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.

up on the call and clenched his phone tightly, then turned to look at his

worried glance. The accident was not entirely unexpected; the criminals who had recently crossed the international borders were ruthless, and instigating the

Miss Meyers

she’d insist on going back to

right to know,” Sean

Meyers. She’ll be heartbroken!” Trevor said

Angela, which meant he was

couch and let her mind. wander. One said wandering, but really it just kept replaying the scene on the hiking trail where

That was the first time she had kissed a man on her own initiative, but the fact that he was unfazed by it made her feel like a pathetic

her own embarrassment,

by Richard, who looked as handsome as he was impassive. The air around her

a low voice, then left in the direction of