Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

If she hadn’t pushed him away, Nigel felt he could have kissed her forever. He stared at the woman sticking close to the door in disbelief, his gaze burning with the passion that was usually not there.

Queenie blushed and averted her gaze the instant she met his eyes, then fiddled with her fingers awkwardly. He poked the insides of his cheeks with his tongue and explained, “Listen closely. Julian’s my best friend. Say he’s my boyfriend again, and I’ll kiss you. I don’t mind doing that.”

She blinked her eyes in shock. “A-Are you sure he’s not your boyfriend?”

Seeing the doubtful expression on her face, he couldn’t stop himself from roaring, “I’m straight, you hear that?!”

Queenie felt her ears buzz and almost leaped up at his sudden roar. I should speak up for Julian, or she might think he’s not straight. Nigel snorted. “Julian is straight too. If you try to match us up again…” He curled his fingers up and threatened to knock on her head.

her head and responded, “Fine, fine. I got

a little miffed, so he flicked her arms, earning a gasp from her. “That hurts.” “That’s the point.” His lips curled into a smirk.

started up the car and snorted again. “You think I wanted to kiss you? I just wanted to

him, but she couldn’t. After all, she was the one poking around

car. The guy was trying to cheer the girl up as he opened the door for her and pulled her out

my mind run wild.” Leslie apologized. “If you think I’m cheating on you, we can break up. I have a line of men who would kill to

sorry, but you wouldn’t take my calls, and I was worried. Look, I have reserved a spot

food here cost a ton, but she

and parked his car. Queenie got out of the car, and