Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

He had just kissed her forehead when his phone rang. Ren picked it up and gave it a glance. “I have to go.”

She pushed him. “Go. Work’s important.” Ren smiled. She can’t wait for me to leave? He turned around and was about to leave, but then Ruka said, “A second.”

Ren turned back again to see Ruka sprinting toward him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaped up to peck his lips. She then took a step back and looked at him happily. “Done. Go.”

The flames of desire lit up in his eyes. He pulled her into his embrace and whispered, “I won’t hold back the next time we meet.”

Ruka blushed as knew what he was implying. She closed her eyes and nodded. “I won’t run away anymore either.”

patted her

him off, but she didn’t. feel lonely. She knew he would miss her every minute he wasn’t working Night descended upon the city.

a C-section the first time, Anastasia went with

this world on the night of Christmas. Fifteen minutes after Anastasia was

was still in the operating room. A nurse took the baby to Elliot after she was washed

at his daughter, tears of joy welling in his eyes. This was his second child. He missed his son’s birth, making this moment

up on the bed. Her wound

was taken back to the ward. A nurse was wiping her sweat off with a towel

met with Elliot’s face. “Good work, honey.” “Who

course.” He held her hand. She still looks sleepy. He cooed, “Get some

and staring at the bed beside her. To be precise, he was staring at the little one with the pink shirt under the white blanket. The baby had lustrous hair, and her face was the size of a fist. Her features were