Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Lambert smirked, seemingly to provoke Jared. “Of course, if you can’t bear to part with your car, it’s fine. Just give me Miss Reiss.” When Ellen heard that, she was filled with disgust. “Mr. Orey, can you please have some respect?” she asked, shooting to her feet.

Lambert was startled by her response. Then, he abruptly stood up and apologized, “I’m sorry. I went overboard with my joke. I meant no disrespect.”

Jared, on the other hand, grabbed her hand and narrowed his eyes as he declared, “I accept the bet.” He was determined to make Lambert suffer a humiliating defeat.

The other women turned to look at them. What was so great about Ellen that these two amazing men would fight over her hand?

Selena was seething on the inside. In her mind, Ellen must have seduced Lambert on purpose. How could she? How could she seduce Lambert when she already had Jared?

Dorothy was similarly jealous of Ellen. After all, Jared mainly agreed to compete because he wanted to protect her honor.

watch the two supercars race. It would be an exciting match of

hold off on the race for my sake? How about you compete another

Lambert simultaneously

one of them was throwing taunting looks while the other

was a race, so that meant they would

looked at Jared, even grabbing his arm while shaking her head. She did not want him to race. He patted the back of her hand. “Don’t

rays of sunlight, everyone moved over to the parking lot outside. Jared took Ellen by her hand

of the race, everyone else’s ears were filled with the thunderous rumble of the cars’ engines. It felt as though they were two wild beasts roaring to be let out of their

over 60 mph. Ellen’s

their speed, they should be back in about fifteen minutes,’ he honestly replied. He could tell she was nervous; he was, too. He

walked over to them with crossed arms. “You really are sticking to Mr.

don’t want to argue with you today,” Ellen shot back, glancing at the track that led back

closer and whispered to her, ‘Be happy that