Sophia from Arthur as he wanted to win against Arthur at least once.

A while later, Brenda and her family arrived at the funeral. Among them was Nigel holding Jared in his arms. Jared was wearing a black suit adorned with a white flower for today’s occasion.

Francis was the one who arrived soon after them. Then, he walked over to offer Elliot some words of condolences before looking for Jared in the crowd.

Brenda came and spoke to Elliot. He could see her red eyes set off by her pale look. As they ended their conversation, she walked away and joined the elders.

When Nigel came over to greet them, Elliot reminded him, “You have to take care of your mother.”

“I tried, but she hasn’t had any appetite recently. Dad and I couldn’t change her mind.” Nigel shook his head in regret.

As the tombstone was set and the urn storing Harriet’s ashes was buried, it was now time for the deceased’s relatives and friends to take turns placing flowers and paying respects at her grave.

look at Harriet’s photo. He had been holding back his tears until Anastasia gave him a gentle pat. At that, he couldn’t hold

eyes indicated she was also grieving. As she gave him a soothing kiss on his forehead, they stepped aside to make room for other mourners. Others behind them began to stand in a line to place flowers. Among them was Arthur waiting for

was staring at Elliot with admiration and longing under the umbrella from time to time. She watched him as he held his wife and son in his arms,

mourning ceremony ended, the guests other than Arthur left one after another. Anastasia stood beside Elliot from the beginning as they saw the guests off. Later, she found Elliot lingering in front of Harriet’s gravestone. Holding his hand in hers, she accompanied him for a few minutes in

all of them left for home and asked her to share a car

rejected, “Nope. I’m going

as she suggested gently, “Sophia, that’s all for today. You

grasped Sophia’s wrist and dragged her all the way to his car without another

made it back to the villa, Jared had been playing with the Legos in his room as he didn’t want to bother his parents who were in dire

struggling to sleep properly for the last couple of days. Sometimes, he was interrupted in his sleep by incoming

words, he went for a quick shower before she dragged him onto the

was certain that he had fallen asleep as she could hear his breathing turning slow and deep.

continue with their lives. She was full of determination to take on the

downtown, but he eventually stopped at a high-end cafe

on their way to the cafe as she tried once again. “Young Master Weiss, please let me see your grandma. Let’s explain how I lost your family heirloom to