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.

sentence, he threw the sheets

Zacharias when she saw how careless he was with his injuries. “You’re

our dinner into the room, then. I want you to eat with me,” he said. He wouldn’t have much

just catered food, they had a surprisingly wide variety of options. She got a meal for the man before she brought it to his room. Then, she set up the

actions and glared back at him. Soon enough, he finished his meal. She cleared the table and brought the empty plates out.

let me know if you realize you’re getting feverish again,”

Zacharias replied with a nod. After the doctor left, Shirley held her palm out to feel the man’s forehead. He

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

meant. There was an international news report that had Zacharias’ name in it. Someone raised their suspicions about him being in an accident, so he

brows after reading

like someone is forcing

to my office, Zacharias muttered

half an hour until the nightly news stream. Will we

have to

the office. You’ll have to arrange for the

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