Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Just as Willow’s head started drooping, Jasper quickly reached out to stop her from sliding off the couch. Willow was thoroughly exhausted. Jasper’s firm and broad chest gave her a sense of security, and he smelled pretty good too. She stretched out on the couch and used his thigh as her pillow.

“Why don’t you sleep on the bed?” Jasper suggested quietly. “I don’t want to!” Willow rejected the idea with her eyes still closed. She got into a more comfortable position and said, “I want to sleep here.”

Jasper had to let her be. Soon, she was sound asleep on his thigh, so he turned his attention back to her notes. A gentle sea breeze came in through the window. All was calm and serene.

Willow was still fairly innocent when it came to things of a romantic nature. She barely had any experience interacting with a man romantically. Even now, she was simply resting on Jasper’s thigh because it was comfortable for her. She didn’t think about what it was like for a man and a woman to be in this position.

On the other hand, Jasper glanced down at her a few times. When she turned over and faced his waist, his breath became a little ragged and his jaws tightened. He could feel her warm breath against him. Though her breaths were soft and light, they felt like they were burning. his skin.

stretched her arm out to shift to a more comfortable position and ended up resting her hand above

muscle as he gently picked her hand up and moved it away. Willow didn’t notice a thing.

the end of it. Every now and then, Willow would toss around and her arms would fly all over. Even her face would press up against

it soaring up high before crashing back

Her entire body was pressed against his as he held her head close

her eyes, Jasper was already cradling her in his arms like a child.

Jasper replied, the boat rocked and

buried her face against him. She also wrapped her legs around his waist, clinging onto him like an octopus. With

ocean for two hours, so they were rather unlucky to be running into such high waves already. However, though the ride became a lot rockier now, it was unlikely that anyone

last, once the waters calmed down, those who had sustained light injuries-and there were quite a number of them too-quickly