Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

She gave herself a pat on the head as if to knock some sense into herself. She wished she was less sentimental because nothing good ever came out of it.

Back in the day, she had been so duped by Dexter’s occasional kindness that she was blind to his other flaws. Now, Richard was being nice to her because it was his duty to protect her, but she was reading too much into it, so much so that she started to fall for him.

She hated that she was so desperate to feel loved.

Closing her eyes, Angela took a deep breath and cleared her mind. When she opened her eyes once more, there were none of the glistening tears or muddled emotions.

Upon returning to base, she fell onto her bed and slept. She had woken up at an ungodly hour that morning, and the arduous hike had left her completely drained.

However, little did she know that Richard had received bad news while she was sleeping.

turned to look at his subordinates. “Angela’s mother just met with an accident. She’s badly injured and she’s

entirely unexpected; the criminals who had recently crossed the international borders were

tell Miss Meyers

going back to see her mother,” Jared said

has the right to know,” Sean pointed

Meyers. She’ll be heartbroken!” Trevor

no right keeping this from Angela, which meant he was duty-bound to

wander. One said wandering, but really it just kept replaying the scene on the hiking trail where she had kissed Richard. It had only been a fleeting moment, but it had left a tingling sensation in the pit of her stomach that

her blush and the faster her heartbeat. That was the first time she had kissed a man on her own initiative, but the fact that he was unfazed by

own embarrassment, a knock came

to her feet and reached to open the door, only to be greeted by Richard, who looked as handsome as he was impassive.

voice, then left in the direction of