Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Angela looked up at Richard. He was looking at her intently as well; it was as if time had stopped at this moment. When she saw the remorse flashing in the man’s eyes, she suddenly burst into tears.

She felt so helpless and desperate. She couldn’t leave him, but she couldn’t stay by his side either; she didn’t know where to place him in her heart.

Richard continued to remain seated by her side, annoyed by his cold behavior just now. She was suffering from a high fever, causing not only her mental state but her entire body to be weakened, but he had treated her like that. Clearly, she would get even more hurt.

Richard watched her gaze lower as her tears fell onto the blanket. When he picked up the tissue on the side and handed it to her, Angela stretched out her hand to take it, wiping her tears with them.

Her head still felt fuzzy, and even her heart felt heavy. She had never felt so weak before, like a child who had to be protected and taken care of. At the same time, Richard’s cold treatment earlier also made her inexplicably sad, as if he was cutting her off.

Due to the medicine and her fever, she slowly became drowsy and lay down. As the blanket was a tad too thin, she

up into a

blanket on top of her before he gently comforted, “Go to sleep. I’ll stay here

should go back and sleep.” Angela shook her head. If he were here, her

get up. “I’ll ask a nurse to come and

she didn’t fight back earlier, and feeling furious at herself for easily getting so angered by him that her heart ached. It shocked her. When did this man become so important to her? Would she be

she felt weak and tired. Even the nurse felt sorry for her, and took a hot towel to wipe the sweat from her forehead a few times. As dawn broke on an early

and listened as the nurse reported to him about what happened on the

kept having

pushed the door open, a trace of warm winter sunlight trickled in from the window, while