Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

In the end, Roy sorted through the photos he had taken along the way and sent them to Zacharias.

Zacharias had an afternoon meeting, but it wasn’t particularly important as it was just a routine administrative meeting. He was sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows when he heard the message notification. Swiftly, he picked up his phone to check.

As he scrolled through the pictures of Shirley and the other man leaving the restaurant, he thought, They should have parted ways by now. However, when he reached the last picture, his expression turned extremely unpleasant.

In this final picture, Shirley was leaning against the car, and the man was pressing his face against hers as if they were locked in an intimate kiss.

A still picture intensified his imagination. He felt as though Shirley and the man had been kissing for a long time.

After a deep breath, Zacharias checked the time on his watch and said to Freddie, “Cancel my afternoon meetings. I need to go home.”

you have something

gritted teeth, and he quickly

per his schedule,

house, but when she realized she was running out of time, she decided

off today, but I’m still being reprimanded for not responding to messages. With this thought in mind, she braced herself to face his

was closer to his location. However, Shirley had yet to return. He sat on

that Zacharias wouldn’t be home at this time. But much to her surprise, she saw

You’re home!” Shirley greeted

would let him scold her a little at most, and she could handle that. And so, she walked over to him, ready for his

head, but the next moment, her waist was encircled by a large hand, and the back of her head was captured. Without a word, he

as though he were cleansing her lips of another man’s presence, leaving

was being threatened by his status, but she didn’t fight back. She let him

watched her. Infuriated, Shirley called out his name.

It was as though he had decided that she belonged