Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“No. Miss Kurt didn’t want me to send her off,” Shirley replied.

“Jesslyn is my father’s friend’s daughter. Her parents got into a car crash and passed away when she was young, so my family took her in. I’ve always treated her like a younger sister,” Zacharias explained while looking into her eyes.

“I see,’ she replied with a nod.

“What do you see?” he asked with his gaze narrowed. He wanted her to clarify herself. “Well, I don’t care about your relationship with Miss Kurt. You don’t have to explain anything to me,” Shirley replied.

Zacharias was momentarily taken aback but then let out a soft scoff. “Of course, I have to explain things to you.”

“No. You don’t,” she rebutted, “We’ve kissed each other, after all,” he stated hesitantly. Shirley corrected him in a rather hostile tone. “That was forced. I didn’t consent to it,” she replied.

Zacharias raised his eyebrows and confidently countered, “We still kissed.”

The room started to feel warmer as she bit her bottom lip, gazing at him. “I’m going to get dinner,” she said after a while.

finishing his sentence, he threw the sheets aside and tried to

careless he was with his injuries. “You’re not supposed to get out of bed when you’re in

our dinner into the room, then. I want you to eat with me,” he

but to obey him. She headed to the dining area. Even though it was just catered food, they had a surprisingly wide variety of options. She got a meal for the man before

meal, he occasionally stole glances at Shirley. She eventually got rather annoyed at his sneaky actions and glared back at him. Soon enough, he finished his meal. She cleared the table and brought the empty plates out.

let me

doctor left, Shirley held her palm out to

Freddie knocked on the door before rushing in. “Mr. Flintstone, there’s an important interview that you have to show up

back as Freddie pulled an iPad to show Zacharias what he meant. There was an international news report that had Zacharias’ name in it. Someone raised their suspicions about him

brows after

someone is forcing you

office, Zacharias muttered in a deep

nightly news stream. Will we

to hurry,” Zacharias

head back to the office. You’ll have to arrange for the staff members to get us there,” Freddie uttered as he turned to look at

she replied worriedly. She knew Zacharias wasn’t supposed to leave the hospital when he was