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.

then, Willow stretched her arm out to shift to a more comfortable position and ended up resting

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

and her arms would fly all over. Even her face would press up against Jasper at times. He was having a hard time focusing on

it soaring up high before crashing

either. Jasper had scooped her into his arms at once.. Her entire body was pressed against his as he held her head close to prevent her from

her in his arms like a child. “What happened?” Willow blinked. She

soon as Jasper replied, the boat rocked and dipped forward

around his waist, clinging onto

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 would be gravely

once the waters calmed down, those who had sustained light injuries-and there were quite a number of them too-quickly tended to their bruises with ointments and heat